I am excited to say that this week was the last long run I had to do before the actual half marathon! It feels good to be this close and to know that my training is almost over.  And especially to know that despite still having some pain, I’m in a much better place than […]

I’m glad I got all of my runs in this week so I can relax and enjoy the Super Bowl tonight! I’ve never been much of a football fan, but being in Philadelphia the enthusiasm is infectious. It’s really cool to see a whole area united over something, and I do like a good underdog! […]

As I was typing the title for this post, I realized it’s a good thing I’ve been typing out “Fairy Tale Challenge” training and not abbreviating it to FTC.  Because apparently, according to Disney, FTC is a vulgar acronym.  When I order my magic bands I like to try to put something to indicate which […]

How’s your weekend been?  I’m thinking this post will be rather short because it was a relatively uninteresting week in terms of running.  The big news is that I’m done with physical therapy.  My last session was on Friday and I have a bunch of at home exercises to work on.  Hopefully things will continue […]

For anyone who’s been following my training, you’ll know that I’ve been in physical therapy for about two months.  At my last session I found out that I probably wouldn’t be able to continue it, regardless of whether or not the pain is gone.  Basically, when I first was getting the hip pain it would […]

It’s cold.  I don’t know if anyone has mentioned that to you lately. Or pretty much everyone you meet.  I mean, it’s kind of nice because it’s an instant way to bond. “Can you believe how cold it is?” “OMG so cold!” “Let’s all move to Florida!” At least, that’s how my conversations typically go.  […]

We are almost at 2018, and I’m hoping for a better year of running!  I mean, 2017 started out pretty strongly.  I ran a full marathon, even though I wasn’t feeling 100%, but it went downhill for awhile after that.  I ended up at the hospital rather than the finish line at the Hershey 10k […]

Merry Christmas!  Just because the holidays are here doesn’t mean that run training stops!  I worked hard this week to make sure I got all of my runs in, and I’m going to do the same next week.  It’s also fun because I often get new running gear for Christmas to try out.  I’ve already […]

I’ve done the Princess races for the past 4 years, and it wasn’t until this year that I really had trouble with training during the holidays.  I’m extra impressed with myself for doing marathon training last December.  Good job me!  I think part of it is that I’ve never done a play before that had […]