Thankful Thursday

by | Feb 24, 2011 | 8 Comments

Happy happy happy Thursday peeps! I'm finally caught up on sleep and rest since this weekend and my birthday. I woke up all bright and blinky this morning at about 5:45 since I went to bed at 8:30. I must have been tired!I plan on hitting up the hot yoga tonight and...

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Ft Lauderale Marathon Race Report

Ft Lauderale Marathon Race Report

by | Feb 22, 2011 | 32 Comments

With every race, I learn something new and the Ft. Lauderdale Marathon was no different. I learned that I can PR even when I feel like poo, Caribbean Steve will offer to buy me ice cream when I feel like poo, and Cute K is just as strong a runner as I knew she was.The...

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Kept ya hangin’

by | Feb 22, 2011 | 23 Comments

I am so sorry to keep you all hangin' but it's been a looooong weekend. I'm pooped from travel, early birthday festivities, and oh yeah, that little marathon I ran in Ft Lauderdale.I'm happy to report that I had a solid nineteen minute PR and will have a race report...

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Thankful Thursday

by | Feb 17, 2011 | 20 Comments

With so much going on this week here in TaperMadnessLand, where I am Queen Crazy, I almost forgot about Thankful Thursday. Tsk. Tsk. Fortunately, I have lots to thankful for right now and since we've been lacking in lists on this old blog lately, I figure....IT'S LIST...

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Not that there’s anything wrong with that….

Not that there’s anything wrong with that….

by | Feb 16, 2011 | 20 Comments

Story!Story!Story!So yesterday AM I got up bright and early, ok fine it was dark and early, and I laced up and headed out for my final pace run. Basically every run I do this week will be my "final" blah blah blah run before the marathon, but I digress. I headed out...

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Do it!

by | Feb 14, 2011 | 11 Comments

Happy Valentimes! That's right! Happy Valen-times!I can't stand when people say Valentimes. It makes me completely crazy. When did this word get a freakin' M in it? I don't know either. Oh well, at least they aren't sayin' eff you lady!I just wanted to share this...

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Hot In Cleveland

Hot In Cleveland

by | Feb 11, 2011 | 19 Comments

Taking a queue from the talented Betty White, this gal is going to be hot in Cleveland.* "Why yes B.o.B., you can borrow this hot, blue hoodie so you don't freeze your tuckus off in Cleveland. Hot in Cleveland is merely an expression..."That's right folks, I'm heading...

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Thankful Thursday & Arctic Ease winner

Thankful Thursday & Arctic Ease winner

by | Feb 10, 2011 | 14 Comments

Happy Thursday folks! I initially wanted Lloyd to help with choosing the winner of the Arctic Ease giveaway but he said since no one actually sent bacon he wanted no part of it. Go figure.Anyway, I used the old Randomizer and the top two names on the list will be...

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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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