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 [...]

Back In The Saddle

| June 12, 2012

I’ve fallen off the horse. The working out horse, that is. I was doing so well. I was working out and running. I was exercising at least three days a week. And then life got busy. I was still aiming for 1-2 times a week, but even that seemed to be difficult. Right before my [...]

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 [...]

ShamROCK On!

| March 26, 2012

On Sunday I had the pleasure of running in the Shamrock Shuffle race here in lovely downtown Chicago. By the fact that I am writing this, it should be clear that it did not kill me. I’ve done this race once before. That time was on even less training. But I was also five years [...]