Tuesday Topics: Rogue Running and group marathon training
My original plan for NYC Marathon training wasn’t group training, nor was it JackRabbit’s Rogue Running. I realized early on that a DIY approach probably wasn’t going to work for me, and soon after...
View ArticleThis is 40
can I just whine for a second? I’m a big country fan and I had the perfect “anthem” when I turned 30. Tim McGraw’s My Next Thirty Years. I think I’ll take a moment, celebrate my age The ending of an...
View ArticleThankful for running
I’m the worst about doing those gratitude posts on social media. I always feel like I’d leave out someone or something, or I’d start strong and peter off because I’ve never been a daily poster. And...
View ArticleTed Corbitt 2019
Original post title: Trying not to run on caffeine and sugar. That was before this became a pointless weekly run down due to a wonderfully crazy work week. My office has our annual gala on Monday and I...
View ArticleDashing through December with Jingle Bells
Where on earth did this month go? How is it already Christmas week? Apologies for a comments blitz of late. I’m trying desperately to catch up. One of these days I’ll either put email on my phone or...
View ArticleRunfessions of a sidelined runner
Today I’m linking up with Marcia at Marcia’s Healthy Slice for her monthly Runfessions linkup. Be sure to check out her blog and those of the other great bloggers linking up. My primary topic? The...
View ArticleOh my right knee, you old frenemy
Not a Weekly Run Down, as there was a strong lack of running, but linking up with Deborah and Kim to talk about my knee diagnosis and some other 2019 odds and ends. Am I disappointed in the injury? I...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy 2020: Week 0
I was working on a post to closeout 2019 and share my 2020 goals, when a wonderful thing happened. I realized I could run a little! Linking up with Deborah and Kim to share this week. Had an amazing...
View ArticlePT 2020 Week 1: “I Like Hard”
This week marked my third running anniversary. With it falling on a weekday and my not running that day due to PT, I didn’t mark it in any special way. I will… just haven’t decided the form it will...
View ArticleTuesday Topics: 2019 in Review and 2020 Plans
Yeah. This has been marinating for a bit. Between the injury that spanned 2019-2020 (some things never change) and the uncertainty around it, I wanted to wait until a place when I was more settled....
View ArticlePT 2020 Week 2: Runners are the Best People
subtitle prior to Saturday: making time for all the things, which is also true. A few weeks ago, Deborah mentioned that she’d be in New York and I had a bad feeling that I wouldn’t be — while Darlene...
View Article2020 PT Week 3/4: Return to Racing
Previous post topics when I thought I’d get this posted sooner: I’m taking my talents to South Florida Yep, that made the rounds after the NFC/AFC Conference Championship Games with the Super Bowl in...
View ArticlePT Week 5: PT is Like Dieting
I’ve come to the realization that PT is like a diet. You may lose 5 lbs or have the sore muscle stop hurting, but there’s lots of long term adjustments. I don’t say that to knock PT. I love my PT, but...
View ArticleRace Recap: Zooma Bermuda
more to come on Bermuda overall in, hopefully, a #TravelTuesday post. In the mean time, my thoughts on an amazing racecation. First of all, major love and shout out to the entire Zooma and OnPace race...
View ArticleRunning and Social Anxiety
If two bloggers meet and we forget to take a photo, did it really happen? Coco and I had a wonderful catch up over some delicious guacamole and chips on Wednesday evening. When she messaged me...
View ArticleLeaping into March
I know February is the shortest month and all that jazz, but wow, I blinked and missed it. I actually LEAPED into the sale as soon as they announced it. Spring should be for skirt shopping, but I...
View ArticleWordPress needs a time out
ERROR: please fill the required fields (name, email). That has been the story of my life. At first, just on my laptop in Firefox. Then at work too in Chrome. Bizarrely I have no idea what broke as I...
View Article3rd Raceversary
Three years ago tomorrow I finished my first race. I was officially a Frozen Penguin. I missed my three year runversary because I was injured and cranky. I missed the First Race prompt a few weeks ago...
View ArticleWhat a week
like all of us, Coronavirus dominated my world. Not to say it’s anything like Hiroshima, but the blossoms there always reminded me of resiliency, and them blooming here this week gives me hope. Lots to...
View ArticleFood, medicine and exercise
I won’t lie. I’m selfishly glad that the New York lockdown specifically permits exercise. I think we all need it to stay healthy, and solo running is no different to other necessary activities. I’m oh...
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