Happy belated Workout Wednesday! Well I had a good strong three week run at Insanity! Does that count? I’m not quite sure what happened. I was hitting my stride! And then Monday came and honestly, I can’t even remember what happened after that. Last week was a blur, I can’t remember what happened there either. In fact, I have no [...]

Well last week was tremendously successful! I fit in my Insanity workouts and Friday night I ran 3 miles with the husband on date night. It was along the Causeway as usual and we always finish up right when the sun is setting. Almost every week I’ve gone five for six in workouts. That Saturday one is tough because I [...]

In case you are wondering what supplies you need to start Insanity, I’ve prepared a short list. (You are probably not wondering but in case you are you’ll want to keep reading.) 1. First and foremost, if you have had children, you will need to invest in Poise pads or their equivalent. There is a good amount of jumping involved [...]

I am 8 days into Insanity now and I think I’ve finally got it all figured it out. Right after heating up leftover taco meat for the kids and sitting them down for dinner and sticking the black bean burgers in the oven, I was able to quickly pop in my day 7 Insanity workout and go to town. Disclaimer: [...]

BREAKING NEWS: I’M DOING INSANITY I’m problem-solving up in here peoples! Problem one: Getting all soft in the midsection, hind quarters and such. Problem two: Numbers increasing on scale. Problem three: One size increase in pants. (Yikes! Not good.) Problem four: Time to work out but lack of time in transporting self to and fro said workout. Solution? Lean up. [...]

I hate staring at a blank computer screen but I don’t have any idea what to write about what happened yesterday at the Boston Marathon and it doesn’t seem fitting for me to post about anything else today. I was intensely terrified for hours until I knew that my runner friends were ok. Like you, my heart is broken for [...]

Batting .600 in the land of workouts If you must know, while riding high on my spectacular spectacular of workouts mid-week last week, the slope turned slightly downward after that. In baseball terms, I went three for five. You’d think I’d be pretty upset about this but no. That’s batting 600! Yeah! (Cup half full, right?) Instead I have tales [...]

Deep within the eaves of my left inner thigh, there lived a grumpy old nerve. His name was Obturetor, but we shall call him “Frankennerve” for short. For nearly a year, he slept. When disturbed repeatedly, he’d get angry and send a ring or streak of fire through my leggal region. But most of the time he just lay dormant; [...]

I left my very first physical therapy session in tears. In a good way. For the first time ever, someone understood what was going on with my leg and how to fix it. Even more importantly, I did not get laughed at when I stated my goal as being: to get back to running and training for St. Anthony’s. Note [...]

WE ARE AT GOOFY! It’s the 20th Anniversary Disney Marathon Weekend! You may remember I am supposed to be running these 39.3 miles but instead I’m spectating on account of my bum knee. That’s ok. Besides getting a little jealous during the expo yesterday, I am ok with this. I am signed up for 2014. SO. Nicole and the husband [...]