2024 has been a year of transformation for me, both in my running and personal life. I faced challenges on and off the roads and trails. Every mile, literally and figuratively, changed me. Tonight marks the end of the year. I am reflecting on the miles I logged in 2024 and thinking about the milestones… Continue reading 2024 Running Year in Review: Miles Change You
Category: Running
Race Recap: Hot Cider Hustle Half Marathon
TL;DR - I loved the course for the Hot Cider Hustle Half Marathon and ended up defying my own expectations of what I was capable of! The unabridged version: After I decided to sell my marathon bib for the Detroit Marathon this year, I looked for half marathons to run instead. I had already made… Continue reading Race Recap: Hot Cider Hustle Half Marathon
Race Recap: Little Rock Marathon
It only took me 1.5 years to post this - enjoy my Little Rock Marathon 2023 race recap!
400 Miles, 40 Months, 40 Years
In January I came across a post in one of the running groups I belong to on Facebook. It was a woman documenting one of her 10k races in pursuit of her goal to run 50 10ks before she turned 40. She mentioned the number of months she had to reach her goal and it… Continue reading 400 Miles, 40 Months, 40 Years
Weekly Training Recap: 1/1/2024 – 1/7/2024
TL;DR summary: I decided on some goals for 2024 and beyond. I walked 4.6 miles and ran 12.1 miles. As always, I need to do more strength training and yoga. My nutrition and hydration need work. The longer version: Thanks to Garmin, I’ve decided to try to earn the 2024 Running and Walking badges. The… Continue reading Weekly Training Recap: 1/1/2024 – 1/7/2024
2023 Running Year in Review
Yesterday I ran my last race of the year, and my last miles of the year. It was the Resolution Run 8k. Today I feel like I ran a half marathon. My legs are sore and I am exhausted! I was going to get up and run with my friends this morning but I could… Continue reading 2023 Running Year in Review
Reflections
I recently shared a journal entry that I had written towards the end of 2019. I was coming off what most people would consider an amazing year of running. I had gotten personal best times in every distance I ran that year. Looking back, though, I considered that a difficult time. Although I had recently… Continue reading Reflections
Road to Woodstock – Week 1
TL;DR Version: This was my first week of training for the Hippie Half trail half marathon at Run Woodstock. I did some run/rides with hubby, got to run with a few different friends, gained more trail experience, and I even did some strength training and hill training. One week down, 11 more to go! The… Continue reading Road to Woodstock – Week 1
Weekly Training Diary: 4/9/2023-4/15/2023
TL;DR: I decided I’m going to start keeping a training diary here and sharing it weekly. This week I ran 16.09 miles - a 7 mile long run, and 3 miles on 3 different days. The weather was awesome, the running company was better. If you want all of the fun details, keep reading! While… Continue reading Weekly Training Diary: 4/9/2023-4/15/2023
My Word for 2023: Self-Investment
I spent the last few days of 2022 reflecting on the year and thinking about what I wanted out of 2023. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I found an article through a Google search about 23 Goals to Set in 2023: Goal Ideas for Self-Investment. That term - self-investment - really stuck… Continue reading My Word for 2023: Self-Investment
My 2022 Running Year in Review
My whole running world changed in 2020. I ran my last in person race right before the start of the COVID-10 pandemic. I didn't run an in-person race again until Crim 2021. In between all of that, I did a lot of virtual races and my own personal challenges, and I also faced a lot… Continue reading My 2022 Running Year in Review
Does anybody really know what time it is?
It is that week between Christmas and New Year's Day, when time doesn't make any sense and you're not exactly sure what day it is. I simultaneously can't believe that 2022 is almost over while also feeling like this was one of the longest years of my life. I'm blaming this feeling on the pandemic.… Continue reading Does anybody really know what time it is?
Race Recap: Noland Trail 50K Relay
The TLDR version: on 11/5, I ran a 50K relay on the Noland Trail in Virginia with my friends. Our team name was Last Freakin’ Dead, but we didn’t finish Dead Freakin’ Last. We completed the race in 7 hours and 10 minutes. It was the prettiest race I’ve ever run, and the company was… Continue reading Race Recap: Noland Trail 50K Relay
Race Recap: 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon Races
The short & sweet version of this race recap: I participated in "The Wonder" Challenge (1 mile and 5k on Saturday, international half marathon on Sunday) at the 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon races this weekend with my friend Katelyn. My hubby came along for the journey and was an amazing race photographer and cheerleader,… Continue reading Race Recap: 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon Races
A New Baseline
The last couple of years have been challenging, to say the least. I can't think of many people who can look back on 2020 to now and say, "Oh yeah, no hard times at all, definitely all good." Besides a global pandemic that completely uprooted most of our lives, many folks, me included, had other… Continue reading A New Baseline
RD on the Run 