After many sleepless nights and after giving it much thought, I finally have a "Plan B". I figured that at the very least, I would...

To train for my 3:51 marathon: - Seven weeks of consistent training - Average 40 miles per week - Peak mileage was 48 To train for yest...

Calm, patient, relaxed, centered. . . these are words that really need to describe me at the moment but totally do not. I am totally on edge...

2008 was a good year for me running-wise, with the exception of a knee injury in the Spring and a 5-week long illness in the fall. Since I s...

I ran the inaugural Fairfax Four Miler last night (New Year's Eve) in the midst of a high wind advisory. When I got the flyer in my mail...

I don't know what it is about the 10K. I have never run one that I was satisfied with. Except for maybe my first 10K, and I was happy ju...

Lately, I have been second-guessing my BQ attempt. Training is going flawlessly, but I am not seeing the gains in speed that I had hoped for...

Back in August, I wrote a blog called "Peak Week!". As the name implies, the blog was about my week with the highest mileage prior...

"Setting a PR in the 5K is like squeezing blood from a turnip," one of my wise runner friends once told me. Back in June 2007, I s...

Background  Going into this race, I felt like a PR was pretty much a guarantee, provided that the weather didn't interfere. I set my ha...

I used to be relatively lucky with race weather. This year, it's been one weather disaster after another, for the most part! At the Sham...

I gave myself some royal treatment this week. A pedicure on Monday, a hair cut on Tuesday (I have bangs again!) and a sports massage on Wedn...