Today’s post was going to be all about up coming races, a little training update and pictures of our Father’s Day weekend. I planned to tell you all that Jack is doing amazingly well and we were looking forward to our Tuesday follow up appointment and the “OK” for Jack start enjoying summer swimming and … Continue reading »
Sock it To Me
This is another story my discovery that being cheap, when it comes to running apparel, isn’t always best. This time we’re talking socks. In the past I’ve always purchased socks in those big six-packs from Target. They’re cheap. They work. But not as well as the socks I’ve purchased recently and I am quickly finding … Continue reading »
The Semantics of Food: Good/Bad, Clean/Unclean
The first semester of my freshman year at Syracuse I took Nutrition 101 (at the time I was majoring in Nutritional Science with intentions of becoming and RD). The professor was this fiery old lady. She must have been in her seventies and she was all spunk and sass and had been teaching the course … Continue reading »
Challenging the Idea of Earning Food through Exercise
I’ve seen it a lot (I’ve done it myself): the post-race picture of a beer and hamburger with the caption “After running xx miles I deserve this!” Or the glass of wine or the brownie sundae or the pizza or the countless other foods that “we shouldn’t eat” because they aren’t “clean,” but we do … Continue reading »
Happy Day!
Happy National Running Day! Happy Anniversary to my husband and I! (Or happy Marriage Day, according to my three-year old. She wants to know when the party is.) Today we celebrate nine years together. He is my best friend and my biggest supporter; every day he challenges me to be better tomorrow than I am … Continue reading »
The “Plan-less” PR
I have a BIG goal that I’ve made public on this blog: to run a 1:35 half marathon in October. It’s a big goal for me because it is a stretch. I fully embrace the hard work it will take to get there. Running 1:35 is no joke. That’s 7:15 min/mile. For me, that’s fast. My half … Continue reading »
A 5K PR and Doubt
I had a huge confidence-boosting workout last week. On Wednesday I ran a 5K PR and it was my second run of the day! I’ve been trying to add mileage without interrupting our family’s schedule, which means on Wednesday’s running twice: once in the morning and then again at track in the evening. Even with … Continue reading »
Compatible: Can I accept my body and still want to change it?
Last night I was trying to explain to Sophia the word “compatible.” I tried to condense the meaning into three-year old speak: “compatible means they work together,” I said. It was all in reference to our iPod dock and which iPhones and iPods could or could not be charged on said dock. Our conversation came … Continue reading »
Gear I’m Loving
Now that it has warmed-up, here in New England I’ve had a chance to try out some of my summer-running gear I purchased back after Christmas. For the most part I am a frugal, bargain shopper. I like to get as much as possible for as little as possible or name brands for cheap. For … Continue reading »
Big Lake Half Marathon Race Recap
I’ve tried to start this post several times. And each time have deleted it. I feel like I want need to write a recap of the entire week before I can dive into what happened on Saturday. Honestly the race now seems like an anecdote. I’m taking my finish time with a huge grain of … Continue reading »
