First track workout of the season and it sucked. Not only did it suck, but it sucked cheese balls. It was 93 degrees with bad air quality and I, of course, forgot my inhaler. Yesterday’s drill was partner 800’s, which I typically love…except for yesterday. I knew I was in trouble when I started to feel my knee ache during the warm up jog to the track and my legs were feeling like they were a bazillion pounds. Continue reading
I LOVE that my friends encourage their children to run. Too often I see overweight children and it saddens me. I’ve had conversations with parents who tell me their children are “big boned” or just “husky” and I bite my tongue because there’s not sense in fighting a losing battle with a parent who’s in denial. Continue reading
A friend of mine posted on her FB page that she was listening to an teen-bop-80’s song that came up on the radio and my response was (shhhh…I listen to Mmmbop….on purpose). Face it, we all have our guilty pleasure songs on our playlist and one of mine happens to be “Mmmbop” by Hanson. Yeah, yeah…there’s the obligatory Eminem song to put a little fire in your step, and of course we ALLLLL have “Eye of the Tiger” (admit it…you do), but there’s always that one song (or two) that you have on your list that you wouldn’t want anyone else to know. Continue reading
What a beautiful day to start training! It was great to see old friends again and the energy of excitement of taking on another challenge was in the air. We were scheduled to run 8 to 10 miles, so our little crew started off with 8.5 miles as all of us were coming back from injuries and thought it was best to take it easy for the first long run. Personally, I’ve been dealing with a knee issue caused by tightness in my calves and quads according to my Physical Therapist. I also developed Meralgia paraesthetica in my right hip. Don’t worry…that’s sounds worse than what it is. It’s just a pinched nerve in the hip area that makes my right quad numb. You can hit my thigh and I won’t feel a thing! Cool, huh? Anyway, I need to do more stretching, rolling, and yoga to kelp my knee, and I need to get some steroid injection in my hip for my nerve….I’ll wait to do this as long as I can. Continue reading
My first stab at writing a blog and I have writers block. Go figure. I guess that’s why I never became a writer in the first place. When I first started running last year, I wanted to write a blog about my journey to my first marathon, but I was too intimidated to go through with it. Actually, I just couldn’t get past naming the damned thing! What’s with all these running blogs anyway?! Continue reading
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