Martini Fridays: On Pins and Needles
Here’s the short version of my 12-mile run last Saturday: I didn’t die. So - hooray! Given that it is a) June and b) I live ten miles from the Catskill Mountains, my choices for a super long route was [...]
Martini Fridays: on Coaches, Plans, and Coastlines
I’d like to say that I’ve been up to something completely fabulous since my last Martini Friday — fighting pirates in the Caribbean, maybe, or discovering foolproof cures for foot fungus — but I’d be lying. Mostly I’ve been working, [...]
Martini Fridays: Affairs of the Heart (Rate)
I’m desperately trying to embrace the new training regime. You may be asking yourself: what new training regime? To which I say: don’t you follow my every utterance on this very website? I mean. Really. I kid. To make a [...]
Martini Friday: Time is not on my side
I wound up taking just a leeetle bit more time off after the Philly Half than I’d intended to. What with holiday travel and the end of the semester, eight or nine days went by before I managed to lace [...]
Martini Fridays: Ripped it up.
I can only begin to tell you how much more chill I was at the start of the Empire State Half Marathon, my second half, than I was at the start of the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, my first. This dynamic [...]
Martini Fridays: In need of a TARDIS
After the better part of a week hemming and hawing then hemming some more, I finally convinced myself that Saturday morning would be a great time to take a run through Hyde Park, which was only a couple of blocks [...]
Martini Fridays: Like I Asked Five Minutes Ago
Having SO! MUCH! FUN! So far August is not covering itself in glory. This has long been my least favorite month. It’s usually the hottest, for starters, and I’m much better at pushing through the 20 degree [...]
Martini Fridays: Jerkface, the Fibroid, and Other Tales
Where's John Madden when you need him? Welcome to Friday, and this edition of Martini Fridays, where Adrienne Martini runs long and talks about Jerkface. Apparently, I’m going to spend the entire summer—well, what’s left of it—re-arranging the training schedule. [...]
Martini Fridays: Let’s Focus on the Positive!
Just another 8-mile, lovely run in upstate New York. Three weeks into 13.FUN and regular updates on Martini Fridays. In this one, we learn a little about Adrienne's grocery store background, among other important things. Last week marked my first [...]
Martini Fridays: Hugs, Cat-Sized Bugs, and Other Important Things
Three generatios of smiles at Disney. The last two weeks could most charitably be described as “intense.” They didn’t start that way. Early in the fortnight, I stuck to my loose schedule of runs. Shortly before I [...]