1. That was not an actual pic of MIL’s burning oven on Thanksgiving. I was far too busy doing the stop, drop and roll (and chewing on cheese and crackers) to work the camera. 2. I may have worshipped at the altar of the almighty Goddess Nike on cyber Monday. 3. It’s December. My birthday [Read More]
Runnbatical Progress Report
One month of my runnbatical is complete!How’s it going you ask? Coming along nicely! Let’s review my objectives: Physical and mental break from running. Check!I’ve succeeded in keeping the Garmin off my wrist, have done zero speedwork and have run a race ‘by feel’, although I feel like it’s time to at least order a [Read More]
Black Friday and a Giveaway
Seems the Black Friday promotions come earlier and appear larger every year. While I, for one, am happy to take refuge behind my computer for some cyber deals, I have no plans to venture out to physical stores the day after Thanksgiving. One year I sent Modern Caveman out in the wee hours to vie [Read More]
Five Fun Things
Give Me An A!Special shouts to Thing 1 who brought home straight A’s!!! I’m so proud of the way she’s rocking 4th grade! So Many Turkey TrotsIt used to be slim pickin’s around here as far as Thanksgiving races go. Not anymore.I need to get off the fence and into the roasting pan already before [Read More]
Sigvaris Recovery Socks Review and Giveaway
Given my recent runnbatical proclamation, some of you were wondering why I was still running so much. It’s all in the name of some product testing for none other than you my loyal readers! Sigvaris Recovery Socks Feature true graduated compression to help athletes recover faster. Compression is strongest at the ankle and lessens as [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Haunted Edition
It was all going so well. I baked not one but two batches of brownies. Pumpkin brownies and an attempt at smore’s brownies. They were both utterly delish. The marshmallows in the smore’s version melted away leaving behind a ghostly delicious chewiness. Yesterday was my long run. Weather was good: a tad, ok very windy [Read More]
Race Report: Chicago 1/2 Marathon
Overcoming the suck monkeyI was shaken out of a running dream where I missed the start of the race to see that it was 3:58am: Two whole minutes before my alarm. I’ve never had a running dream before, albeit a bad one. But according to my mom, (whose birthday is tomorrow BTW) bad dreams are [Read More]
How to Calm Piriformis Syndrome in Runners
With many of us in the nitty-gritty, high mileage weeks of our fall race training cycles, it is common to have a complaining body part or two…or six. For me those parts are my left hamstring and piriformis, or as I like to call it, buttular region. These particular afflictions are not new to me, [Read More]
Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon Race Report
It was beyond wonderful to escape the heat and humidity and head for Colorado last week to run the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon. The perfect antidote for this slumping, overheated runner. After extensive research on portable oxygen tanks, I settled on this number…but reconsidered when I thought of the hassle I’d have getting [Read More]
Power of 10+ Final Week
In honor of Alex’s birthday, which is TODAY, I thought I’d remind you of the motherlode of running goodies that will be heading to a lucky and generous winner in one short week: Let’s review: 1. Alo short sleeve tee (color of your choice) from Running Chics. 2. Mystery Sock Sampler containing socks from Recovery [Read More]
