One down and, like, eleventy billion to go.
This felt like my first “big” weekend with the whole marathon training thing. One weekend is now in the books. And an incomprehensible number more to go. On Saturday, I had to run 7 miles …
Category: race
Wisdom from the inside of a chocolate wrapper
“Be fearless.” Yup, that’s what the inside of the Dove Chocolate wrapper told me. And it can’t be wrong, can it? As I licked the wrapper clean of specks of chocolate (we wouldn’t want to …
My kind of town… Chicago is…my kind of… eh, scratch that.
So, after all the brouhaha, what’s become of my grand plan to race the Chicago Marathon? Mostly, it’s dead. And I’m bummed about that. Seriously bummed. In the end, good sense had to prevail: after 5-6 …
Grounded
I didn’t get caught buying a candy bar from the lunchroom vending machine and get punished. And I didn’t even try taking a flight somewhere and end up sitting on the runway for hours on …
When pigs fly…
And they did! Just this past weekend at the Flying Pig Half Marathon in Cincinnati. I was a little trepiditious going into this race – as I drove into the city Friday night, I was …
I lied.
So, sue me. I’m going back on my word. Wanna know what I did this morning? I registered for the Chicago Marathon. Yup, I am going to do one race this season and train for …
Running Scared
Switching gears… I’m going headlong into marathon training for the next few months. Before this, I was intent on the half marathon up in Wisconsin (by the way, Half Marathon? November? Wisconsin??… what was I …
Now what?: New Directions
If we don’t change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going. –Chinese proverb I’ve decided to change my destination; once my January marathon is in the books, I’m …
Now what?
And… the end of the triathlon season. Now what? Free time. Hmmmm. Such a strange concept. What – you mean I don’t have to fit in 8-12 hours of training this week? I don’t have to …
Water Wings
Racing season is almost here! YAY! While I’ve done a few running races already this year, this weekend will be the return to the world of triathlons. Running races are easy — strap on the …