Remodel Hell

We’ve been planning our kitchen renovation for what feels like forever so I was very excited to finally move forward with the project.  Had I known how insane it was going to be, I’d have been far less anxious.   You think I’d have learned my lesson by now.  When we bought this house, I FAR [...]

New Charles River Run 5K

   
After my first marathon training cycle, I decided to start a new tradition:  Run a marathon, wait a few weeks, race a 5K.  It seemed to work for me last time when I set a 5K PR two weeks after Philly.  The 5K is my most dreaded distance but I seem to perform better when [...]

Inconsistent

I knew several months back that this was going to be a crazy summer.  My calendar is chock full with birthdays, 4 weddings and their accompanying bridal showers, 5 Red Sox games, races, parties, marathon training and let’s not forget a complete kitchen renovation.  Fun stuff all of it but time consuming nevertheless.  This past week, [...]

Harpoon 5(ish) Miler 2009

I think I’ve snapped out of the slump I was in for a couple weeks.  I felt a little lost immediately after the marathon but I forgot about all the good things that go along with the decrease in training.  First and foremost, this is a great time to run all sorts of races that I can’t [...]

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 [...]