Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

by | Dec 29, 2011 | 12 Comments

It's the last Thankful Thursday of the year! I hope you all have made your resolutions and are ready for a great 2012.I actually vow to use the treadmill as little as possible. That thing bores me to tears. My apologies to those of you who live where it gets so cold...

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A new Garmin!

A new Garmin!

by | Dec 27, 2011 | 6 Comments

Happy holiday hangover! You tired? I'm tired. The holidays wiped me out and I'm so happy that I can attempt to catch up on sleep this week. I had an absolutely wonderful Christmas and everything that goes with it: food, drink, presents, lack of sleep, etc.I finally...

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Year In Review

by | Dec 20, 2011 | 14 Comments

I was thinking about my year in review post and rather than just post a bunch of numbers I figured that I'd use Miss Zippy's format. I'm early on this post but I do what I want!Best race experience?I would definitely say the Cleveland Half Marathon. I got to stay the...

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22 miler

by | Dec 19, 2011 | 19 Comments

Whew! I made it through the weekend which is a big deal because it was a BIG weekend. I got my first 22 miler in and surprisingly felt good from mile 18 on. Here's a brief recap of how it went down.Miles 1-5 Ever notice how the first five miles just fly by? My running...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

by | Dec 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

Happy Thursday friends! I must start by saying thank you all so much for the comments on my post about the elephant in the room. You guys rock!It's been a pretty busy week for me and for that I'm a tired B.o.B. I had a holiday get together with the track group on...

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Almost Wordless Wednesday

Almost Wordless Wednesday

by | Dec 13, 2011 | 4 Comments

Red came to town this past weekend and I was so excited to see her and our other Orlando friends! (Ok, they were her friends first, but now they are "our" friends. Ha!)We had an Ugly Sweater/Ornament Exchange over dinner. Red's shirt says "Grinch better have my...

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The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

by | Dec 13, 2011 | 35 Comments

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room. I've been avoiding this post ever since I signed up for Miami and I don't think any of you would even really care if I didn't post about it, but as a running blogger I feel compelled to discuss it. Actually, I'm really...

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

by | June 23, 2026 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

It’s been 84 years since I’ve written on this website. Since more than five of you said on my social media that you would read a race recap, here we go. I will attempt brevity but I have SO much to say. Grab a beverage and settle in. PRE RACE Way back in January I saw...
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2023: A Look Back

by | December 18, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

It's almost the new year, and I keep hearing people say how the year flew by. Well friends, this year did not fly by for me. I think I would have preferred that. For me, it was a year of rebuilding my fitness. It was a year of new challenges and learning to work with...
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Top Ten Things That Have Helped My Mental Health During Injury

by | January 22, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

As some of you may know, I am an ambassador for Still I Run. Ironically enough, I got the news I was accepted to be an ambassador about a week before I hurt my back. The irony being that Still I Run is a cause that supports running to help with mental health, plus a...
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Happy New Year!…and How to Work on Your Lower Back Pain

by | January 1, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

Happy New Year! I promised to write more, mostly to myself cause who the heck still reads this, and so here I am! I'm just shy of six weeks out from my initial back injury. I'm not sure if I call it an injury or lumbar disc disease? Either way it sucks. Here's what...
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The Return of the Blog

by | December 15, 2022 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

I realize the last time I wrote an update here was February 2020. Yikes. I was all guns blazing heading into my bikini competition prep. But, we all know what happened the very next month. The C word: Covid. I tried so hard to stick with the training. Truly. I worked...
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