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Archive | June, 2009

29 June 2009 ~ 10 Comments

Complaining & Boasting

I usually do my long runs on Saturdays. But we were driving home from San Diego on Saturday, so I decided to push my long run back a day. Not a big deal, except that with the driving… and driving… and driving… I didn’t really fuel or hydrate like I should have and that had [...]

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26 June 2009 ~ 5 Comments

San Diego Run

My husband and I decided to take a spur-of-the-moment trip this week. I have vacation days to burn up before the end of June and his trip to Oklahoma has been delayed, so we had a little time. Thus we decided to just pick a place and go away for a few days. Our decided [...]

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23 June 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Film Review: Running on the Sun

“Running on the Sun documents the trials and tribulations of athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest. A celebration of the perseverance of the human will beyond the limits of the human body.” – From the IMDB Profile I’m going to be [...]

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22 June 2009 ~ 6 Comments

Racevine – Find a Race

Racevine – a new site has launched to help people find races. Their goal is to make it super-simple to find a race to do and for people to leave feedback/reviews on races they’ve done. I know that sometimes I find it a pain to search through “other” sites to find an event just because [...]

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19 June 2009 ~ 8 Comments

You Gotta Be With Yourself Forever

In the July 2009 issue of Runner’s World, John “The Penguin” Bingham had a great article entitled “Running Blind: The importance of choosing a path that’s right for you“. This article kind of struck a note with me and I wanted to share some particular snippets. In my early days…, I ran like everyone was [...]

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18 June 2009 ~ 8 Comments

Running Headphones

It seems to pop-up from time to time on various running blogs and message boards, but everybody is always on the lookout for the perfect headphones to wear while running. I know I would love some headphones that sound good, don’t cut out when I sweat on them and don’t have a cord that I [...]

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