Now that my race season is officially over, I'm settling into the offseason. My focus for the offseason this year is to finally get to the bottom of my hip and hamstring issues and build a solid foundation to move into spring and next year's training cycles.  These hamstring and hip issues have...

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I feel like I didn't read all that much in November, and when I looked back at my GoodReads, I realized it was because I got stuck in two books that were kind of a slog. One had come pretty highly recommended and the other was by a favorite author. So I had...

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On Saturday, I ran my last race of the season -- the Rehoboth Beach Seashore Half Marathon. My family spends a week every summer in Rehoboth so I was really excited to race on a familiar, flat course, especially after coming off a good race on a hilly course in DC.  The logistics...

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I spent Thanksgiving this year at my in-laws, and I was excited that my mother-in-law was interested in running the local turkey trot again with me. She and I did the Give 'Em the Bird 5K for the first time back in 2019, and this year, her sister and cousin joined us on...

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If you follow me on Instagram, you already saw that I had a great race at the Rock N Roll Half Marathon on Saturday. A few days later, I'm happy to say my recovery is going just as well as the race did, and I'm still just as proud of my race today...

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October started off as a slow reading month, but I picked up some really great books in the middle and definitely ended on a high note. Lots of thrillers and mysteries, which seemed appropriate for October.  Five Stars The Push by Ashley Audrain My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book definitely lived...

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On Sunday morning, my mom and I ran the 2021 Bay Bridge Run 10K. It was our first in-person race since the pandemic started, and I was so excited to be racing again. I had done this same run back in 2015, when it was called the Across the Bay 10K and was...

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Before I left for Iceland, I had a million questions about what the process would be like with all the protocols in place because of Covid-19. Luckily I knew a few people who had traveled and kindly shared what their experience was. But since regulations are changing constantly, and I've gotten questions from...

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Monday was the day I was most stressed out about before we left for Iceland. We had planned to hike one of the volcanos that had just erupted to see the freshly cooling lava fields. But every time I checked the weather it just kept getting worse and worse. From light rain, to...

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