My first race of 2017 was a success. I ran the Kiss Me I’m a Runner 10K on Sunday and came in with a 30-second PR. While I had much larger PR dreams leading up to the race, one major […]
There comes a time in every runner’s life when they need some encouragement, perhaps some insight, or maybe just a few friendly reminders about racing, race day, and what to expect. Newer runners have a million and one questions. Veteran […]
TGIF, y’all! Sorry ’bout the radio silence yesterday. I took an unexpected rest day from blogging. On the one hand, it was nice to not have to worry about a Thursday post. But on the other hand, I kind of missed […]
I waited exactly one week before I ran my first post-marathon race. Ha! First, this is a huge improvement over my marathon debut in 2015. After my first marathon, I couldn’t walk, I had a toenail that was squishy and likely […]
I spent a good portion of my five hour drive home from DC thinking of ways to recap such an epic weekend. How to condense it, make it readable and fun, but not to lose any of the story. I’m also […]
Hey there Running on Happy Readers! I’m Kim from Tri and True. Since Rachel is getting ready for her trip to DC she asked for some guest posters! That’s where I come in. When we were chatting about topics, she brought […]
I’m not going to lie. This is going to be a straight-up, discombobulated, race week post of nonsense. You with me? Cool. In truth, I really wanted to write a “reflection” post of sorts or at least a “race day […]
You could say racing is on my mind these days. Yes, we are in the height of fall racing season. With Chicago, Twin Cities, and Columbus just past and Marine Corps, Indy Monumental, and NYCM on the horizon, it seems like everyone […]
Happy Tuesday and thanks for joining me back here today! In addition to the usual marathon training shenanigans, over the weekend I ran a half marathon — the Northern Ohio Half Marathon. In 2015 I ran this same half as my ‘A’ […]
The moment you’ve all been waiting for — the review and recap of my son’s very first 5K — the Gold Jacket 5K! Let’s start with the review, as told by me — I’ve participated in my fair share of […]