Will Run For Chocolate

| November 11, 2014

Last year around this time, I signed up for the Soldier Field 10 miler race that was taking place in May 2014. At the time, I knew I had plenty of time to get in shape and I knew this would be a good challenge and get me back to running. And then I did […]

Hot Chocolate

| November 9, 2014

I ran a 15k today, what did you do? I want to actually write about it because it was kind of a feat of physical and mental toughness, but I’m so tired from having to get up before 5 AM that I need to get to bed. So I’ll fill you all in tomorrow when […]

Zero Six Hundred*

| June 27, 2012

Tuesday morning was the very first time in my entire 34 1/2 years on this planet that I got up early to go work out. I’d like to say I’m surprised it took this long, but really, I never thought it would happen ever in my life. I love sleep. So, so much. Recently I […]

Down And Dirty

| May 21, 2012

About two months ago I was sitting on my couch watching The Real Housewives of Orange County and they were doing one of those mud runs. It looked like such fun, so I was determined to find one I could do. I found one, the Merrell Down & Dirty series, and it was this past […]

I Guess I’m A Runner Now

| April 23, 2012

As I mentioned in my last post, I had a race on Saturday that was 4.2 miles long. It was the Chicago Shadow Run of Pat’s Run that was going on at the same time in Tempe, AZ. It’s pretty cool – the main race is like 30,000 people running in Tempe and finishing on […]