Today, I quit. I had a 20-mile long run scheduled for my next race – the Surf City Marathon – and after the first mile, I knew that there was no way I was going to be able to run for 19 more miles. Besides the fact that I didn’t want to (who really wants… Read More
There’s still mud in my hair, I’m shuffling around like I just ran a marathon and I’m currently hen pecking the keys to type this post because my hand is a gooey mess of blistered, open skin and embedded micro rocks. But I can cross off number 25 on my 40 by 40 list: run… Read More
The wind on my face, sweat pouring down my brow, my legs carrying me mile after mile, the burning in my lungs, the constant mental struggle…running, I hate every part of it. As I write this, I just finished my third half marathon; everything hurts, and I’m strategically setting goals for my next race. How (and… Read More
As I write this, I just started training for my second half-marathon – my first destination race – the Marine Corps Marathon in Virginia. From a girl who hated to run only 18 months ago to a girl who still isn’t sure she likes it 1150+ miles later, running has become a part of me.… Read More
For my gentlemen blog readers, I apologize for the TMI post today. But don’t stop reading. If you have a lady in your life, and she’s around the mid-late thirties range, you might want to read this, so you are armed with some knowledge. For women that are younger than mid-thirties, I’m sorry to have… Read More
This weekend, I finished my third half marathon in my hometown race, the Surf City Half Marathon. 17 months ago, I hadn’t run farther than one full mile, and that was more than 20 years ago. I was not (and still am not) a big fan of running. It’s painful; it can get really boring,… Read More
I just turned 38 a few weeks ago, and though it may be cliche, time seems to be racing by. It seemed like it was just yesterday that the ball dropped in Times Square for New Year’s Eve 2001, and now we just commemorated the 14th anniversary of 9/11. I’ll be 40-years-old in a few… Read More
I’ll admit. My Achilles heel is sugar. I love vegetables and fruit, hate milk, and can limit my meat intake, but sugar…I just can’t quit you. I became a vegetarian a few years back for health reasons and then answered the call of chicken and burgers again in the last year and a half. Recently, like… Read More
I’ve been so busy the last six weeks, I’ve basically gone one of two spectrums in regards to eating. Either I don’t eat at all or I’m eating whatever my little fat kid heart desires. Oh, and I’ve stopped working out consistently. Oh God, I’ve let myself go. Just for a little while. I guess… Read More
I made another homemade meal the other night. I’m on a roll. (I did try my hand at ironing. It didn’t work out so well. I learned that you shouldn’t grab the iron by the flat part cause it’s a tad bit warm. I guess I’ll take this domestic thing one baby step at a… Read More