No one like to have their fitness (or any) plans sidelined, especially when they're working towards something specific. However, I am faced with a big decision that is going to put me on ice for about two weeks, and I'm really not happy about it. The tonsils have to go. I went in to the ENT ...
putting a cramp in my training schedule
couch 2 5k: week 6, day 1 {4.2.2013} & maroon 5
I had a bit of a break between my 20 minute run on Saturday and this one. Little man didn't have school on Monday and I was exhausted from a late-night, turbulent flight and still trying to rest up from my tonsilitis. The only problem was that we were out quite late on Monday night, too. Like, ...
spring break and easter
We had the most wonderful Spring Break and Easter holiday. I was looking for something to do for the week long break from school, and thought maybe I would take little man on a long road trip to visit his cousins. Mr PugRunner, perhaps feeling left out, got involved in the planning and booked ...
couch 2 5k: week 5, day 3 {3.29.2013}.
This was it. My first long run. Twenty minutes, straight. No stopping. I was simultaneously excited and afraid. And nervous. Very, very nervous. It was 39 degrees out, so freezing by my standards. However, the sun was shining and my brother-in-law, a marathoner himself, promised he would ...
couch 2 5k: week 5, day 2 {3.27.2013}. treadmill edition
Wednesday marked my first treadmill experience. I'm hoping it will be my last. I was pretty certain that the low point of my week was going out in public (and carrying on a lengthy conversation with little man's teacher in the aisle of the grocery store) in yoga pants that were inside out. (That ...
I love rock ‘n’ roll
I had a pretty challenging cake request this past weekend. It was supposed to be a bass guitar. It was for a girl's birthday and therefore needed to be "blinged out." And it was supposed to be made without any red food dye. I learned a very interesting lesson about this. Red food dye is ...
