As part of our school employee health program, we have to have a Wellness Screening every year. I wasn’t thrilled about this when it first started, but it’s a minor screening and it’s things I need to know every year. Every year, I get a pretty darn good result. Glucose is within range, good cholesterol …
Running
Monday: 3.3 miles Tuesday: 2.3 miles Wednesday: 4.3 miles Thursday: 2.5 miles Saturday: 4 miles Sunday: 5 miles Total: 21.4 miles. I’m getting better
Until I actually get the do-over, let’s do a cheer for early morning running. Wow, it’s been a rough week. Between current events with our President and immigration to dealing with an awful Flu and stomach virus attack in Kindergarten, I just want to cover my head for the weekend. Love love these shoes. Saucony …
This year will be my 11th year of running and one thing that has not changed. The first mile is awful. I don’t mean it’s a little annoying. I mean, it is AWFUL. I thought maybe it was just me. I thought that for the first year of base-building. But now, after all these years …
This week. Monday: 3.1 miles Tuesday: 2 miles Wednesday: 4 miles Thursday: 2.3 miles Saturday: 4 miles Sunday: 4 miles Total: 19.4 miles. I will take that and a bag of low-sodium chips. Currently training: Rock’n’Roll Dallas on my birthday weekend. If you want to join the fun, use code KATRINARUNS for a $15 discount!
It was a beautiful morning for running. Foggy. I love foggy mornings. My worn-in Sauconys got a great workout. A few hours later, we had some big changes on the pole barn home. Concrete foundation is finished! They started around 7 this morning and they are now doing all that polishing stuff. With a foundation, …
Do you love racing? Do you love bling? Do you love traveling to races and bling? Then now is the time to apply for Rock’nRoll Marathon race series Rock’n’Blog Team. What do we do? Talk about our favorite races on the Rock’n’Roll Tour stops. We talk a LOT about running, training runs, running gear, …
I loved every minute of these miles. Some were walking. Some were stopping to see what was on the track. Some were repeating the latest song-on-repeat (The Taylor Swift/Zayn song. Yes, that one. Yes, the soundtrack to that movie.) I’ve been fighting off a vicious sinus infection, without antibiotics, and I’m finally seeing some relief. …
This week was torture. I don’t know if it’s because January is not kind or what. This week’s miles were a lesson in patience and creativity. There’s only so many times I can say a cuss word before even I get bored with it. Here’s the week: Monday: 3.4 miles Tuesday: 3.1 miles Wednesday: …
Things are moving along with the house construction. If this looks a little unusual, you’re right. We are not building a traditional stud wall home. This is the beginnings of a pole barn construction home. In a couple of weeks, we will have a house standing, but nothing inside. No load-bearing walls. No rooms. Just …
Let’s just say that 2016 was an epic year of running! Earlier in the year, I as humbled and ecstatic to hear that I was chosen for another year on the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series team. We are a team of ambassadors that love the race series and talk about it all the time …
It’s almost Christmas and you need a gift for your favorite runner. Now what?? Here is my list of best ideas for 2016. This list includes ideas for all budgets and most are available for quick shipping. 1. Fashletics– motivational jewelry for all runners. I wear my “dig deep rise up” daily. I never take …
Getting in a 5K on a cold winter day is just about perfection. If I had to pick a favorite time of year to run, these cold-but-not-miserable days in early December would rank pretty high on that list. I went to the park to get these miles done for the Virtual Run series. I should …
One of the biggest honors of my year was being chosen for the 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series ambassador team. I clearly remember filling out my application around this time last year and vowing to make 2016 a better year for running and racing and being on the Rocknblog team. I lived up to …
Let’s talk about the famed RACECATION! Traveling to a race, and using an extra day or two to explore the race city is something Stephen and I try to do a few times a year. We both love road trips and he doesn’t seem to mind …
Last time I came to Savannah for this race, it didn’t happen. It was a dark and painful time in our life and I should have known I wasn’t ready to line up for this one. Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah would have to wait another year. Today, I lined up for Savannah and I finished …
Here in Alabama, it seems like the summer will never end. Since the middle of March, we have our typical long summer-like heat and humidity and I know I’m ready for some fall weather. Living in the wet blanket of humidity is not easy when I’m constantly on the go from early morning until late …
Fall race training is off to a good start. I have been doing a mix of morning and late afternoon running at the park and at the trails. I have a couple of fall races with Rock ‘n’ Roll coming up and I hope to go back to my old stomping grounds with some local …
Now that I live closer to the local park, I am trying to work in my morning running. I was little worried that I might be alone out here at daylight, but I was one of about 8 people taking trips around the track. There is a quiet solitude about running at dark. I actually …
A sure sign of creeping closer to fall is when I start race training. June, July, and most of August are miserable and I’m usually maintaining mileage on a treadmill or getting in some dawn miles. I HATE training in humidity, but there is not much I can do about early humidity training except move …