There goes my third week back of training! And it was another week with some obstacles thrown in my way, but, you know, I am a mom to three really little kids so, that’s kind of a typical week. The week started off decently. I had a good set of 800s, but during the last mile of my cool down I started to feel nauseous and not so good. I more » Read more

This week threw some challenges in my way. First, I started feeling sick on Tuesday, but just a little. I had a fartlek on tap. It went fine, except my goal pace was 6:20 and I was very tentative and afraid to push myself right out of the gate. I started each rep a little slow and worked it down. I should be able to do a sustained 2:00 effort. more » Read more

This was my first official week of training in a loooooooong time. My coach sent me my schedule and I’ll admit that I felt giddy to have a real live training plan for the week! It’s amazing how being injured for a long time will make you appreciate little things like that. Anyway, the plan was to run every day this week, get in a fartlek, a 4 mile tempo more » Read more

I’m getting this one in before I have to double up my logs – again. In my defense, it’s been a crazy week. We had a death in the family (my stepfather’s dad), so I was pretty tied up with that and then exhausted from it all to boot. It was sad and hard, but also nice to see how loved he was. Needless to say, many normal things, like more » Read more

Last week got away from me before I could get a log up. I’m actually feeling a lot better (I realized I was depressed and wrote about it in my log a couple of weeks ago). I had an appointment with my therapist, who I hadn’t seen since my last maintenance appointment a year ago, and it was really nice to relax and talk about stuff other than the kids. more » Read more

So. Yeah. That post I wrote on Friday, the one about using running to determine if you’re depressed? Totally spot on for me right now. I actually realized I was depressed because of running. I am so uncharacteristically unmotivated to run (or do much of anything) that I knew something was wrong. Since I made the realization, I’ve noticed when I do run I often struggle. I tried to do more » Read more

It was a big week in these parts. Besides Thanksgiving turkey trotting and our first ever Salty Running Run n’ Joe, it was my baby’s 1st birthday. That was one quick year! I still feel likes she’s a newborn, but perhaps that’s because a year after she was born I’m out of shape and not training for anything. There was something about a year going by that suddenly made me more » Read more

It was a big week in my household: my oldest’s birthday week. He turned 5, yes FIVE, on Thursday. It really feels like I just had him. It is really crazy that we have such a big kid in the house! That meant I was super busy trying to do all the usual weekly stuff, plus ensure is birthday was super special. I also was organizing a little bowling outing more » Read more

Happy anniversary to us! My husband and I were married on this day in 2007. It really feels like yesterday, but the three kids keep us grounded in the reality of the situation. To celebrate, we attended my friend GP’s wedding. I don’t know about you, but I find other people’s weddings to be quite a romantic date, even when I drink so much I crowd surf. I love seeing more » Read more

So this wasn’t the best week for running. Baby had her first fever from Tuesday until late Thursday and I was sick from Wednesday to Friday, myself. I was grateful that I’m not training right now because I was able to take a few days off guilt-free. Trying to get a run in on a busy busy Halloween without being sick would have been hard, while being sick and with more » Read more