Yeah! Road Trip to San Diego! 🙂 The race is this weekend! Finally all that hard (ahem!) training is going to pay off… or something. Our SGV Team in Training team raised over $150,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! How awesome is that? At the Team in Training shake-out run – coach Erika and […]
It has been an amazing Team in Training season and I wish I would have shared more with you as we trained. We had some fun moments learning THE BIG RESET & sumo-style stretching. We had amazing fundraising heroes, who all went out of their way to raise money for a cause so much bigger […]
Wow! I didn’t think I could stay away from racing for a full year. But then it happened. My last race before my running sabbatical was the Austin Half Marathon in 2015. I took 3 straight months off from running and then slowly added short runs back into my routine. And when I say “short […]
Every 4 minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Every 10 minutes, someone dies from it. I am sure you all heard that today is #GivingTuesday. So if you are looking to make a difference, help me raise funds to cure blood cancer at: Donate at: My Team in Training Fundraising Page
Last year I wrote a blog post on Why I run with Team in Training.All these reasons are still true to me. But this year I added a few more. During my recent run at the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco, I saw these and realized they were true as well. Me-TimeTaking time […]
Registration is open for the Midsummer Sun Kilomathon – a virtual race benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Run or walk (or cartwheel or jump or walk backwards or hoola-hoop) 1k each night in June (a total of 30k!) or run or walk a 5k fun run with your kids, spouse, or best friend. 100% […]
Join me for my virtual race #2 – the Midsummer Sun Kilomathon. We raised over $1,000 in April for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and I would like to top this in June! I love summer. So I thought what better way to celebrate summer and those beautiful long summer evenings than to get off […]
Just a little post-report from my half marathon in San Luis Obispo. Yes, the weekend was mostly about the race, about spending time with my amazing Team in Training friends, about helping find a cure for cancer. But really can I move on from this weekend without mentioning the hotel we stayed in?We stayed in […]
OMG!I am sooo excited!!The medals for my virtual race – This Chick Loves To Run – arrived today! The UPS guy knocked on my door. I saw the box. I picked it up. I waited.I was scared! Very scared!I looked at the closed box for an hour. In my mind I was playing over and […]
Race DirectorThat sounds pretty serious!But I guess that’s who I am now. Today marks the first day of my virtual race that lasts throughout all of April. Registered participants run either 5k, 10k, or 26.2k at some point during this month and post their achievements on our private Facebook page or on the Google+ community […]
I am hosting a virtual race – the 2014 This Chick Loves To Run (For A Cure) – and I would love for you to join me!The race lasts throughout April and you can earn a beautiful medal by participating! This is how it goes: Run or walk 5K, 10K or a kilomathon (26.2K) in […]
I said this before: There are many reasons to join a charity running group.I have been running with Team in Training now for many years. I have run marathons, half marathons, fundraised and helped other fundraise. Joining Team in Training has been one of the best choices I made for myself. Therefore I am doing it […]