This is the first in a series of posts on my Ragnar experience this past weekend. I started and ended my trip with a bus trip, a yellow legal pad and a pen. This post was written on Thursday, September 26. Special work goes into running a relay, especially a Ragnar Relay with 11 other… Continue reading On the Road Again
Friday morning, eleven women and myself will start the journey from Saratoga Springs to Lake Placid. We are running the Ragnar Adirondack Relay. I cannot wait. I am anticipating this relay so much I started packing over the weekend. Big mistake! I need that running gear prior to leaving. Oops! I am runner six. I… Continue reading Ragnar Alert
A while back I wrote about starting to use MyFitnessPal.com. I have an update for you and here it comes. I love the ability to put my recipes – that I have no idea how many calories are contained – into their system. I do have some difficulty in determining how many servings are in… Continue reading MyFitnessPal Update
I know you are looking at that and wondering what the heck I’m thinking! I’m thinking I want to tell you about a just-released app – if you have an iPad or iPhone – or a website that I discovered a while ago if you don’t. I love to have a place to run when… Continue reading Lo*ca*lei*kki #PlayLocal
I really wanted the title to be “Training Time is Trying Time” but that might lead you astray. I am not saying that my training is not trying – trying to push my body to a new level, trying to push my patience as it does not come as easy as I would like –… Continue reading Training Time is a Time for Trying
August was a month. That is about all I really want to say about it. I have been in a funk of some sort through most of August and it has shown in both my marathon training and other parts of my life. The funk is undoubtedly influenced by many little things I call life… Continue reading Looking Back on August
I am at the Tuesday of week 7 of my 18 week training plan for the Anthem Richmond Marathon in mid-November. My question is have you ever felt a training plan was out of whack for you. This is the second training cycle in a row that has me questioning if I picked the right… Continue reading Training Plans – Flexible or Not
While I live in NYS and schools do not start back until after Labor Day, friends across the country are sending their children back to school which means summer is slowing coming to a close. This past weekend I spent time inside and out as I did house things I have been working on over… Continue reading Ending Summer
Last Thursday evening I ran my first 5K of the year. I am not a huge 5K fan. I do not like running miles prior to a race and 3.1 miles just seems too short to get going. I like mid-distances best but because of what this particular race stands for, I run it if… Continue reading Women’s Distance Festival 5K – Race Recap
Again this summer, I headed to Madison County to DeRuyter for the Tromptown Half Marathon. This race is held in conjunction with the Tioghnioga Firemen’s Field Days and is a Thursday evening race. Start time for the half – there is also a 5K – is 5:45 pm. First, let me state that a 5:45… Continue reading Tromptown Run – Race Recap
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