Wrapped up week 9 of my half training with a return to double digits on Saturday's long run. It's been 4 weeks since my left ITB has been willing to go that far so I'm very happy all body parts cooperated!Just 5 weeks left to go until Philly - 5 … [Continue reading]
Tufts 10k Race Report
October 11, 2011 by 14 Comments
I had a lot of fun yesterday - despite the heat & the cranky ITB! The Tufts 10k for Women is a fun event - there's a great spirit and energy to it that was on full display yesterday!If you saw my quick post yesterday morning than you know I was going … [Continue reading]
A letter to my family
October 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you...You all have cheered me through every step of my journey this yearYou have endured all the crazy weather conditions right along with me - the heat, the snow, the torrential rain - your enthusiasm … [Continue reading]
Just a few hours til race time
October 10, 2011 by 6 Comments
"Just take your time and have fun. Every race is not a PR but every race is an experience. Just enjoy the crowd/other runners." -- Runnerbee08 during #runchat (Twitter) In about 4 hours I'll be lining up with 7500 women for the Tufts 10k for … [Continue reading]
DVD Giveaway Winners!
October 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
With the help of Random.org, the two winners of the "My Run" DVD are #3 and #6:Suz and Allen at Cows, Lasers and Everything in Between Ozone3Congratulations!Please shoot me an email at runningwithattitude (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll make sure … [Continue reading]
3 Things – Record heat, Sony Discount, "My Run" giveaway
October 6, 2011 by 3 Comments
"Record heat" -- those were the words uttered by my local weather guy as he gave the forecast for the holiday weekend. They're predicting 81 degrees for Monday - this is suppose to be fall race weather?!? We had a frost advisory this morning and now … [Continue reading]
Post-Vacation Randomness
October 4, 2011 by 5 Comments
Thanks to everyone who offered advice about whether to run during my vacation or give my irritable ITB a rest. The overwhelming response was to rest - which I did, as much as walking around Disney with two energetic boys can be called rest! This was … [Continue reading]
"My Run" movie review & giveaway
September 26, 2011 by 8 Comments
This weekend I got a chance to watch the movie "My Run," which just came out on DVD last week.It's the true story of Terry Hitchcock - who ran the equivalent of 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days, as he ran from St. Paul to Atlanta in time for the … [Continue reading]
Irritable ITB, Step-back wk and Vacation runs – WWYD?
September 25, 2011 by 7 Comments
I was really looking forward to my 11 miler this morning...but my ITB clearly was not!I was feeling pretty sore and tight yesterday and no amount of foam rolling or icing seemed to make too much of a difference. I kept hoping if I just took it slow … [Continue reading]
Friday Five
September 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
I'm wondering what happened to the lovely fall-like temps we had here in New England just a week ago. Oppressive humidity has returned and it is sucking the life out of my "speedwork." I'm in the final days of trying to get ready for the family's … [Continue reading]
