Jill Will Run

My running this week has been terrible. Not terrible as in, “I’ve felt bad on all my runs.” More terrible as in, “Ooops… I’ve kind of slacked off and not really done much running this week.” I ran Tuesday night and felt great, but then the winds settled back into the valley and I just [...]

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I saw a headline on MSN about 10 Surprising Fitness Tips. A couple of them jumped out at me and I thought I would share them here: Drink pickle and pineapple juices. The salt and vinegar in pickle juice can help muscles recover from sodium loss and decrease cramping. “If you’re training on a hot [...]

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This morning I woke up at 5:30 AM and ate a bowl of Lucky Charms. That has been my go-to food for breakfast on long run mornings for a little while at the suggestion of Alissa, and so far it really works. Not that I’ve had any REALLY long runs since implementing this plan to [...]

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Hmm… that’s a nice title, huh? But that’s really all this post is, just short chunks of random things on my mind. Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Relay Did you hear that a 4-person relay component has been added to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego? I was already 99% sure that I [...]

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A friend of mine received this from her TNT coaches before the 2009 PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. She made a copy of it for me and I knew I wanted to keep it on hand, just to refer to again someday. And since I knew I wanted to glance at it again, I [...]

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Sunday morning I woke up around 6:30 AM. While laying in bed, I stretched out a little, trying to decide if I was awake enough to get up and go run. It didn’t take long to decide, I knew I wanted to get out and run. I got dressed and laced up my brand new [...]

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