Happy 4th birthday, my sweet boy!
When we were preparing for your birth a little over four years ago, your dad and I developed a very detailed plan for getting to the hospital in time. You see, when your sister was born two years prior, she arrived very quickly – I woke up at 3:15 […]
I have a big goal this year: to run 1,000 miles over the course of 2019. I’ve set this goal before, in fact, that’s how this blog first started. But, I’ve never actually done it. In fact, I wasn’t even that close when I tried it in 2011 – I was 200 miles short.
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10 years ago this month, I was newly separated. My husband had moved out in January, and while I was very sad that my marriage was ending, I was relieved too. The previous year had been a constant struggle, like I was carrying one end of a heavy piece of furniture up a flight of […]
I like the idea of setting a word for the year. I first heard of this concept on podcasts I listen to regularly, including the Sarah R. Bagley podcast, and the #amwriting podcast. But lots of people do this now (if you Google “setting a word for the year,” you’ll find many blog […]
It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of running in the cold. But, seeing as I did very little running this fall and that I’ve registered to run a half marathon in May, I need to start to build my base back up and I can’t wait until spring to do […]
I ran a race this weekend, a 5k.
I was about to write “just a 5k” and stopped myself.
I first started running almost 10 years ago, when I was going through my divorce. I had met a girl named Kim through another friend of mine, and Kim was part of a running group in […]
I got a pair of trail shoes for my birthday. They’re pretty tough looking – black with a few purple accents and rugged soles that look like they can take on anything. I wanted them because I do a lot of my running on the C&O canal path, which is flat but covered in stones […]
