I had a pretty crappy run on Wednesday, so I was a little cautious but optimistic about my run on Friday. I decided to do my favorite run. It starts at my Grandmas house which my ki...
1. My long run yesterday was "only" going to be 14 miles, 16 if I felt really good. I did 12. I felt like crap. Every mile felt like it drug on forever. Usually I star...
I dont know why I didnt know this before but I just discovered I can watch Game of Thrones on my iPad if I download the episodes on iTunes. For a price of course, but YAY! I have been dying to ...
I recently discovered PicMonkey and today played with it for the first time. It is so easy to use. Here are some pictures from my run today. Although some pictures it really didnt do just...
Woke up yesterday to a very white world. I should not have been completely surprised since it was snowing when I got home from work on Friday although by the time we went to bed all the snow ha...
1. I found some race pictures from the disastrous 10k I did this weekend. They took a bunch of pictures of the starting line and I am doing this in every single one.I was trying to figure out t...
Today was a perfect day to run except maybe for the wind, but perfect temp, sunny with some occasional cloud cover is really pretty awesome in my book. I kept an eye out but I saw no snakes today. YA...
I was recently given the opportunity to try Leg Lube. I will start by saying I have not used shaving gel for years, I prefer to use body wash when I am shaving. I like Dove, Oil of Olay, ...
If you read yesterdays post you read all my ready made excuses as to why I would not get a 10k pr today. I didnt PR and I have a completely different list of reasons why. I got up this morning...
I finally got a good nights sleep last night. Two nights in a row of not sleeping good had me pretty wiped out on Friday. I think my kids were pretty tired too as they were in bed early l...
1. I miss the days when I would go to bed and sleep all night. Then I had kids and I dont think I have slept all night since. Last night I was awake from 2 to 4 thinking I should just get...
This one is right after the gun went off, my head is half cut off, could have been a good picture. A little fuzzy but my mouth looks funny here Maybe the best pictureand these two I just lo...
Today was the second time I did a 22 mile run. The first time I did it, it hurt, I thought I was never going to get done and today it felt amazing. My first thought was I must be running ...
I picked up my race packet on Wednesday for the 5 mile Womens Run on Saturday. The shirts are just regular long sleeve cotton shirts. I keep hoping they will switch to tech shirts, ...
I have been having some hip pain... boo. It isnt really characteristic of IT band pain, hip flexor pain. It hurts under the iliac crest on the left side. It is sore when I first st...
I started doing Bodyrock.tv back in October of 2010. I was skeptical when I started but soon was following it faithfully. I kept up with all the new workouts and it wasnt long before I wa...
What has these country kids so fascinated?A very large cowpie!
I hear it all the timeI can tell you run, you have a runners body.You move like a runner.Which makes me think, do I have a runners body because I run, or do I enjoy running so much because I have a r...
I know you were all just dying to know what kind of hydration bottle you can stick in your pants, shorts, skirt, hydration belt, etc. I am wearing it here on the front of my hydration belt. &nb...
They finally posted the race pictures from the Peaks to Prairie Adventure race I did last weekend. I think mine turned out pretty good. I loved this race and I loved the distance. &...
I recently was going through my twitter followers and following back when I came across a company and decided to check them out. They were offering a hydration product for runners or anyone wit...
Yesterday I was supposed to work but it wasnt busy so I got the day off. I was thrilled and had a list a mile long of all the things I wanted to get done, but then my brother called and s...
New longest run ever :)and something else I saw lately that I lovewith that in mind and do want you want to do!Happy Wednesday!
Cola and I went for a run Monday and I think I would have enjoyed it a little more had my quads not been so sore from running 9.3 miles in Peaks to Prairie the day before in 1:05:14. Ther...
I dont think I hardly slept at all the night before, I was so nervous about getting up on time and out the door by 4:30 am. I got out the door exactly on time after obsessing over the weather and try...
I think I have really made it as a blogger now. I was contacted by someone asking to use my expertise and when they wrote to me they wrote "Dear Joan" Joan?! Who in the worl...
Life seems to have been really busy this last week between work and having guests at the house and of course life in general. I have been getting in some good runs though and you will be reliev...
My kids worked really hard yesterday to pick me dandelion and purple mustard bouquets. That look pretty sweet above my sink in the kitchen in their little mason jars. I had a fabulou...
Thursday I tried to get out and run. okay I ran for four miles but it was pretty rough. The wind was howling and then about twenty steps into my run I felt the first drop of rain. Ugh.&nb...
I ran 20 miles yesterday. I have to admit starting out on that run was a little intimidating. All I could think of during the first mile was "I am going to be out here for a long time...
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