A year ago, while everyone else was putting in final preparations for their Super Bowl parties, I was headed to the JFK trying to comprehend the new reality that awaited me. Literally, everything I'd known had changed in the month prior, and that day I said goodbye to what I had expected to be my …
Last fall I signed up to do a cross-training run one evening with Philadelphia Runner, Be Well Philly, and Unite Fitness. A huge group of runners literally ran through the streets of Philadelphia stopping at different tourist attractions to do push-ups, squats, burpees, and walking lunges. It was fantastic. I sweat a ton, and made …
After finally writing my WDW Marathon recap (which was pretty sad, sorry guys) I decided to take a look at the calendar. I've got 2 races coming up faster than I thought! Hurray, bring on training again 😋 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler I've got just under 11 weeks until this race. I have a big …
Continue reading I’ve already been to Disney World, so what’s next?!
As I prepare to curl up and try to get a good night of sleep before getting up at a time others in the hotel will be just coming home, I'm catching up on all of the amazing support from everyone. And, I'm sure you're not surprised, I'm tearing up. I cannot begin to describe …
I cannot believe that in 24 hours Karen and I will be at the starting line for our very first marathon. If I said I wasn't emotional, I'd be lying. I've come pretty close to crying no less than 10 times a day for the last few days. But not because I'm sad or I'm …
Continue reading 24 hours till #WDWMarathon and Costume Reveal
After my experience with the Summer Run Streak, I didn't even question doing the holiday version of it. Okay, maybe I questioned it for a day, since the streak ended only 2 weeks before my marathon. But I committed, and Karen and I partnered up with a ChallengeLoop to get others involved with it. I …
Continue reading Runner’s World Holiday Run Streak: Testing my Tolerance & our ChallengeLoop Winner
2013 was a year of amazing accomplishments, lots of firsts, smiles and tears. I've said for months that I'm so ready for a new year, and it's almost here, so I've been spending a lot of time thinking about my goals. But tonight I'm doing the Resolution Run with Philadelphia Runner, so I wanted to …
Although I'm back in Philly, I'm still on vacation until Thursday. So what am I spending my last 2 days of 2013 doing? If you guessed running, you're right, at least partially. My plans for the next couple of days are setting me up to be successful in a few of my goals in 2014, …
Continue reading You’ve got 2 days left, how will you spend them?
I've driven 13 hours in the last 2 days by myself. I am not a talk radio, audiobook, podcast type person. I get bored easily. I broke this rule after I realized my 4 hour drive today was going to be at least 6, when I listened to a few Another Mother Runner podcasts. Karen …
Clearly I'm about the 147,689th person to do one of these, but as I've mentioned before, this blog started as a way to keep myself accountable, so I sometimes don't care if I'm doing what everyone else is doing. If I think its a great thing, or like the way someone has done something, I'm …
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