Hello friends! First off, Happy New Year! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! And for me, a special milestone – Happy Blogiversary! It was on St. Patrick’s Day in 2011 when I launched this little blog. That year I was finishing up a Post-Baccalaureate program to apply to medical school and wanted a fun hobby that went…
After completing the Aravaipa Strong virtual race in April, it wasn’t my intention to take 8 months off before writing again. But I didn’t make it a priority. However, if there was anything I wanted to accomplish before this year ended it was to get one last post in. After Aravaipa Strong, I completed…
I found my new running place and it’s in a parking garage! Hey, it’s a great alternative for me, what can I say? Secretly I wanted to complete my remaining miles for the Aravaipa Strong Virtual Race 50K on Thursday, but it would’ve entailed running a double and I wasn’t sure if I’d have time,…
I am a morning runner. Actually, let me rephrase that, I prefer to be a morning runner. I’m not sure if that was always the case, or as I got older and had more life responsibilities, running in the morning seemed to me a more plausible solution to having excuses hop in the way later…
Oof, what is that? What is that feeling? I know I’ve felt it before. Yes I realize it’s been a hot minute. No! No, don’t tell me. It’s on the tip of my tongue. Oh I know what that is!! It’s my body experiencing that old familiar soreness associated when you push your body a…
I’ve never participated in a virtual race. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I didn’t quite a see a point to them. My logic was telling me, why would I pay for a race that had me complete a certain mileage where I could choose the route and start and finish within whatever time…
Recently I had a box delivered. If times weren’t as they were, I would’ve taken the box, not think twice about anything else, and went about my day. This time, by the time I got to the door, the delivery guy was already down the hall. I picked up the box, brought it in,…
When 2019 was ending, I was feeling such joy and excitement for 2020. I don’t think I’ve experienced such enthusiasm for starting a new year before. The next time a year ends, and I feel all those giddy feelings creeping in, please feel free to slap some sense into me (gently of course, and that’s…