I did everything wrong leading up to my first race. I might have been a girl going to junior prom who bought her dress at Goodwill and had her blind grandmother do her hair with foam rollers. Do you want to know how many training miles I logged this week? One. How many miles I ...
First let me say that even though I’m not running 5K on a regular basis yet, the reasons are more related to laziness than capability. I’m technically on Week 7 Day 2 of Couch to 5K, but I’ve got no problem running the three miles any time. I can’t promise you’d I’d be able to ...
I stand by my Vibram Love, but I think it’s only fair to mention that I’m hurt again. The consensus on the running forum where I’m trying to get diagnosed (thanks, shitty health care system! I can’t see a sports doctor!) is that it’s an injury I sustained while running with shoes (which is absolutely ...
Yesterday literally as I was lacing up my running shoes, my husband walked in holding the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen: the package with my new (hopefully correctly sized) Vibram FF’s. If I may say so myself, they are bad-ass. They’re the coolest blue, with just enough lime green accent to be sassy. Oh wait, ...
For the last month I’ve been slowly easing into a new sport, one which requires almost no equipment, an activity that I can jump into no matter where I am, as long as I have a half hour or so to devote. They call it “running” and evidently it’s been around for a while. I’m ...