I haven’t been very good lately about posting to this blog. Can I blame it on the summer heat? Certainly the heat has been affecting my pace lately and there are some days that I can barely finish my run without feeling like I’m going to collapse. Each day that I get out to run, I’m simply hoping to finish. …
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Houston Rodeo Run 10k – Race Recap
The Houston Rodeo Run is one of the larger races in Houston. While its not the Houston Half or the annual Marathon – almost 10,000 runners and walkers participate every year. Its more of a “fun” run because it precedes the Rodeo parade downtown so there are lots of people cheering over the 1st mile. Even along the course, some…
Friday Five 2.0 – Spring fitness goals
Friday Five 2.0 is hosted by bloggers Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness. This week’s topic is “Spring fitness goals”. This is an easy topic because I’ve already blogged about my 2018 running goals. So it’s probably a perfect time to update you on how I’m doing so far. 2018 Goals: PR in a 5k: DONE. I PR’d during…
Two runs in one day — that’s a first!
Two runs in one day completed. Who would have thought that I would ever do that! A few days ago, my friend Jennifer said she was feeling better and would like to resume running with me on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (We’ve run together a few times recently and we used to run together as part of the Luke’s Locker training…
USA Fit Houston first week done!
USA Fit Houston training has been good so far. I finished my first week of training and I have to admit that it isn’t easy for me. The first Saturday was the 3 mile time trial and I’ve already blogged about that experience. Suffice it to say that I spent most of the rest of that day getting warm then…
6 Nov 2016: Sunday Memorial Park run again
Today I met Shelley again for a run at Memorial Park. The weather is just starting to get cooler and its amazing how many runners are showing up in long pants, jackets and other cool weather gear. I wore shorts and a tank and I was plenty warm enough. We did 2 laps today for about 6 miles. The first…
5 Nov 2016: The dreaded hill training at Depelchin
Today at my Saturday training class, we ran the dreaded Depelchin hill. I don’t know why I hate this workout so much! I know that many runners train on hills, partly because there are many towns that have hills…but its so flat here in Houston. I have a hard enough time running on flats so when I add…
17 August 2016: Definitely still summer out there
Summers in Houston are not for the faint-hearted. We had a week of 100 degree days, 90+ percent humidity and generally miserably hot weather. Now the weather has turned to rain, rain and more rain. How is one supposed to keep running in this type of weather? The good news is that I’ve made it to the last 2 weeks…
11 Jun 2016: NYRR Mini 10k race recap
My sister signed up for a conference in NYC and we decided to combine that with a girl’s weekend. So I got a crazy idea in my head that it would be fun to run a race while I was there. When I started researching options, I found the NYRR Mini-10K race which is run in Central Park. Package pickup…