Newbie runners – New Year’s Advice. This advice may be helpful for someone who has NEVER run (like me when I started, aka “Newbie runner”) or someone who is looking to add running to their current fitness routine. 1. SHOES (& socks) – do not start running until you have good running shoes. It will be next to impossible to…
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Year of Running 2017
My year of running 2017 edition! Best race experience: Disney Star Wars Light Side in January 2017. It was my favorite because my whole family participated in the 5k (with the exception of my SIL who has a medical reason not to run). Even my mother, who is in her late 70s, did the 5k! Best run: The day that I…
30 Nov 2017: A VERY GOOD run
I thought today was just another typical morning run. Meaning I didn’t really want to get up out of bed and I certainly wasn’t looking forward to running. In fact, I was kind of thinking to use yesterday’s flu shot as an excuse to just stay in bed a little longer… BUT, I did get out of bed and drove…
26 Sep 2016: I’m baacckkk!!
I can’t believe its been over a month since I’ve posted. My life has undergone some changes lately. My hubby and I now have a 16-year old girl (we call her DD for darling daughter) living with us for the year. She has changed our lives and routine completely but in a good way! Our DD is from Germany and…
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…
6/4/2016: Heights 5k Race recap
Rain, rain go away….come again another day! It was wet and rainy on Saturday morning for the Heights “Run the BLVD” 5k! I arrived around 6:45am just in time to be in the photos taken by Coach Joan of our 9 to 5 group. Even with the bad weather, there was 20 of us! Much of the core group and…
15 May 2016: 8 days later and I haven’t run a single step!
The Tinkerbell 10k was 8 days ago. While I had intended to take a few days off from training, as of today I have not run a single step. I was hit hard by a sinus infection/cold a few days after the 10k and I’m still recuperating. I’m coughing, my ears are filled with fluid and I’m generally really really…
7 May 2016: Day 3 – The Tinkerbell 10k!!
Okay, so who’s bright idea was it to make everyone get up so early to run a 10k at Disneyland! My alarm went off at 3:40, but I was awake many times before that. Fortunately I had prepped a bit the day before, saving a bagel & peanut butter from the breakfast buffet and setting out my running clothes…
5 May 2016: Tinkerbell 10k Day 1 – Packet pickup and Race Expo
The Tinkerbell half-marathon weekend is over and I’m exhausted. Lots of family time, seeing the parks and of course – the races. The next couple of posts will be a recap of all of our race related activities over the whole weekend. Day 1 (Thursday evening): After we checked into our non-Disney hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites, Garden Grove)…
4 May 2016: UPDATE on Operation Tinkerbell!
My sister responded to my email saying “Maybe next year for Star Wars…:)” so I’m not sure if she knows that I’m running the Tinkerbell 10K with her or not. We recently had the phone conversation about all of my family running in January at the Disneyland Star Wars weekend….so maybe I’m in the clear. Today I received a really…