I have bad news. It’s cold out. And I *think* the cold weather might be here for a while. Every winter I re-learn about cold weather running. This time I learned the hard way, unfortunately, on Saturday. Staying warm is my top priority […]
Confession: I wasn’t going to post anything today because I’ve been busy cleaning the house, grocery shopping, and making all the necessary preparations for the big upcoming holiday. But when I sat down to start replying to comments from yesterday’s […]
Let me start off with this: this is the only thing I’m going to mention about politics on my blog. Having said that, I’ve been having a really rough week sorting through my feelings and dealing with some anxiety as […]
As you likely know if you’re a regular blog follower, Tuesdays are ordinarily my “training post” days. I’m going to stick with that for this week but I’m undecided if I’m going to continue with training posts when I’m not […]
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 […]
It’s race week! It’s race week! It’s been 17 long weeks but here I am, just a few days out from running the 41st Marine Corps Marathon. I’d like to thank all of you for following along with my training and […]
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 […]
Since today is the final Friday Five hosted by the DC Trifecta, today I’m gonna tell you the five things I’m really looking forward to in regard to the Marine Corps Marathon weekend at the end of October. It just seems fitting […]
Is it possible to run efficiently and burn fat as fuel? Can our bodies only run on glycogen? Do we need to carb-load before every long run or race? Is fat adapted running a reasonable approach to training and racing? […]