The blues

At one week since the race, I think I’ve officially come down with the post-marathon blues.  I don’t have anything to be sad about.  I trained hard, I had a successful race and I can look back on the day with pride.  So why do I feel all bummed out?
I remember feeling like this the day [...]

Vermont City Marathon 2009

It’s the day after the race and I’m still on an adrenaline rush from yesterday so I’m going to use the energy to type up the recap before I forget it.  Vermont was, in a word – amazing.  When searching for spring races, VT seemed like a good bet both for me and for Barry, who [...]

Happy, happy, happy!

Per the Vermont City Marathon website:
RACE DAY FORECAST
Three more days until the race, and the weather is still looking great for the marathon!
Good thing the race won’t be today.  It’s going to be hot!  Temperatures will be well into the 80s, with some locations hitting the 90 degree mark.
But a weak cold front will come through [...]

House love

Since Barry and I are currently on a running break, we’ve had time to show some love to our badly neglected house.  First, we made some kitchen progress and finally chose and ordered our new cabinets.  After a lot of agonizing, we finally went with this white shaker cabinet with a vertical groove by Elmwood Kitchens.  This [...]

Lunacy

At the end of my taper for Philly, I definitely had a case of taper madness but I’ve been feeling so good this time around that I honestly thought I might escape it.  In fact, I was telling our running group on Saturday how excited I am and that I’m not even nervous at all.  Ha!  [...]

Weather Watch 2009

The weather forecast is now up for Memorial Day Weekend.  I know it’s too soon to get my panties in a bunch but I can’t help it.  When you spend 18 weeks training for a race and become completely consumed by one single goal, it’s hard not to obsess.  Yesterday, the forecast read 62 and [...]

Glorious taper

Finally, the best part of marathon training has arrived – taper!  This is the period leading up to the big day when I ease up and let myself rest.  I’m not doing any run a step longer than 12 miles from now until May 24th.  Woohoo!  After 15 weeks of marathon training, preceded by a [...]