Category Archives: Fitness

Book Review: Running on Empty by Marshall Ulrich

My favorite of the three running books my Mom gave me for Mother’s Day was Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America by Maschall Ulrich. (That’s an Amazon Affiliate links, which means that if you click … Continue reading

Posted in Book Reviews, Fitness, Life | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

How To Do An Easy Run

I am trying to run my long runs at a slower pace, based on information from different running pace calculators. While I don’t believe that there is a universal “right” way to train, I’ve courted injury by running my long runs … Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Five For Friday: Race Tips on Family Fitness Food

Funny how things work out. At the last minute I decided to take off for my son’s lacrosse tournament so I didn’t have a blog post for today, but I’ve got a guest post up at Carrie’s blog, Family Fitness … Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | 2 Comments

Pacing Myself

I have been looking for some guidance on pacing my various runs, and am drawn to the suggested paces on The McMillan Running Calculator. When I plugged in my GW Parkway Classic data 10M 1:26:00 8:36 It showed me what … Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Check Me Out @ YumYucky.com

I am so excited to be featured this week as one of the People of Yum Yucky on Josie’s blog, www.yumyucky.com! I am such a big fan. Josie lays it on the line with no-nonsense straight talk, no-holds-barred product reviews, … Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , | 5 Comments