Walk a marathon with me? She enquired. Hells yes! I responded. I agreed. I asked. I trained. I laughed. I flew. I walked. I loved. 1. You'll realize (again) how you think differently from the rest of the world. Even my hardcore runner friends thought I was nuts. They told me *repeatedly* how they'd never be capable of walking 26.2 miles. They told me ... Continue Reading
MizFit running update.
Since Im disorganized it's all strictly off the record. Ok, People, here's the deal. Many of you have kindly asked as of late: whats the story with your race? how is your training going? Many of you on twitter have tweeted me with thoughtful queries of Arent you running in March? What race are you doing? Is it a full marathon? half?? Only to be met by stony silence. By the ... Continue Reading
2010 in one word (giveaway post).
As I've yammered about around here myriad times before Im not a resolution maker. I tend to choose a word or phrase which I want to define my next 365 days & simply live each day with that as a backdrop. This year's word, not surprisingly, is RUN. The surprising piece, however, is the reason why. You see, in much of my life I tend to be very Type B is there even a Type B? For sake of ... Continue Reading
MizFit & the January issue of Fitness Magazine…
a marriage made in goal-setting heaven. I told you. I told them. Some of the specifics may be changing----but Im not entirely backing out. Details coming in January & are thisclose (dare I say 99% certain?) to involving the S-word. (uh, sponsorship. not SH*T. as in SH*TImSoNotRunningAnotherStep.) Please to stay tuned as this one involves a TIARA. ... Continue Reading
Barefoot Running.
Subtitle: If this were a really kicka** post Id have a pair of these to giveaway. Good GOSH I love me some Five Fingers. We’ve previously established there are innumerable things I’ll attempt in the name of coming up with a freakin blog post journalism. I've NIA'd I've awkwardly swung a kettlebell. Ive competed in bodybuilding. This time, however, I’m letting you ... Continue Reading
Ready? Set? GO! It’s carb-loading time up in herre!
subtitle: no. that does not mean you need to run a single step. we all need the carbinfusion sometimes simply for the sake of comfortcarbloading. I wear a lot of hats: blogger, writer, web & graphic designer, mom, and most relevant to this post: wife of a marathoner. We eat reasonably well, and as a family we're pretty active, but our big weakness is Italian food. Happily, my husband runs a ... Continue Reading