Ready to race!

I’m going Turkey Trotting tomorrow.  I’m obviously aiming to smash my 5K PR since I’m clearly in top running shape right now. Just kidding.  I’m just hoping to not finish the race in last place.  Our neighborhood is hosting an informal Turkey Trot 5K for the second year in a row.  Last year, it was [Read On]

Injury update

Apple picking fun

I haven’t been blogging much lately because without running, I don’t have much to say. I mean I could tell you all the mundane details of the daily life as a stay at home mom of an almost 3 year old, but that might get boring. One funny anecdote, I’ll give you is this – [Read On]

Another injury…

I hope my "Running for two" shirt wasn't a total waste of money since I only got to wear it twice!

While we were on vacation in Hawaii, one of the things I was really looking forward to was running in one of my favorite places in the world.  The scenery could not be any prettier, the Hawaiian breeze is like a fan blowing on you while you run, and best of all – it’s flat.  [Read On]

Running streak update!

Today will be day 12 of the Runner’s World Summer Running Streak. I actually began my streak 2 days before the RW streak so here I am 14 days later and I feel great! What I love about this streak is that since I’m not training for any races at the moment, I still have [Read On]

Back to it!

KT Tape Pro = amazingness

Disclaimer: if you’ve had any kind of injury or other health problem that has kept you from running for 6-8 weeks or longer, I’m sorry that I’m being a whiny brat about a 1 week break from running. First of all, I have to say – do as I say, not as I do.  I [Read On]

Runner’s Knee

{For an update on my runner’s knee, please see this post from 2/2013} While I was training for the Baltimore Marathon, I started to occasionally have some slight pain and stiffness in my left knee when I was running.  It would come and go and was never the type of pain that made me have [Read On]

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