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 […]
Like money in the bank
Besides the longer miles I’ve been logging on the weekends I’ve been running shorter distances most days during the week. I’m following a training plan, loosely, trying to stick to […]
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 […]
Doubt
Saturday morning, 6:30 am, 11 degrees, snow and ice in patches on roadsides and sidewalks, four of us out for a run. Since we were planning on 17 miles and they […]
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 […]
Benched
I’m back on Bill’s couch but sitting upright, dressed in jeans and a sweater, waiting for browned butter to cool so I can continue making chocolate chip cookies, a much […]
Run, Rest, Run
My scratchy throat was accompanied by an upset stomach on Sunday afternoon. After a slippery six-mile run that should have been postponed from the morning until the afternoon when the […]
I’ll take another piece of Humble Pie, please
I’ve started training for the NJ marathon. I pulled a tried and true training program off the internet, began Tuesday with a five-mile run with Linda. I forgot how cold […]
I prefer my torture be self imposed
When I crossed the finish line of my first marathon commemorating my 40th birthday I burst into tears. My then husband and a couple of friends greeted me at the […]
where my feet are 