Ragnar Relay 2010: Part 1

Ragnar Relay 2010: Part 1

Running the Ragnar Relay gives you a chance to run in places you wouldn't normally. Because if you did, you might get shot. Or maybe you just give a pimp a high five. Or hear woodland creatures chasing you. Or run through suburbia. Or get passed by that effing Peter...

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Thankful Thursday

Oftentimes in this sport called running, we are alone. We run for ourselves and we run to beat our last best time. We don't have to think about anyone else but ourselves. It's normally quite nice to not have the pressure of being part of a team. I used to panic in...

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Three sleeps to go!

Ragnar prep continues and my house currently looks like the creative section of Walmart, if it threw up. And had no employees. And smelled better. Clean up on Aisle 4! During all of my labor for the Ragnar Relay decorations I am learning so much crap about myself....

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Ragnar Prep….

Ragnar Prep….

I have once again subjected myself to van decorations for this year's Ragnar Relay. And by subjected I mean volunteered and not taken any help from the many who have asked. Apparently, while I am a team player during the relay, all for one and one for all and such,...

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Shut out the noise

You ever have one of those days where people are just annoying the hell out of you? Smart asses, dumb asses, jack asses and everyone in between are on your last damn nerve and you think you are gonna lose your job for telling everyone to go suck a toad? Yeah? Me...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Every time I go to an expo I see things and think "Man, why didn't I think of that?" Quite frankly I'm still trying to come up with some cool new running gadget that will get me out of my day job. I won't hold my breath though as all I've come up with thus far are...

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Bad Blogger!

Yes, I am a bad blogger. No cookies for me! Why am I a bad blogger you ask?Well for starters, I haven't blogged since Sunday. With the two-a-day yesterday and my super busy social life (you know, walking Lloyd and all) I just haven't had time to get to blogging.Ok,...

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What’s next?

I've been thinking a lot about MCM and what's up next for me. Me, being me, I obviously am not done with the marathon. In fact, MCM helped me realize that even amidst the pain of those last 8 miles and the fact that this wasn't a PR, I want more. I love the marathon....

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

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...

2023: A Look Back

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...

Top Ten Things That Have Helped My Mental Health During Injury

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...

Happy New Year!…and How to Work on Your Lower Back Pain

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...

The Return of the Blog

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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