Summer running...happened so fast!

We are in the thick of summer humidity here in NOVA. My least favorite time of year to train for any races (Hence the reason I chose a March marathon last year, so I could train in the winter.) More than the heat, the humidity just exhausts me. It saps my energy like nothing else! (It is also the reason I am not doing another race until October.) And, as I was discussing with my friend on our soupy run this morning, just when I feel like I may be acclimated to the heat, it will be turning into fall here. (Fall is my favorite!) Regardless of the heat, I have still been running about 3 times a week (in addition to indoor cross-training and yoga) and trying to get in at least one "longer" run per week. This week it was an 8 miler with my running group. We did a "tour" of all the monuments and took photos along the way. It is by far my favorite way to see the monuments. This is our second year and second attempt at getting a good shot of us all jumping together!
Here is last years shot in front of the White House...

And this years' pic at the foot of the Washington Monument...

We actually snagged a professional photograper who looked to be photographing a couple for their engagement photos. So it only took as a few tries to get this one right!

Some more highlights from our "Monumental" run...

In addition to running the monuments with these wonderful ladies, I ran today with some friends that are slightly faster than my normal pace, especially in this heat. This is a good thing because it pushed me to do a tempo run (running slightly above my comfort zone) for 4 miles today!

God Bless America!

Happy Independence Day!!

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Ragnar Richmond Recap!

First Ragnar Trail relay is in the books and boy, was it an adventure! Notice I said, "first"...I had originally thought I was "one and done" with these things (as I am with the full marathon) however, I think I could enjoy another go of one. Definitely a fan of the trail version and not interested in a road Ragnar though (the thought of sleeping in a van horrifies me more than camping!). I think I need to wait til 2019 (or even 2020 ) though - not ready to train for another in 2018! Gotta let the paint dry on this one...So, here's a detailed recap of our adventure: Proof that I CAN camp! Thursday 3pm-ish : 4 of us drove down to Richmond with all of the camping gear in order to set up our site and get checked in. This was a great plan because we were able to scout out a site and set up before the rest of the team arrived the following morning. Our start time was one of the earlier times on Friday (10am) so we didn't want to be worried about s

Light me up!

Good morning and welcome to winter in northern VA. We are on our 3rd snow day here (as in school's cancelled) and I am trying to make the best of it. I did a long yoga practice (as my IT band is raging today and needed to stretch badly), ran errands this morning (before the so-called icy rain is supposed to arrive) and put the boys to work with homework and vacuuming. Now to update the Blog and get some research done on the Ragnar race. I hope to get in our times (we are not fast!) and figure the whole rotation out. I really need the help of someone who has done this before (preferably a former captain) so that I can have us well-prepared. Hit me up if you can help! For Christmas I asked for (and recieved!) lots of cool running gear. I have yet to use the three types of lights I got. The Nathan Headlamp is on sale at Rei. I did take it out of the box and charge it (as it does not come charged but is a rechargable device simlar to my Garmin Vivofit watch). I put it on and

Full speed ahead...

In less than a week I will be flying back to my home town to do the Gasparilla Half marathon. When I signed up for it, I wasn't really thinking about the significance of it but now that it is nearing, it has hit me. When I was 25 years old I completed my first 5K race - the Gasaparilla 5K! At the time I was living in a tiny, old one bedroom apartment, just off Bayshore (where the race takes place) and was runing fairly regularly each morning. It would have never occurred to me that, 23 years later I would be doing a half marathon there! This will be my 8th (I think?) Half marathon. The old me would have thought I was crazy if I had told her that I'd be doing all of these race! Cray. Training is going well for the Ragnar and I am doing some more of the planning for it. I need to get the shirts ordered. I want to have some special ones made for our team. Been working on a logo for it, but need to finalize and figure out where to get them made. We have decided we

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