April Wrap-Up and May Goals

And just like that, another month is coming to a close! So it's time for a quick wrap-up of how things shook out in April. Running – There were 60.55 miles on the road and the mill. Following the recommendation of my massage therapist, I … [Continue reading]

Spring Runfessions

Happy Friday! Wowza what a long week it's been! I'm looking forward to the weekend, but first things first - today is the last Friday of the month and Marcia has opened the runfessional so let’s share, shall we? I runfess that this year's … [Continue reading]

Run to Remember Training – 5 Weeks to go

Happy Monday! I find it kind of hard to believe that it's just 5 short weeks until Boston's Run to Remember. As I start to increase my weekly mileage, I think my biggest challenge this week was just trying to fit in 4 days of running. I … [Continue reading]

Wrapping up a long week

Happy Sunday! Lots of stuff happening on the home front made this a tough week. While I’m going to refrain from getting into details, I will say parenting is hard especially as your kids get older and you can’t always “fix” things. It’s hard to … [Continue reading]

Easing into half marathon training

With a couple of weeks of decent...and more importantly, pain-free running under my belt, I'm finally feeling like I can begin to focus on training for the Run to Remember Half. The race is Memorial Day Weekend so that gives me just about 7 … [Continue reading]

It’s time for April coffee

As we ease into a new month, this is the perfect time to settle in and catch up over coffee. I’m linking up with Coco and Deborah for the Ultimate Coffee Date, so grab a mug of your fave hot beverage and let’s chat. If we were having coffee, … [Continue reading]

March Wrap-Up

Happy Monday! I was going to say "Happy Spring" but as I type this I'm watching snow fall again. Seriously?!? Hard to believe that I ran yesterday in a long sleeve top and skirt and at times felt too warm. After dealing with 3 nor'easters during … [Continue reading]

Some March Runfessions

It’s the last Friday of the month which means it’s time for some soul (or is that sole?) cleansing. Marcia has opened the runfessional and I've got some runfessing to do, so let's get to it, shall we? If you've been around here for a while … [Continue reading]

Weekly Wrap – Looking for Spring

After dealing with a 3rd nor'easter in a little over 2 weeks, to say I'm ready for spring would be a huge understatement! Storm aside, it was a fairly uneventful week. J and the boys were away enjoying some skiing for spring break, leaving me … [Continue reading]

Keeping my eye on the prize

If you read last week's wrap up then you know I was contemplating taking a DNS on the Black Cat 10 miler thanks to a very cranky piriformis. The truth is I knew even as I was typing that post that the chances of my actually running Black Cat were … [Continue reading]