Those of you who read this blog the old-fashioned way may have noticed a recent addition to the page: Powered By. Lucky me, Clif Bar gives me tasty pre/during/post run fuel in exchange for being awesome.
Lucky you, Clif Bar gave me a selection of product and swag to share. I promise, I won’t make you gush about how much you love Clif Bars or pick your favourite flavour of Clif Blok or tell me a story about how you totally ran a PB eating Clif Shots to enter the draw. Continue reading
Around this time last year I started the mix tape. The original goal was to post a new mix weekly, but sporadically seems to suit me better. I can’t be confined by a calendar. This week is the best yet. (Like every good reality TV show, I’m going to make this promise every week). Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Tapes, Running Tids & Bits
Tagged animals, celebrity, Garmin, long run, marathon, Olympics, race director, running, winter
The company that makes the Rundies has another unique product for runners. Specifically for brides on the run. Not runaway brides, but the kind of bride that wants to get married during a race. It’s a running bridal dress: Continue reading
Everyone else is doing it so I’m doing it too. Yes mom, cliff jumping does sound exciting.
Last time I posted my own personal wish list. I’m not ashamed to say I like gifts. This time I’m sharing my Awesome Gift Ideas for Runners Who Have Everything.* Runners like me. Coincidentally.
A month ago I started training with a new run club. I started training with a coach. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while, but other obligations (leading running clinics three times a week for most of the last seven years and leading weekly runs for another club for the last four-ish years) always conflicted with the training nights. Ok, and admittedly, I was a bit lot nervous/intimidated/scared to make the move. Continue reading
Posted in Running Tids & Bits
Movie Motivation Month continues with another man running for his life film. As there are obvious parallels to my own perilous and life-threatening weeks of training, I feel these films are suitably motivational. Continue reading
Posted in Reviews on the Run
Tagged marathon, motivation, movie review, movies, running, trail running
I like you so much I’ve made you 20 mixed tapes in the last year. On each one I signed the cover with a heart over the i.
I haven’t checked the email account linked to this blog since I moved in the spring. I forgot my password along with my old address. I’m feeling guilty. Perhaps there are tens of burning questions from loyal readers sitting unanswered in my inbox.
Posted in Running Tids & Bits
It is seriously just a matter of time before something like this happens to me. And I probably won’t even have a marathon to blame. Continue reading
Posted in Running Tids & Bits
Tagged marathon, New York City Marathon, race results, sport psychology
I bought a new training diary with the faint hope that writing down my runs might actually lead to, oh I don’t know, actual training. The one I purchased can’t help but inspire the laziest of runner. Continue reading
Posted in Running Tids & Bits, The Gear Junkie
Tagged exercise, fitness, gear, health, marathon, running, training
A couple of weeks ago I paced for the fabulous Niagara Falls Half Marathon*. This was just my second time donning the famed ears. I like pace bunnying. It’s a nice way to get in a sold training run, without the effort or pressure of racing. I like the challenge of running perfect kilometre splits and the fun of offering up motivation without being too annoying. I think I succeeded;
Posted in My Amazing Races
Tagged exercise, fitness, health, marathon, pace bunny, running
This is a super-sized edition - I spent some time cleaning up my bookmarks and transferring to a new feed and I’m too lazy to edit down to the best it’s all worth reading. Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Tapes
Tagged blog, exercise, fitness, health, marathon, running, trail running
A lot of celebrities run the NYC marathon. I’ve even heard of some of them. This year famous NYCM runners included singer Mya (6.59.39), athlete Apolo Ohno (3.25.14), model Christy Turlington (4.20.47), and actor/host Mario Lopez. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity Sneakers, Running Tids & Bits
Tagged Boston Marathon, celebrity, exercise, fitness, health, marathon, New York City Marathon, running
I’m sharing a poem written by a first time half marathoner^ - I think it does a brilliant job of capturing the months of training that led her to the finish line.
[Note: I'm not sharing just because of the shout-out to me, but a little bit because. I do like a shoutout.] Continue reading
I am hobbling around like an old lady in need of a walker. My legs, which appear to be on strike, are no longer responding to commands from my brain.
Me, if I had glasses, a perm, and a walker. In other words, future me.
My Running Shorts: short stories about my life on the run.
