Climbing is one of my favorite things to do, but I’ll be the first to admit that I had a difficult time starting out. Believe it or not, I’m actually terrified of heights. I went climbing for the first time … Continue reading
Climbing is one of my favorite things to do, but I’ll be the first to admit that I had a difficult time starting out. Believe it or not, I’m actually terrified of heights. I went climbing for the first time … Continue reading
The Girls on the Run experience is very difficult to put into words. Being a Head Coach can be time consuming – we meet twice a week for an hour each time, but a lot goes into being prepared to … Continue reading
Life just got a whole heap of crazy in the past week. Early spring and summer is always my busiest time at work, made even busier this year by other circumstances. Last week, I worked 50 hours including teaching 12 … Continue reading
May is quite the doozy. I wanted to drop in to let you know that I’m still around, but super busy! If my posts are a little sparse in the next couple of weeks, it’s because I’m heading into a … Continue reading
No, I don’t plan on continuing these now that I’m not currently training for anything, and likely won’t be for another few weeks. But, I thought it might be useful or helpful to look back and see how I felt … Continue reading
When I think about the people who inspire me, I always come back to the women who are responsible for making Girls on the Run of Franklin County such an amazing group to volunteer with. Their tireless dedication to providing … Continue reading
19 weeks ago, I started training for a marathon. Despite the setbacks I experienced early on, this training cycle turned out to be the best one of my short running career. I ran my highest mileage yet, gained some serious … Continue reading
Hmm, where, oh where to begin! Fair warning: this is gonna be a long one, and I’ll most likely be back with more details on pace and reflection in a few days. Bear with me, this was a watershed race … Continue reading
It’s true, I still don’t know exactly what I want to be when I grow up. But, I can tell you what I want to be like. I want to be like Virginia. Virginia Farneman was the first woman to … Continue reading
How do I know that the taper is in full force? Let’s count the ways, shall we? I want to eat everything in sight. Ev-er-y-thing. All this extra time I have is making me anxious, irritable, and generally a miserable … Continue reading
Week 18 was my last full week of training before Marathon #2, and it was good! Technically, I ran 4 days, but only got 1 strength training session in, but I also did some IT band exercises on Friday and … Continue reading