I’m not really sure what the actual order of events has been in this whole process, but I coached a little girl for about a year up until I quit a couple months ago and this little girl also happens to be in the same class as Number 6, and I think the mom may […]
marathon
How did I become a runner? Like this.
A couple days ago someone wrote to me and asked me how I trained for the Boston Marathon. She wants to be able to run a race (not necessarily a marathon, but any race), but just can’t see herself being able to do it. She wanted to know if I was a runner before, if […]
Mom, I can really see a difference!
Thoughts on Today: I am halfway through my marathon training. 8 weeks until the Boston Marathon! Today I did my longest training run so far. I ran just under 15 miles. I thought I’d show you something — these are most of my splits (I couldn’t fit the whole thing in one screen shot). They […]
When do I have time to work out? I don’t. But then again, neither do most of us.
A couple days ago someone left a comment on the Facebook Page: Could you do me a solid and blog about when you have time to workout?? I had started writing a response to this question a couple days ago. It had lots of tips and pointers in it. But then I deleted it. Because here is […]
100 things that go through your head during a marathon.
I can’t believe it’s time. This is so exciting! It’s going to take forever just to get to the start line. I should have stayed at the very back. If there’s an emergency, I’m totally going to get trampled to death. Whoah. Someone ate a shitload of garlic last night. I should have worn a […]
To be old and wise you must first be young and stupid.
Back when I was a teacher, I remember going on a field trip with my class. There was a mom chaperoning who was sitting across from me on the bus. She had on this v-neck t-shirt, and I was looking at the skin on her chest. It had some visible wrinkles in it. Not just […]