Running, even when I don’t want to do it, is awesome. Most days, most runs are a good thing. I suppose that’s the endorphins talking. But honestly, I’ve also realized that running does more than make the body feel good, sharpen the mind and reduce fat deposits. I’ve come to believe that running helps you […]
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The Very Last Cowtown
This past weekend was the last Cowtown Marathon for the foreseeable future for the Hayley-Wheeler running gang. The five-year special medal series ended with the 2013 race, freeing up February for a new marathon focus. Still, it seemed our 4:30 am wake-up call came very early yesterday morning. Yet look at the happy runners. Very […]
Donut Dash: Running, Donuts, Thumbs and (another) Failure Confession
Not long after I made my new 101 List, a friend emailed to ask if I’d heard of the Donut Dash 5k. He sent it to me because I have two goals that, intriguingly, intertwined in this one event: Run 13 in 13 and Eat a Hypnotic Donut. Helllllllo. Definitely had to do this race. […]
2013 is Underway
As we have for the previous four years, we kicked off 2013 by running the New Year’s Day 5 Mile at White Rock Lake. I always write our results, race conditions and anything else of note on the back of our bibs. This year looks like a real mess regarding the latter two: Muddy, slippery […]
The Turkey Trot
On Thanksgiving, I finally got to do something I’ve wanted to do since I started running: The Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot. Of course, I wasn’t alone – I took a cute Boy along with me. And talked my crazy fun friend J of Honestly Jules into going, too. And we ran into other friends there, […]
Not Much But It’s Something
The Boy and I focused on a very important task this weekend – rest. Much needed. Much neglected of late. But I did make time for one important thing – going for my first run since the Great Broken Foot Disaster of Summer 2012. I’d been walking for a few weeks to rebuild my foot […]
One More Thing…
The shirts the boys wore to run the Marine Corps Marathon? I designed them – the back logo and all. “Running 26.2 for the Red White and Blue” The company that printed them liked the design so much they offered to trade me something for it. Because I was running behind, I got express processing […]
Advice from The Boy
Several people know about this already, so it’s not really a secret: I had a major fall while running last week. The fall itself wasn’t very spectacular, but the skid was. Unfortunately, it happened about 10 minutes into my 3 mile run. Shannah from 2 years ago would have gone home crying. Shannah from last […]
Painful But Effective
My body is complaining about recent log runs and speed training. In fact, my IT band was complaining so much that I was a little worried that I might have the start of an injury. But as any hard-core runner knows, before you drag yourself off to the sports therapist, you drag a cursed piece […]