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2021: The Year of Running Together Again

It finally feels like the world is getting closer to the normal we knew before the pandemic, and one example of that is that some in-person races are coming back! And with that, I want to sign up for all the races!!! Which I did! Kind of. Let me take you back through my races so far this year! Firstly, I did do quite a few virtual races over the last year and a half, most were local ones I’ve…

The Year of Cancelled Races

I definitely thought I’d be blogging more with all my free time, but that hasn’t seemed to have happened! There’s so much I thoughtI’d do with this time… but it hasn’t happened. I also entertained the idea of getting a fitness trainer certification with all my free time and the extra $1200 the government sent out, but that didn’t happen (yet!) either. My work schedule was originally 2 days “on”,…

Hey y’all. This is weird times we’re living in right now. Novel Coronavirus has just ripped through China, shut Italy down, and just arrived here in Ohio this past week. I think we started out with 5 confirmed cases and then shot up to 36 (I think?) by the end of the week. It’s scary.

The first “community spread” case was in the same county my sister lives in, and the same day I asked her about…

Checking Florida & Louisiana Off (pt2!)

This is a continuation of my previous post with a focus on the New Orleans, but I’ll start with a quick recap of the rest of our stay in Florida.

We stayed in Melbourne for Sunday night and then Monday morning we checked out of our Airbnb and drove to St Petersburg for the second part of our stay. It was my first time staying on the gulf side of Florida and I actually kind of enjoyed it. We…

It’s been about two weeks since we got back from our double marathon vacation! I was really happy to have the time off, especially to have a week off in between the races to not be stressed out! I’ll cover each marathon in separate posts so I’m not posting an entire novel.

I’ll start out with the Florida Marathon. We got in the day before the race, so we went to the expo about an hour before it…

We leave this weekend for a double marathon trip! This is actually the first time in quite a few years I’ll be doing a marathon two weekends in a row, so I’m a little nervous.

The first weekend, I will be running the Florida Marathon in Melbourne, FL (actually didn’t even know there was a Melbourne in Florida!). We’re spending a few nights there, then we’re hopping over to the gulf side of…

It was bound to happen…

I was sick enough to actually be sent home from work and go to the doctor! I have to tell you have weird that is. I have literally not had more than an annoying cough or minor sinus issue since I was maybe 15, and the last time I had to go to the doctor for medication was when I was 22 for conjunctivitus. I don’t get flu shots because I don’t get the flu. I lovebragging about how I never get…

The TCM: from Minneapolis to St Paul

It’s been awhile since the Twin Cities Marathon and I’ve been busy ever since coming back so it’s about time for my review!

I…. loved this race!!! I had my hopes high based off of everything I had been hearing about this from locals and it did not disappoint! Coming from Cincinnati, where it seems like the whole city comes out for the Flying Pig, two literal whole cities come out for TCM. If you…

Nevada: the Race I Want to Forget

I feel like I should have posted an update about this race by now. It’s been months since the REVEL Mt Charleston race, and I have not felt like discussing this race at all!

I wantedto feel really good about this race. I did actually feel good about it. For training, I did three 20 mile runs. I made an effort to do some sprints, even though they were at the gym on a treadmill. Those are both…

Less Than a Week Until Nevada!

There’s officially less than a week until my next marathon! With me, there’s always a point at which I’m like “OH MY GOD, DID I REALLY JUST TRAIN FOR FOUR MONTHS? AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? DID I HAVE ENOUGH TIME?!?!?” Most of the time it is a couple days before, a lot of the time the day before. That’s not the case with this one and let me tell you why.

So, I’ve been using Mizuno stability shoes…

The Mecca of Cross-Training

I had heard of ClassPass from podcasts but I had always thought (because of where the podcasts were based) that it was just available in New York City and Los Angeles. However, in January a friend had told me it was now available in Cincinnati and had a month free trial, so of course I had to jump on it!

They have since changed it, but a month free trial included 33 credits and you can “buy” a…

Well, it’s been about 3 weeks since we got back from Philadelphia! I loved the city, and I loved the marathon, but I’m happy to say we are home in Cincinnati until 2019.

Because we drove, we made a bit of a road trip of it. To avoid paying the most on the tolls, we took a little detour and drove up to Canton (really actually Minerva, but no one knows where that little town is) to visit my sister…

New York Running & 5K Updates!

It’s been a bit since I’ve written! I’ve been training for the marathon in Philadelphia but there’s been some other fun stuff I’ve gotten myself into.

A friend of mine from high school had met this perfect man and said “I do” a couple weekends ago, so I got to attend the wedding. I have to say it is the first wedding I actually cried at! To be fair, it was less of a wedding and more of a theater…

The reason behind this hashtag is very bittersweet.

Mollie Tibbetts had been reported missing last month, last seen on her nightly run. Her body was found last week. A parents worst nightmare. A runners worst nightmare.

After news of her death came out, the running community somehow created the tag #MilesforMollie as a way to make their runs a tribute to Mollie Tibbetts, as a kind of way to honor…

Summer 5K in Middle of Nowhere

The Sunday before last my marathoner aunt asked if I wanted to do a 5K with her. She was in from Phoenix for a week. She prefaced it with “I usually do it with Jeanie” (my other aunt who runs but typically shorter races) “but she can’t do it this year. It’s usually a good race!”

I waited to answer because my immediate thought was to say no. I had planned a night out with my friends after I got…

Food! (The race kind!)

Anyone training for a long distance race knows that finding the right stuff to eat throughout the race is important. The food you pick can make or break your race, so you want to “practice” with your foods while you’re training.

If you’re like me and you hesitate to buy anything you think you might not use, the best way to go is to find a running group. I know all groups are different and offer…

Talking to Strangers: Kenosha WI/Chicago

There was some extra stuff from my latest marathon trip that I wanted to cover but felt like the last post was already running a little long, so here’s an extra post regarding the trip.

We really actually spent less than a full day in Wisconsin. Kenosha is so close to the state border that even though our hotel was 20 minutes away, it was still technically in Illinois. (It was weird, when we got…