I got a little too ambitious over the weekend. I’m blaming it on the weather, but yesterday afternoon I got in the mood to go running so I kicked out another 2.75 miles, but in the fastest time ever recorded (10.03/mile)! Lance Armstrong even congratulated me when I was done (via my iPod). This morning […]

Day 5. Thank God. Day 5 means that I get 2 days of a break. It’s not that I hate running; it’s just that it can get boring and exhausting doing it every single day. Newest running obsession: Body Glide. Looks like a deoderant stick, but you just rub it on and wah-lah, no more […]

How far and/or fast do you have to run to become a “runner”? If you love running one day, but hate it the next, does that make you a bad runner? As happened last week, by this morning (Thursday), my body just feels tired, not achy or sore, but tired. I am imagining that it’s […]

When I first stepped outside this morning, I thought it was the perfect running weather: slightly misty and foggy, cool enough to make it comfortable, but not hot enough to make you sweat. Boy, was I wrong. Turns out that misty and foggy equals sticky and humid. I feel really disgusting right now (yes, I’m […]

Due to the rain this morning, I had to postpone my run until after work. That turned out to be perfect because it was a long day at work so the run helped me clear my head. It didn’t however stop raining so I ran in the rain. I’m very serious about this challenge and […]

“Start out going north on Alexander Way.” This was the lovely voice of our navigator, Claire. I have been fired from my job and Kevin’s GPS has taken over. I actually like this fact because that means that if we get lost, it is not my fault. It’s Claire’s. We left our home Saturday morning […]