It's 60 degrees today! 60 degrees! It's been a l-o-n-g time since I've run in 60 degree weather. In fact I overdressed...definitely had too much on this morning. But, I didn't care because I was running outside....and did I mention it was 60 … [Continue reading]
I’ll take another week like that!
February 14, 2011 by 9 Comments
Last week was a good one!There were no snow days, which meant schedules were fairly normal for the first time since the begining of January.I got all of my planned workouts in except for an easy 3 miler which I opted to skip in favor of yoga to keep … [Continue reading]
Just Stylin’
February 12, 2011 by 5 Comments
The lovely Kittee over at Running Half Crazy was sweet enough to bestow this lovely award on me. Now many of you have seen this so you know the rules: Make a post and link back to the person who tagged you. - If you have not checked out Kittee's … [Continue reading]
Thursday Thoughts – aka 3 things
February 10, 2011 by 6 Comments
A few weeks back I put out there that I was debating whether or not to sign up for the Rock 'n' Roll Providence Half in August. Well as some of you pointed out, RnR races are a lot of fun and with one right in my backyard why miss this opportunity? … [Continue reading]
New Day, New Attitude
February 6, 2011 by 6 Comments
Thanks to those of you who indulged me in my little pity party on Friday - I really appreciated the encouragement!So I've shaken off my mini funk, tweaked my plan and am ready to get going again! After a week off, I wasn't sure how the run was going … [Continue reading]
Best laid plans….
February 4, 2011 by 8 Comments
The plan was to kick February off with a bang!After a step back week, I was going to up the mileage this week, I had my strength workouts laid out and the plan was to start and end every day with a little yoga. Sounds good, right?Yeah well...the … [Continue reading]
January rewind
February 1, 2011 by 2 Comments
Good things this month: Logged 56 relatively pain-free miles - ice and foam roller helped to keep the ITB in check. Did not miss one scheduled run despite weekly snow storms of biblical proportion (ok slight exaggeration... or not if you listen to … [Continue reading]
Today I learned….
January 30, 2011 by 6 Comments
.... how much staying up with a sick little one can take a toll on the next day's run.... it is important not to short-change hydration just because it's the dead of winter .... I should not pick the treadmill closest to the wall at my gym because … [Continue reading]
Odds and Ends
January 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
I'm trying to not let cabin fever set in here! We got more snow yesterday so instead of running I cross-trained by shoveling and playing in the snow with my dog - always a good workout!It was back to the treadmill today - I had thought about running … [Continue reading]
Putting myself on the list
January 26, 2011 by 6 Comments
I am a notorious list maker and there are times when I feel like I've been hijacked by my to do list. Today was definitely starting to look like one of those days. Juggling the usual family routine and a long list of "must do's" - including … [Continue reading]
