Are you still running?
Not only am I terrible with names but I’m not much better with faces. I need to meet someone a couple of times before my brain stores their information, their […]
The cupboard’s almost bare
Of all the household duties that need my attention the three I like least are emptying the dishwasher (I don’t mind loading it), taking out the trash and grocery shopping. […]
Keep Calm and Run a Marathon
Maybe it was knowing this was my last marathon (I said that when I ran #12, this makes #15 but I mean it this time). Maybe it was knowing my […]
Taking full advantage of the taper
I’m coming up on the final week before the marathon. My long run last weekend was twelve miles, this weekend will be eight. There have been four and five mile […]
Glass blowing at the mill
We joined our friends for one last snow-filled trip north on Easter weekend. I worked until noon on Good Friday then squeezed in a sixteen mile run before meeting Tom […]
There’s a reason it’s called Motrin PM
My cell phone’s alarm jolted me awake Sunday morning at 5:30 am. For a second I forgot why I had set it to go off so early but quickly remembered I was meeting […]
The Older I Get
I gave my sister this card for her birthday last month. “How true,” I thought at the time. When I was younger the ages we are now seemed so old. For years […]
Training update or my reacquaintance with a treadmill
I’ve hit a few snags while training for the NJ marathon at the end of April, one major snag really. Snow. I don’t mind running in sub-zero temperatures, wear layers […]
Started at the bottom
Saturday Linda and I ran 14 miles. Around mile four, as we approached the turnoff to East Rock Park, I asked her what she wanted to do; we could follow […]
Cutsies
My membership to the YMCA allows me to use any of their facilities in the state. Not wanting to recreate the slippery, icy run from last Sunday I drove around […]
where my feet are 