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]
"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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
As some of you may remember, this summer I signed on to be part of Team Sony Walkman. Of course, the biggest perk of being on this team is the opportunity to try out Sony's new wireless Walkman. I received my first Walkman headset back in July and … [Continue reading]
Earlier this week I had talked about making choices, and that first on my list for the week was to hit the target pace for each workout. A worthwhile goal right? So I went to the track on Tuesday to face the intervals I dread the most...1600's. As … [Continue reading]
"Choice, not chance, determines your destiny." -- Aristotle Week 4 was the first solid week of training for me and it was capped off with a fantastic 10 miler yesterday morning. I finished each workout feeling strong...instead of the "What the heck … [Continue reading]
This morning marks Day 2 of watching the big yellow bus whisk my "baby" off to Kindergarten. Why is it that they never look smaller or more vulnerable then when they're climbing up those bus stairs? With both boys now on the same school schedule (cue … [Continue reading]
