It has been 5 days since my last race and I’m still happy. The soreness has gone away and the chafe spots have nice scabs. I ran briefly yesterday which felt good to get myself moving again. 5 days and I’m still wanting to relive this race. I want to be smiling again at mile … More Upper Miles
I call them Goddess Glasses. They are my $5 cheap running sunglasses I got at the discount store. They are not prescription so everything is a nice rosie tinted blur. When I wear them, I am invicable. I am strong. When I put them on, all who see me running sees the me I wish I … More Why Everyone NEEDS Goddess Glasses!
93 days until the Chicago Marathon. 52 days until school starts. There is much to be done!!! Time to call in my WING MEN!!!! So to ramp up my tired brain, and tired body, I started a group on Facebook, called Perfect 10. The purpose is self-serving really…in trying to motivate myself to get out … More My Wing Men
I wake up this morning at 3 to finish some reports. The house is quiet and calm as everyone sleeps. I do not regret the day of baking and raking leaves yesterday. Getting up predawn is well worth the fun of laughing with the boys and eating warm chocolate banana bread together. Sometimes I … More life is a marathon
It is 5:30 on a chilly Saturday morning. I am in bed sipping a coffee and eating some peanut buttered toast. As I am in the peak of fall marathon training season here, I’ll be running my 20 mile long run in an hour or so and this is my pre run quiet time. 3 … More Why Not?
The wind whispers outside my window. The birds sing. I lay in bed with my morning coffee, cozy, content, and I press rewind on an incredible week. 6 days ago I ran the Boston Marathon. Bucket list item…CHECK! After a strong training, my legs were ready. My hip was tweaky, but felt strong. I had … More Boston Marathon take-aways
It is marathon week and taper madness has set in. I am officially crazy. I claim it. Acknowledge it. Accept it and hopefully by so doing, I will let it go. I’m a full range of emotions… gleeful, weepy, starving one minute, not hungry the next. I am thirsty, bone tired, and sore in unknown … More Taper Madness…it is REAL
It is 4:45 am It is a Sunday My bed is cozy and warm I am tired as I had 7 kids for an overnight who were up to wee hours laughing. The alarm goes off again I stumble into kitchen for a cup of coffee And I think to myself, WHY am I … More Rise and Shine!
There is a quote which says, “ a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. Today I have run 1000 miles in 1 year! If you had told me 4 years ago I would do this, I would have laughed at you. Impossible! And yet here I am. Proudly sweaty, smelly and … More 1000 miles
A week ago I had the privilege to be a guide in the New York City Marathon with a friend of mine who has a mobility disability. I first met Kim a year ago when I sent an SOS out to the local running club for another crazy runner to run with me in the … More NYC marathon…start to finish with incredible nuggets along the way
Broken Wings Fly Again 