A friend of mine has been after me for years to do this fun run. Starting at 9:00pm, you run 5k through the night city, winding up at Bastille Days, the city’s celebration of all things French. One thing or another (heck, sometimes one thing AND another simultaneously) conspired to keep me away until this [...]
I came. I saw. I ran. And it turned out to be a great experience. The Madison half marathon started out, months ago, as a motivational goal for me. You know, the kind of goal that sounds good to have but you’re secretly relieved at how far out on the horizon it seems. So far [...]
This last weekend, a friend of mine invited me out for an afternoon’s hike in the Kettle Moraine Forest, an invitation I was delighted to accept. A little cross training in the form of trail running, mountain biking, swimming, canoeing or kayaking will up any athlete’s game and with the advent of spring, it’s a [...]
Sports have given us Athletic Gals far more than just a temporary adrenaline boost, shiny medals, and better fitting jeans. Our athletic pursuits have enriched our lives on and off the field, giving us a better appreciation for our bodies and instilling in us a sense of confidence. But for some young women in the [...]
So. 2 weeks ’til showtime. Hm. I’ve registered for that half marathon and my ego has made certain that everyone who meets my smiling mug knows about it. So. I’m gonna hafta do it. I’ve been training. It’s going to happen. It’s not that this is a crisis of confidence, exactly. More, well, an ego [...]
Against my better judgment, I just today registered for the Rock N’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon taking place August 2nd. This will be my third half, but also my first long race run in the heat of summer. Indeed, whenever I consider summer races, visions of collapsed runners strewn along the route of the October [...]
Even us driven types have to go on vacation every once in a while, right? So off to Nicaragua I went, only to (predictably enough) fall madly in love with a country full of volcanoes and lakes, sandwiched engagingly between two oceans. I can now assure you that salsa dancing more than qualifies as an [...]
“I feel like a monster, a goddess, a rock start, a terror, a perpetual motion machine who, (besides being insufferably full of herself), has just run 15 miles and walked 2 more. HEAR ME ROAR!! and watch me collapse…” I posted this self glorifying little gem on my social networking site a couple days ago. [...]
“So, maybe after class we can chat and laugh about how inflexible I am.” This last line of Claudia Becque’s Facebook message seemed a little absurd. True, runners aren’t known for their flexibility. But this particular runner, whose athletic prowess recently led her to the 2008 Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, couldn’t possibly doubt her ability [...]
I just ran 10 miles! And I wasn’t even being chased. This surprises me no end. I even kind of liked it. Kind of. Which surprises me even more than the fact of having done it. Granted, these miles were indoors on a treadmill so the purists can huff that they weren’t real road miles, [...]
