Living in the Midst
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well then, this is gonna be a long post! š I donāt have a whole lot of words for this one but I've got plenty of pictures from the last ten years of races! How do I sum up everything thatās gone into making Number 20… Continue reading Number 20
Twice in the last week Iāve decided to say no to say yes. To make room for something new and beautiful, I have to set some things aside ā maybe temporarily, maybe forever. Iām not a car person. I was perfectly happy with my 2005 Oldsmobile Alero. I picked that car because it showed the… Continue reading Say No to Say Yes
Iām starting to run regularly with our one-year-old chocolate lab these days. Weāre still working through it ā my job is to let him know heās not in charge. Unfortunately, Iām not always good at my job. The other day I noticed our shadow. He was in front, I was in back and there was… Continue reading We Get to Choose Our Own Speed
Earlier this week I began fretting over the weather for todayās Carmel (Half) Marathon. Every day I looked at the weather app hoping it would change, but it never did. So I posted this picture on social media asking my running friends for advice on what to wear. I got some good tips and I… Continue reading Badass Badge? Check!
Itās only been five weeks since my last race. The app I use for training didnāt have a five week half marathon training plan (go figure), so I used a 10k plan to help keep me moving for the race this morning. Iām not sure it was the best plan, but I just needed to… Continue reading Number Fifteen
I can hardly believe what happened today. I didnāt sleep well the past two nights. I was on vacation for the last week. Although I still went out for runs, I was eating differently, sleeping in a strange bed and overall just not in my normal routine. I usually have a big pasta dinner the… Continue reading I Did It Again
As the Camino approached I knew I needed to make some adjustments in my schedule. For the last year or so Iāve had the unlimited package at my yoga studio. Knowing that I would be gone or very busy for most of June and anticipating the arrival of our puppy in July, I decided to… Continue reading My Eye Kept Twitching
I havenāt gone for a run since that record-crushing race almost a month ago lol. I took a couple days off then started walking 12-18 miles a day for 11 days. After that I did some site seeing in Santiago and Madrid (more walking!) before the long flight home. Since then Iāve not done a… Continue reading I Needed That
Today I ran my thirteenth 13.1 race ā and I beat my best time by 3:20 minutes! I trained really well this winter (there wasnāt much of a spring). For several of my long runs I paced at 10 minutes per mile. However, that was in 40-degree weather with no humidity. Last week I ran… Continue reading Thirteen
Last Saturday I was feeling anxious about the possibility of rain (of course, it didnāt rain) so I opted to run 10 miles on the treadmill. Worst.Idea.Ever. Oh, it was miserable. Even when itās hot and humid out thereās at least a breeze created when I move forward. On a treadmill there is no breeze.… Continue reading The Ups and Downs of Running