Anatomy of a Morning Run
Not my bed, my husband or my clock. But love the idea. 4:45: Up to pee. Dang it that it's less than an hour until 5:30. Should I turn off the alarm? Uh-uh. Should I just go now? [...]
Train Like a Mother: Outtake 5
Time to make the toast--and then get out on a run. We mother runners love our carbs and coffee, as evidenced by this outtake of Train Like a Mother: How to Get Across Any Finish Line - and [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: Adding a Tune-up Race to Your Training Schedule
While we recommend a tune-up race, we don't recommend a tuning fork in a tuna fish (or vintagage REO Speedwagon albums) As I detailed last week, my training for the Boston Marathon is percolating nicely. And in [...]
A Year in the Life of a Runner
A reminder we all need around our necks as we make tracks into 2012. {From mbartstudios on etsy.} It's Sunday night, I'm eating a bowl of Edy's Grant Light Peppermint Ice Cream (I would eat it year-round if [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: Building Blocks for Post-Run Recovery
What I daydreamed about on this weekend's long run On Saturday morning, I did my longest run since last spring—14 miles in prep for the Rock ‘N’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon. It was also my first solo [...]
Tell Me Tuesday: The Taper
My fave line from my vision board: "Because I'm loving every wonderful, horrible minute of this" Last week, Dimity and I had the rare opportunity to sit down and talk in person about our goals and plans for [...]
Sweating The Details
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cct7am358g] Take two on another Dimity original. FYI: it was shot in one unchoreographed take because cameraman Grant was overdue for a bike ride. Let me start by typing something I haven't typed in months: I had a great run [...]
Getting In My Miles
A Midwest tour recap that, I promise, will not be like an unsolicited race report: boring + long. O.k., so I just read it over again, and it's a little on the long side, but bear with me. Duluth: A [...]
Summer Tunes + Travels
Concrete notwithstanding, one of my fave places to run. Insert me--and plenty of RLAM'ers--here. I'm headed out on Tuesday for the Midwest portion of the RLAM tour: after dropping my kids at my mom's house outside of Minneapolis [...]