Planning through pain
It’s better to be ten miles undertrained than one mile overtrained This was twice-repeated at Monday’s NYRR event and it’s so true and so fitting for my training. I think my feet/knees are a reasonable...
View ArticleTuesday Topics: Lebow 2.0 #MedalMonday
I have so many feelings about Sunday’s Fred Lebow Half Marathon. Linking up with Kim and Zenaida to share the good, the bad and the amusing about the race. Because I picked up my hat so early, it was a...
View Articlefrom Fred Lebow to Penguins and Football
oh my! I runfess that I have not figured out how to blog from my phone, so this is a two-week Wrap since I spent the interim weekend driving with mom down to Florida. I had the best laid plans of...
View ArticleTuesday Topics: Do Frozen Penguins Play Football?
if they do, I bet they’re better than I am. I love the pre-race football throw at the NYRR Super Bowl Sunday race but I am laughably bad at it. Tiny hands (not politics, a pure fact when you’re 5’2)...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy: Week 0
Runfession: I’ve been much more worried about my Achilles than I’ve let on, especially when I started to feel some thickening. I made the decision that I’d go see a doctor after the Half, and that day...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy: Week 1
I made a rookie mistake when scheduling my 7/7:30 AM PT sessions. I’ve done early dentist appointments, I can do this, I thought. Crucial difference? At the dentist you don’t have to, really can’t,...
View Article#MedalMonday, 2019 Publix A1A Half Marathon
I finished. I could still walk after. Atlantic ocean makes for the best race scenery. I pushed on through heat & humidity. I’m a happy camper…errr, runner. But, rewinding. Tuesday Topics: Linking...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy: Week 2 and Half Marathon Recovery
One thing I forgot to touch on in either the weekly wrap or the race recap is how much I loved the A1A Half Marathon shirt. Last year’s was cute, but the cut was infuriating and I almost never wore it...
View ArticleTuesday Topics: Women’s Running Clothes
While I’m not the Marie Kondo fan some of you are, I do find some truths in her advice. One relevant to running is that I don’t feel good in clothes that don’t look good on me. I don’t give a hoot if I...
View ArticleMarching into March with Coffee
I cannot figure out where 2019 is going. Joining Coco and Deborah to see if we can figure it out over coffee. If we were having coffee I’d tell you I’ve had way too much lately. Between the cold...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy Week 3
This was the first running week that felt normal-ish since injury. Baby steps forward. Before I get to this week, I had a very pleasant surprise in my inbox Friday morning: I’ve been selected a Skirt...
View ArticleTuesday Topics: Running Wishlist
I’m history! No, I’m mythology! Nah, I don’t care what I am. I’m free-hee! ~Genie Celebrity** deaths don’t generally affect me too much. Usually by the end of the news cycle, their death has slipped my...
View ArticleReview: The Plant Based Runner
On Reading Yay, I can start a Weekly Run Down post with something other than PT, although I am still in and loving PT. This week I wanted to share my review of Jonathan Cairns’ The Plant Based Runner....
View ArticleNYC Half Marathon: Race Week
A wardrobe miracle happened this week (no, not that I matched, although that did happen too!) I found a pair of pants that fit at the ankle. Of course they were actually meant to be capris, but that’s...
View Article#MedalMonday: Race Recap: NYC Half Marathon
I was surprisingly chill about this race. I think it was mostly because I knew I wasn’t going to be properly trained back in January and I decided this was going to be a fun run. Why not defer?...
View Article#UnitedNYCHalf Recovery Week
I knew this was going to be a light week even without recovery from the half. We have our Global Summit/Annual Meeting and there’s just a lot going on. While I do chase steps in general, as Judy and I...
View ArticleRunning and Reading
If you follow me on twitter, you already know I was a happy little clam at Linda Fairstein’s book signing. I’d say meeting, but this is at least the fifth year I’ve gone, according to her inscription...
View ArticleGlobal Running Day Plans, Shoes Threedux
as I’ve mentioned, I love how much NYRR does to give back. I always try to get to Global Running Day events, but June is always a crap shoot work wise. I was glad this weekend when they announced a 7AM...
View ArticleReview and a Race Recap: Matt Fitzgerald, Life is a Marathon
For this week’s Tuesday Topics, I’m linking up with Kim and Zenaida to share a race recap and book review. I was given a copy of this book to read via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. While Matt...
View ArticleA Quieter Week
I love it when friends are in town. I adore them and we got up to good mischief. But I am so glad for a return to my routine. I am such a creature of habit. Speaking of habits, I finally broke down and...
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