Month: August 2011

  • 11 Miles Before the Storm

    11 Miles Before the Storm

    We’re getting a hurricane (Irene) on Sunday so I knew if I wanted to run long this weekend if was going to have to be on Friday afternoon. It was a beautiful, sunny day; about 80 degrees with a bit of humidity and stickiness in the air. I planned on running 10 miles (but ended […]

  • 3 Miles on Matinicus Island

    We went on vacation last week to the beautiful island of Matinicus. We had friends of ours from Chicago come and stay with us. A wonderful couple with children about the same ages as ours. It was a week of beach days and relaxed meals. I love to travel and once of my favorite things […]

  • Race Report: Beach to Beacon 10K

    Race Report:  Beach to Beacon 10K

    Every year the Beach to Beacon 10K gets more and more popular. This year the entries sold out online in 8 minutes. I was lucky enough to snag one of them, along with my husband, sister-in-law, father-in-law and several friends. We all ran the last two years as well, so this is starting to become […]

  • Assessing the Damage of Time Off

    Assessing the Damage of Time Off

    I’m trying really hard to not beat myself up for taking time off from running and eating mindfully in order to focus on a few short term/high stress projects in my life. Between May 1 and July 15 of this year we renovated our kitchen, staged and sold our house and moved. It goes without […]