Time for a weekly dose of motivation – or just a fun running-related video, link, etc, as is the case this week: 28 Reasons Why Training For A Marathon Is The Worst Thing Ever Yeah, perhaps not the most motivating. But admit it, it was worth the read (scroll)! In other news… I went home for…
A great way to use Butternut Squash if you’re tired of making it with butter and brown sugar! Plus, much healthier! Photo credit to Kalyn’s Kitchen Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Ingredients: 1 butternut squash (peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes) 1 Tbsps olive oil 1/2 tsp. salt black pepper Moroccan Spice Mix Ingredients: 1…
And also the hardest I have cried in a long, long time. Jerry has changed my life. Forever. I can’t even begin to thank him for what he has given me. When I was a 1:24:high half-marathoner and approached him, I told him I thought I’d like to see if I could qualify for the…
As you may already know, I ran a 3:01 at Chicago last weekend. It was still an awesome weekend, so here is the recap! …. On public transit to get my packet! Rocking Brooks and CW-X! We flew to Chicago on Thursday evening. Nate and I stopped at Walgreen’s for some Allergy/Decongestant medication the minute…
If you’ve followed me, you know the title says enough. I have not run a 3+ hour marathon since the beginning of 2009 when I ran a 3:03 in Houston off a horribly written plan. I had no idea what I was doing back then. But I will say that despite the craptastic finish time,…
Time for an update! Nate’s poster! Very encouraging, right? Let’s start with the beginning of the week. It wasn’t very pretty. Monday’s 6 mile run felt good to start but by mile 5, my legs became clumsy and I was really straining to keep moving. What?!? I thought ahead to the marathon… gosh, there’s NO…