This past weekend, I was at Augusta for the 70.3 Half Ironman. Not to race it, but to support and cheer my husband in this first (almost) triathlon. I’ve always known that I’ve missed my calling as a race cheerleader because the next best thing to being in the race is cheering the racers. I love the adrenalin rush and love the overwhelming feeling of motivation that comes over me. I’m quite ready to hulk over and sign up for…
Yesterday, I had the chance to run and then hangout with Bart Yasso at Big Peach Running Company, our local running store. Both run and hangout are very loose terms that I will deliberately not elaborate on 🙂 (As hard as it may be to believe, I did not stalk him but instead learnt of his run at the store through twitter #runchat) After a short easy 3.5 mile run, Bart took the time to talk to us about running…
With all the goodies and treats that float around, the enticements in the stores, the endless holiday parties, traveling to visit family, not to mention the craze of shopping, how do you hold on to some sanity and fitness during the season? Get the little things out of the way Online Shopping – I LOVE shopping, but recently shopping for someone else stresses me out. I can’t seem to find everything in one store and end up driving around 2…
I started trail running 3 years ago on a whim to go on a “different” run. And I fell in love, even though I was painfully slow (Thanks to Big Peach Running Co, Marietta GA, for organizing Friday Morning Moms Run at the trails for my initiation). The first time I went back to explore on my own, I was armed with a phone and pepper spray (Don’t Laugh. But I’m paranoid, better safe than sorry! And really most of the…
Chaffing How do you deal with the morning after on chaffing?Aquaphor helps protect and also speeds up the healing. Or … suck it up 🙂 Do you apply Aquaphor during your run?YES! Before, during and After. (An overwhelming consensus that won’t make me as self conscious when I think that the moment calls for sticking my hand to certain body parts) What else can you do to prevent chaffing?Aquaphor the bra-line on the body and some on the bra itself (Aquaphor…
On Sunday, I had my first ride on my new bike! But that excitement is not what this post is about – We met a lady on our loop. Thoroughly dehydrated, unable to walk or talk, sitting on the sidewalk, and threw up when we gave her some water. She was running without ANY water or fuel (we saw plenty of people like that). Her reasoning – she’d get water at the park entrances. That was still 2.5-3 miles without…
When I trained for Chicago last year, I did a lot of research on running. I hung onto every world the coaches would say, researched on it when I got back home and pestered them with questions when I next saw them (I still do 🙂 ).  It was great to finally understand the articles in Runners World, to feel one with the Kenyans (on a theoretical level, of course) and how cool it was to say that I Fartlek-ed…