Kona Kase Review

As I've mentioned on more than one occasion, I've been on the hunt for the fueling options that will work best for me.  So when I was contacted by the guys at Kona Kase I was definitely intrigued.What is Kona Kase? Kona Kase is a subscription service … [Continue reading]

Thursday Thoughts – By the Numbers

11 -- miles done this morning 4 -- first 4 running and chatting with my friend E 5 -- hills on my route 1 -- driver on his phone who rolled through the "walk" light when I started to cross ?? -- names I proceeded to call him...too … [Continue reading]

Running Pop Quiz

Christine over at Big Dream Runner posted this quiz and invited others to play along. And this seems like more fun than brooding over my struggle through 11 miles this weekend thanks to an ITB flare up...so here goes:  1. FUEL: Shot Bloks, GU, Energy … [Continue reading]

Midweek Motivation

What limits will you push today? Get after it! … [Continue reading]

September Rewind

Good things for the month: Yes Dimity is very tall...and I'm so very not :) PR at ZOOMA Cape Cod!  Managed to cut off an ITB issue before it turned into an injury. Lots of fun blogger meet-ups thanks to a great ZOOMA race weekend … [Continue reading]

Thursday Thoughts – Back at it

1)  While I'm still very excited about Saturday's PR, it was time to get back to training this week - the "A" race, the Chilly Half Marathon is a little more than 6 weeks away. By Sunday evening, Coach Bennett had sent me the next phase of my … [Continue reading]

ZOOMA Cape Cod Race Recap

Let me start by saying that I don't think this post can do justice to the great time I had at ZOOMA! Fun started Friday evening Brooke, Felice, Tricia, Amy, me & Brae E and I headed down to Falmouth late Friday afternoon. We checked in and … [Continue reading]

Getting Ready for ZOOMA

I just finished my bi-weekly call with Coach Bennett and I'm feeling so positive and fired up I wish I could run now! We talked about my last few training runs this week and how to approach Saturday's race. But beyond talking race strategy, the … [Continue reading]

Race Week Craziness

I have a confession to make.... I do not enjoy the final week leading up to a race! My mind and body play terrible tricks on me and I find I spend the week working to keep my anxiety level in check. I'm happy to say I had a good solid long … [Continue reading]

Friday Five

1)  Made it through this week's hill work without any angry outbursts from the left ITB! My schedule has been crazy this week so I ended up swapping Wednesday & Thursday's runs so I did my hill work on Wednesday. It was a solid workout and the ITB … [Continue reading]