We Ran for Ice Cream, Again
On the top of everyone’s list of 5Ks to do again this year was the Blue Bell Fun run. I love the fact that it benefits the Brenham high school athletic department but I think the real appeal is the...
View ArticleMaster’s School 5K
I scoured the Run Tex Calendar for a our third 5K and saw the Master’s School 5K in San Marcos. This year was their first year putting on a 5K benefiting their school and I thought it would be nice...
View ArticleThe Best Bunz in Town
We decided to run with the best bunz in town at the 30th Schlotzsky’s Bun Run benefiting the Austin Sunshine Camps for our fourth 5K of the spring. We ran this race last year and it is a pretty flat...
View ArticleCinco on Cinco
Our fifth and final 5K of the spring was the Chuy’s Hot to Trot Cinco on Cinco which was on May fifth of course. Lots of fives. This is the third time we have participated in this race. I like it...
View ArticleMissoula Marathon- Tiny PR
After two long years I finally completed marathon number 3. I decided to run the Missoula Marathon again so that we could go on a family vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons afterward and...
View ArticleCross Country Mom
My daughter is in seventh grade this year, which means that she can finally participate in school athletics. She went back and forth on the decision to run cross country but after a couple of days...
View ArticleBoo Run 2012
Even though I was in the peak of my marathon training I decided to race the Boo Run this year. Like last year, I seriously considered just running it with one of the kids but I really wanted to see if...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Turkeys
We continued our Thanksgiving tradition of running the Thankful Turkey 5K out in San Marcos this year. Being only 2 weeks out from my marathon, my goal for this race was pretty simple: win a turkey,...
View ArticleAnother Fall Marathon in Texas
When I began training for marathon number four, the one thing I was sure of was that it was not going to be in Texas. Of course, life almost never goes according to plan and I ended up on the starting...
View ArticleTrail of Lights 5K 2012
The trail of the lights is back this year in Austin and there is no better way to enjoy them than running through them the night they officially open at the trail of lights 5K. This run is not chip...
View ArticleNo Blogging and No Running
Confession time. I have neglected this blog and not written anything in over a year. I did run and do some races but I just wasn’t excited enough to write about it. That pretty much sums up my 2013...
View ArticleRunning Turtle turned Trainer/Coach
As I mentioned in the last post, not much happened last year but I am in the mood to blog, so I thought I would write a few entries to highlight last year. One of the things that I thought about...
View ArticleTurtle Rescues Dog on a Run
One of the highlights of 2013 was the day I rescued my new little best friend Scruffy. But I am getting ahead of myself. It all started on a hot Texas morning in May. I woke up and went for a run and...
View ArticleDo Not Stop
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop” Confucius Getting back into a running routine has been harder than I thought it would be. This has been my longest layoff and I knew...
View ArticleMissoula Marathon- Tiny PR
After two long years I finally completed marathon number 3. I decided to run the Missoula Marathon again so that we could go on a family vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons afterward and...
View ArticleCross Country Mom
My daughter is in seventh grade this year, which means that she can finally participate in school athletics. She went back and forth on the decision to run cross country but after a couple of days...
View ArticleBoo Run 2012
Even though I was in the peak of my marathon training I decided to race the Boo Run this year. Like last year, I seriously considered just running it with one of the kids but I really wanted to see if...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Turkeys
We continued our Thanksgiving tradition of running the Thankful Turkey 5K out in San Marcos this year. Being only 2 weeks out from my marathon, my goal for this race was pretty simple: win a turkey,...
View ArticleAnother Fall Marathon in Texas
When I began training for marathon number four, the one thing I was sure of was that it was not going to be in Texas. Of course, life almost never goes according to plan and I ended up on the starting...
View ArticleTrail of Lights 5K 2012
The trail of the lights is back this year in Austin and there is no better way to enjoy them than running through them the night they officially open at the trail of lights 5K. This run is not chip...
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