Three years ago, I started a blog. Since it’s birth, it has grown exponentially, provided me with so many opportunities, new friends, and encouragement. It has also been a source of negativity in my ...
… continued from Part I. Let’s see… where did we leave off? Mr. Man of Many Names (preferably, Mr. Beef Tongue Taco Boy) Profile: History Teacher. Tall. Dark. Hella-Hott. Late Twenties-ish. Ru...
What started as a small get together of just me and my buddies (Jeff and Phil) quickly turned into a full blown party. Random Tuesday night party at my place? These sorts of things don’t usually happ...
Most of my dating life up until now has been a giant series of relationship hopping. I haven’t had much single time since high-school, so moving to a new place all alone (and mostly single) was an ad...
It’s been two full weeks since I crossed the finish line of my second marathon. While not exactly brand new to running, I still feel like a newbie when it comes to tackling the marathon distance. The...
Cake balls, to be more specific. My friend, Sana, asked me if I’d help her make a video for her school blog she writes for, UMBCeats. Originally we thought we would make gingerbread men, but we chang...
I live in a rather small town between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. known as Ellicott City. If you aren’t from here, it’s reasonable that you may have never heard of it – but it’s definite...
Somehow, it’s already December, which means there are only 20 official days left in Fall. I had all these great plans to whip up delicious seasonal meals and goodies, but life got in the way and I en...
My week long trip to Florida could not have come at a better time. One day post-marathon, I packed my bags and flew to Florida to visit my family for the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s been a non-stop we...
Philadelphia Marathon Recap: I came. I ran. I kicked asphalt. The end. Ok, that was the short version of the story. Let’s go back to the beginning… After an awkward bus trip to Philly (I...
It’s the Saturday before the Philadelphia marathon, and I couldn’t be more excited. The training is done, my bags are packed, and… my ankle is wrapped. On my last long run, I got a very sudden muscle...
Happy Veterans Day! It’s 11.11.11. This day only happens once every hundred years! I love number patterns… is this called a paradigm? (Edited to add: NOPE! It’s a palindrome. Thanks!) My brain ...
With the marathon only 10 days away, I’ve been doing some serious thinking about my time and pace goals for this race. I did not have a great first marathon experience, and am hoping that it can real...
Reunited with BFF Debbie, once again! It’s not the same as when we were next door neighbors, but it’s better than when we were 2000 miles away. I’ll take the three-hour drive from Baltimore to Jersey...
With only 13 days until the Philadelphia Marathon, I have officially arrived in Taper Town! All this really means is that I’m reducing my mileage and intensity over the next two weeks so my leg...
It’s the end of Week 15. Only three weeks to go before the big day. This was the last week of heavy training before entering the unknown period of tapering. I had a big goal of running 45 total miles...
This is it. I’m in the final weeks of training for my second marathon. I can’t believe how fast time is flying by, because it feels like just yesterday that I decided to go for another 26.2 mil...
I rank participating in races as one of my top fun things to do, but being part of the cheer squad is comes in a close second. I have heard great things about the Marine Corp Marathon down in DC, so ...
It all started with a normal Saturday fall morning. (This is the view out my back window.) I had absolutely no plans for Saturday, which it seems is a rarity these days. I embraced my empty ca...
Only four training weeks remain before the big day. Part of me can’t really believe I’m running another marathon. I am trying hard not to let my fear take control of me, but I’m starting to feel anxi...
I headed to NYC this weekend to visit my beautiful friend, Jacquie. We met when I moved to Maryland back in May because her parents live down the street from me. We’ve become good friends over the la...
Hello, there, Lucky Week 13! I’m normally a morning runner, but this week, I switched to evening workouts. I gave my coworker/fellow runner friend a lift to-and-from work while his car was in the sho...
Despite my doubts, I conquered the big 2-0, once again. In my lifetime, I have done a total of only three runs of 20+ miles: 20.0 Miles with Caitlin (December 2009) 22.0 Miles with a Hangover (Decemb...
I’ve been quite the blogging slacker lately, but that’s only because I’ve been having way too much fun off-line. There are many days when I come home from work, go for a run, meet up with a friend, a...
Something strange has happened in the last week. I went from being not at all confident to feeling like I’m finally in decent running shape. I guess those long runs and 30+ mile weeks are finally sta...
A great race was just what I needed. I signed up for the Army Ten Miler back in May, right after I moved to the area. I had no idea how great this race was, but figured that any race that sells 27,00...
Once again, I’m a bit late getting last week’s training recap posted, but it’s here now! After I recommitted to giving 100% to this marathon training cycle, I have started seeing improvements. The ch...
I’ve lived in Maryland for 5 months, and until this past weekend, I had yet to make the 3-hour journey to New Jersey to see my BFF Debbie. She came to visit me in July, and we met for the day in Phil...
Why, hello there! I’m sorry it’s taken me until Friday to post my weekly Marathon training recap from last week, but I’ve been slammed! Fun things happening every night of the week (baseball games, w...
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