I don’t know if anyone remembers that movie “So I married an axe murderer” with Mike Meyers. Every time I get clumsy or end up getting hurt somehow (I tend to run into walls, trip over my own feet, and bump into tables!), I always think of the line “We have a piper down!”
So that [...]
“Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don’t have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism and never, ever, ever giving up.” ~ Amby Burfoot, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life
Runner’s World emails me running quotes every day. About half the time, they are trite or have an [...]
Something strange has been happening to me over the past few weeks. While we were in Playa del Carmen at the resort, I thought I would go hog wild with all the food and alcohol available to us 24/7. We had to eat at the buffet at least once a day (sometimes three times a [...]
I may get my runner’s legs after all. Last night as I crawled into bed, I was stretching my legs and noticed I’ve got very hard, sizeable quad muscles. I’ve never really had nice legs so hopefully as the fat continues to go away, they’ll look even better. I’ve even been venturing out in shorts [...]
I’m still trying to process everything that happened this weekend… my mind is still a little blurry…so I guess I’ll start from the beginning. Friday afternoon, we ran the 5k and I got up another 100 ft on the big nasty hill. I had a very good run -shaved 2 minutes off of my time- [...]
ok ladies, I’m warning you, this is not exactly a healthy meal. It really is all dependent on whether or not you can eat just one taco…but it IS very filling. Of course you could always grill the fish/chicken instead of frying it like the recipe calls for. I will probably do that in the [...]
This little competition we have going on has done wonders for my motivation. Yesterday I worked late, it was 90 degrees out by the time I got home and all I wanted to do was take a nap, but I strapped on my running shoes anyway and did some speed/hill work around the neighborhood. I’ve [...]
I just entered a bet with three other coworkers over who will finish first in the race.
At first I was feeling confident because I’ve been training for 7 months, AND I’ve been training on the actual race course, unlike the others. The evil hill will surely take them down.
Now I’m just thinking…what did I get [...]
We got up to 90 degrees yesterday (I know, some of you must be laughing at what a heat wimp I am!), and it looks like the next several days will also be very hot. I’m glad - it helps my growing tomatoes - but whew, trying to get to sleep last night in a [...]
I just registered for my race. Guess I really have to do it now!