It rained as we drove down.No, it poured as we drove down.The Weather God finally decided that California needed rain, so he brought it on. The forecast said ‘dry’ on race day, but the drive down had me fooled… We arrived in San Luis Obispo, CA on Friday afternoon. A little too late for the […]
Happy Easter to all my fellow runners, walkers, hopscotchers!Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Preeta and I at the expo I love the Rock ‘n Roll race series. I love their energy and their medals (you both knew I would mention medals…)!Due to my injury in 2013 I wasn’t able to run any of the RnR races last year, so this was my RnR come-back race. I decided to make […]
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 […]
My new best friend is a tube of anti-itch cream! As you both may imagine that does not make me happy. In fact let me go and re-apply right now.[…]So, how did I get here?Right before the Austin Half Marathon my IT-bands started to shout out loud that they needed some more love, tender, and […]
Now you may be fooled into thinking that running is not a high-tech sports and all you need are a pair of running shoes and hopefully running shorts and a t-shirt and off you go… You are wrong! Sorry to be this blunt! I don’t know any runner anymore who heads out the door without […]
In preparation for tomorrow’s St Patrick’s Day half marathon, I decided to take it easy today and just go for a short walk in the sunshine, drinking coffee, minding my own business, until this crossed my path…
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 […]
My virtual running challenge has taken me past Big Sur. It was a beautiful run along Highway 1 along Big Sur. In fact, I am ready to run the Big Sur Marathon or at least the Big Sur Half Marathon. Well, yes, I learned there is a Big Sur Half Marathon, but when I checked […]
It’s true. If you love Austin you run Austin. Or at least it’s true for me. This is the city where I started endurance running, where I trained for my first half marathon in 2008 and trained for my first full marathon in 2009. In 2010 I finally ran the Austin Half Marathon (for the […]