Big Girl's Birthday Cheerleader cake by yours truly I didn't get my long run done this past weekend. I used to fret over these s...

I had a marvelous holiday weekend! If you read my last post , my anxiety was obvious... so I took the last four days to focus on my family a...

Heading into marathon week, I've taken great precision with this past week. The focus I've lacked during this training cycle sudde...

** My 5K ** I kicked off the 3rd annual #JellyBean virtual race on the first day - Wednesday, March 20. I met up with my Sole Sisters...

I slept in this morning, which is very rare for this early bird runner. I awoke to the sweet chatter of my little girls downstairs. They are...

warmup miles along Peoria's riverfront I ran 18 miles on Saturday and then was too exhausted to write about it. Sometimes the recove...

Saturday morning, I ran 15 miles. It was good, bad and ugly... all at the same time. THE GOOD •  The miles are done... in the training lo...

It is a soggy weekend in the Midwest. But when you're training for a marathon, there are no rainouts. This weekend posted little to no ...

Sorry for my lack of blogging... I've been slightly busy with a little thing called The Cupcake Classic . Are you running it?   P.S. Sec...

I had been a little 'uncontent' with my running lately. Something was missing. So on a whim, I signed up for the Route 66 Marathon ...

Today is nothing like fun.  It's April 15th and I spent the morning finishing our taxes.  Working for yourself has many perks, but taxes...

When I trained for my first marathon last summer, I remember it as physically challenging and all-encompassing of my life at the time.  So ...

Coming off vacation, this week got a bit mixed up on me.  I had to hunker down and focus on my 'big girl job' for a couple days.  Un...