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Getting easier

I don’t want to jinx myself but I do believe this running this is getting easier. My last 3 runs have all been pretty good with negative splits. And each run has been faster than the previous one. This morning is just did week2 day2 of the One Hour Runner plan. I have six more 30 [...]

Getting back on track

My schedule has been a bit off. My sister was visiting for a week. We stayed overnight in Chicago one night and then took my kids to Chicago another day. I had forgotten how awesome of a city Chicago is. First off, love that the city is basically a grid. Used my iPhone a lot for [...]

Ow, ow, ow

I haven’t run since my 5k on Saturday. I’m feeling like quite the slacker. Well, I did try last night. Went about a mile and then owwww, sharp pain in hip. I stopped running and just walked. I think I know what happened. Instead of wearing my usual running skirt, I wore a pair of baggy [...]

Food Thoughts

Well, a few days ago I was all gung ho about becoming a vegan. I’m having second thoughts now. I haven’t convinced myself that giving up eggs and dairy or even meat/fish/poultry is necessary. This could be b/c I’ve done no research into why those foods might be bad. However, I am quite willing to accept [...]

Des Plaines Chase to Taste 5k

Today I ran my 2nd 5k race. First 5k was way back in 1994 so it’s been quite awhile. For the past few days leading up to today I was feeling rather anxious and scared about the race. Not sure why really. It’s not like I was actually competing for anything.

I woke up at 4:30am this [...]

Vegan Thoughts

A couple days ago I listened to a podcast where Megan of  Veganrunningmom.com interviewed Natala of  Vegan Hope. (The interview is episode 5 of Megan’s podcast called Run Vegan Run, which is available on iTunes.) What intrigued me is that Natala was suffering from diabetes but has now healed herself by following a vegan diet. She [...]

Race Anxiety

This Saturday I am registered for a small 5k run/walk. I have been fretting over it for days. I don’t feel ready. Mostly I think about how silly I am going to be looking doing my shuffling along (what passes for running for me) as all the walkers stroll past me. I can see myself huffing [...]