Now that Thanksgiving is over, it feels we are heading full speed into holiday mode. I've been shopping for others and making a list of things that catch my eye along the way. I don't know about you, but I love holiday gift guides for new ideas. So just like in 2014 and 2015, I have put together a list of gift ideas for runners. I tried to include many different kinds of ideas, from books to gadgets to fuel and more. ... Read the Post...
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Workouts, Thanksgiving, and a Cold
For pretty much the past week I have been fighting off an annoying cold. Last Sunday night my throat started to hurt, and was the worst for most of the day on Monday. (Just in time to give 3 presentations!) Since then it's sort of lingered, never really becoming a full cold but just enough to make me more tired and make working out a little more difficult. Luckily it was a short work week, but those three days ... Read the Post...
Thanksgiving Weekend Runfessions
I hope that all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving weekend had a great day with lots of good food! It's so nice to have a Friday off from work to recover from all the eating, right? Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to start thinking about the holidays. Not sure how that's possible. Last time I checked it was April. I'm sure none of us are up for anything too serious today, so how about some Runfessions being ... Read the Post...
I Didn’t Run a Marathon This Weekend
I'm sure you already knew I didn't run a marathon this weekend, but the weekend before Thanksgiving has seemed to be a "race weekend" for me since my first marathon in 2011. It hit me the other day that other than 2012 (when I had just gotten married) I always race the weekend before Thanksgiving. Even this year I was signed up for the Annapolis Running Classic Half Marathon. I wasn't ready for it and didn't want to risk ... Read the Post...