Well. I did it. I restarted the Couch To 5K program. Holy. Moly. I have been going back and forth about starting. Was I ready? Could my leg and ankle handle it? Was I rushing things? Ultimately, I just had to suck it up and tell myself to try. So much of returning from injury is in the brain and ...
week 17 (2020): my return to couch to 5K
april runfessions: a return to running
And now it's April. Also known as "another eternal month." We have settled into this (I hate to use the term) "new normal", but it's certainly not as great as The Before. My heart breaks for the areas that are hard hit, and I hope that we can pull together when these quarantines and shelter at home ...
five ways runners can celebrate earth day
Happy Earth Day! Can you believe this is 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! This movement began in 1970, with over 20 million Americans lending a hand to help make positive changes to environmental policies and protections. Go For A "Plog" Plogging is the act of picking up litter while ...
week 16 (2020): and so ends 6th grade
Another week. All the days are really blending at this point, and it's getting hard to manage my time. On Friday, our local counties opened up some of the beaches (for certain hours and with specific restrictions), and on Saturday, our governor made the announcement that our students would ...
virtual racing isn’t canceled
We are just about four weeks into our Safer at Home orders here in Florida. To be honest, it feels like an eternity, but we are keeping positive and looking for the end in sight. I'm grateful that we can still get outside for exercise, and it was only this week that I saw two women wearing masks ...
week 15 (20): happy easter!
Happy Easter to all my friends and readers who celebrate! This is a bizarre Easter - the bunny has managed a small basket and egg hunt for little man. We will have a very casual dinner, and the boys voted for pajamas all day. This is not the way we do holidays and it's a little hard to get excited ...
