Monthly Archives: January 2011

Week 2 of Training

I have to say most of my runs last week were kind of sluggish with the exception of some good speedwork on Thursday. However, I am now sick with a sore throat/sniffly nose thingy which might explain why I was so sluggish … Continue reading

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My Cool Etsy Find

As you may know I am a huge fan of Etsy and last week I stumbled upon a new favorite item, BIC Bands. They are headbands that do not slip. For real I wore them on my 10 mile run … Continue reading

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No Motivation! Ugh

Overall, I cannot really say that I’ve had a bad week, I have definitely had worse, but the busy week has messed up my running schedule and made me extra tired. I worked late on Monday and Tuesday. So Monday … Continue reading

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Week 1 of Training

Overall I would have to say week 1 of training wasn’t that bad. Probably helps that I never really stopped training. When I am not training I run for fun! Although I don’t really do a long run when I … Continue reading

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Total Blonde Moment

So like every year I try to set a goal for how many books I should read. Last year my goal was to read 12 books in a year. I easily surpassed that but mostly because I was like unemployed … Continue reading

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7 Reasons I Need a New Blender

After many years with my current blender and after daily fights with it, I have made a list of the reasons I need a new blender.  Hopefully I will be blender shopping this weekend. 1. My blender was bought in … Continue reading

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2011 Race Schedule

Here is my tentative race schedule for 2011. The pink races are Road Race Series races. Still deciding on a fall marathon so I left October pretty bare. My Birthday is in October so that will probably take out a … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Training Plan 2011

  I apologize for the blurriness of the training plan. I created it in an excel spreadsheet and it was too long (landscape) to fit into the alloted blog space. I ended up making it into a picture file and … Continue reading

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Wineglass Marathon 2010

I originally heard about the Wineglass Marathon in an edition of Runner’s World. It was voted the “Speediest Marathon” by readers so I had to check it out. The location of the race was in Corning, NY. Never heard of … Continue reading

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iRun For Autism

As some of you may have heard I am raising money for a charity this year. This will be my 6th marathon and my 2nd time running the Cleveland full marathon. The charity I have chosen is for Autism Research. … Continue reading

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