Category: running

Why I Am Giving Up Running (For A While)

Why I Am Giving Up Running (For A While)

I have been running for 15 years. I’ve run multiple races, including four half-marathons. In August of 2016, I fell during a half-marathon and banged up my knee and shoulder pretty badly. Even though I finished that race, with blood running down my leg, it […]

I Escaped The Invasion!

I Escaped The Invasion!

Last weekend, I participated in the Area 13.1 Alien Half Marathon in Roswell, Georgia. This is the event that I have been training for all summer long, through sticky, sweltering evenings and mercilessly hot weekends. Two weeks before the race, I caught a cold, which […]

Snorlax Love

Snorlax Love

For the past couple of weeks, my daughter and I have been hunting Pokemon a la PokemonGo (along with everyone else in the world) almost every evening. It has gotten us outside and given us some time together just having fun. I have probably walked […]

The Good Old Summertime

The Good Old Summertime

Summer is in full force here in the sunny South, with the heat and humidity both turned up to 11. We are still a month or so away from the “dog days” of summer, those dry, brown, heat-baked days when the only sound is the […]

The 2016 RC Cola Moon Pie 10 Mile Run

The 2016 RC Cola Moon Pie 10 Mile Run

So! As the title of this post suggests, I ran the 2016 RC Cola Moon Pie 10 Mile Run on Saturday. The weather was not nearly as hot as it has been, thank goodness, though it was every bit a humid as it has been. […]

Missing In Action and Resolution Updates

Missing In Action and Resolution Updates

Lately, I have been missing in action, at least from the blogosphere. Since the restructuring at work, everyone has gone bananas. It has been frustrating and mentally draining. However, I am beginning, slowly, to be able to return to my regular work, and our team […]