Race Recap: Ted Corbitt 15K
Alternate caption, which I feel like is common in race photos: Why am I doing this again? I love this race so much I will run it in the pouring rain. It was my first true distance run and 15K/10M is my...
View ArticleChasing 1K
While I have no idea how Christmas is in literally a week, I’m slowly getting festive. I have a Twig hiding somewhere but in the mean time the Christmas spirit is coming from an awesome penguin advent...
View Article2023 Goals
As I alluded to in Chasing 1K, my 2022 goals were a very mixed bag. Linking up with Kim and Zenaida to look at the year that was and the year that is still to come. 2022 Goals: Find a fun destination...
View ArticleSix years running…
so I runfess, that I missed my running anniversary. Strava told me when it showed last year’s celebration run, and then I saw Facebook memories marking the trip back from Florida that launched this...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreamin’
one of the things I’ve missed since 2018* is travel spontaneity. With COVID-19, the planning life cycle was both longer and shorter, if that makes sense. I’d be thinking abut a trip further in advance,...
View ArticleIs this thing on?
One of my unwritten 2023 goals was more self care. Sometimes the tool to accomplish that is a screen break. I was grateful too to be able to spend some time outdoors, which is always medicinal. While I...
View ArticleJust keep swimming
One of those crazy weeks that you just have to navigate to get through training. But I did. Training is going well. The workouts may not have happened on the days they were slated, but they all did and...
View ArticleFour weeks until the New York City Half
Stealing Jessie’s format for this. EEK. It’s not so much that the race is four weeks away as I can’t figure out where January and February went. Linking up with Kim and Deborah to talk about this week....
View ArticleChasing History
Spotted on Saturday’s long run. Harlem River Park is a very underused portion of the greenway. The entrance is so poorly marked, I’m not sure I ever completed it during my #GreatManhattanLoop project...
View ArticleTaper Town 2023
With yesterday’s Saturday’s 11 mile run, I am officially tapering. Two weeks from this writing, I will be done with the NYC Half Marathon. With the exception of the Manhattan Bridge when I ran to...
View ArticleGoals for the 2023 NYC Half
With Saturday’s 8 miler-the long run from last week in order to taper-the long runs for NYC Half training are done. Linking up with Deborah and Kim for some thoughts on that and a quick look at this...
View ArticleRecap: 2023 NYC Half Marathon
I runfess that this isn’t my favorite race, but the marquee NYC races always bring folks to the city and seeing people is most definitely my favorite. Linking up with Kim and Deborah and sharing link...
View Articlepeeking back in
I was all set to post my Cherry Blossom recap for this week’s run down, but…. that’s not done. Also in the queue, reviews of both Des Linden and Kara Goucher’s amazing books. I said somewhere that I...
View ArticleCari Reads: Des Linden and Kara Goucher
It has been a good last twelve months for running reads: Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery’s How She Did It, Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl, Alison Mariela Desir’s Running While Black in fall 2022 and...
View ArticleWeekly Run Down, 4/15-23
So I’m technically 10K training, but my running/schedule was all over the place this week so it didn’t feel like it. Linking up with Deborah and Kim to look at the week that was. never miss a Monday: I...
View ArticleRace Recap: Bolder Boulder 10K
I was all set to get back into a running/weekly rundown routine, and then the Canadian fires smoke ate NYC. I could have run, but I mostly opted not to. It didn’t feel good the one day I did, and...
View ArticleGetting back into running
Not that I stopped – more on that in the half year recap – but the first half of the year has been weird, running wise. I started to feel the itch to run more again when I got back from my trip and...
View Article2023: Halfway Point
Linking up with Deborah and Kim for a look back at the year so far. Yep, this is another overdue post despite starting it a month ago. Seems to be my theme! On June 11 I realized I was way behind in my...
View ArticleI gave up
no… not running. July has been decently back on track. It was worse when I woke, but I apparently deleted the screenshot it was so horrifying. But I gave up melting for no good reason and re-joined the...
View ArticleSunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat
and I’m pleased to say, I found the pot of gold: overnight temperatures below 70! This week was a blessing after it being brutal everywhere and I hope you’re all staying safe. The Con Edison emails...
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