Jill Will Run

25 February 2009 ~ 12 Comments

Monday Motivation

A few days late, but I don’t think it’s a few bucks short… I was reading John ‘The Penguin’ Bingham’s blog and he had two separate entries that contained items that I found particularly inspiring and thought I would share them. From the post: Cutting Back to Move Forward Why, then, do I feel guilty [...]

24 February 2009 ~ 10 Comments

Hopefully Healing

Training

I finally took the plunge and contacted my doctor about this nagging pain in my hip/glute/hamstring/something… Well, let’s be 100% honest about this… I finally whined about the pain enough via Facebook that my doctor (who is also my friend and running buddy) CALLED ME to schedule an appointment. So this morning I slipped in [...]

22 February 2009 ~ 9 Comments

Race Report: Mardi Gras Masquerade 10K

Training

On Saturday I ran my first “official” 10K. I guess I tend to do these things in all the wrong order, huh? It would appear that many people do a 5K and then build up to longer distances. Not me, I start out with the grand-daddy and work backwards! (Well, I didn’t start out with [...]

19 February 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Winner: Fluid Giveaway

Contests

The winner in the Fluid Giveaway according to the Random Number Generator: Momm-O Congratulations Mom! If only I’d done the drawing this morning so I could have driven this prize to you when I saw you! Remember, you can buy Fluid directly from their website.

18 February 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Pain in the Rear!

Training

Last night when I got home from my run, I was taking off my tights and all the sudden felt an intense pain in my left glute. OUCH OW OWIE OW OW OW! I don’t know what the deal is or if I should keep running on it. I’ll give it a try but, WOW… [...]

14 February 2009 ~ 10 Comments

Time to Loosen Up

Training

Tomorrow I will be starting my 100 Days, 100 Runs challenge. I am doing this more to spur some kind of new spark in me. I’m not running super long distances now and I needed something to excite me. I usually try to stick to a schedule of 4 running days each week. I’m still [...]