Work out – 9 miles in 1:25 I never thought I would say this but I love June gloom. I feel like it’s nature’s little gift to So Cal runners before the mean Summer heat takes over and we have to wake up at 5 am if we hope to get a run in without [...]

The plan I’m following for my first marathon is from a book called Brain Training for Runners by Matt Fitzgerald. I actually bought the book on impulse before I was even considering a full marathon – I just needed something to read while I was getting my oil changed (which takes approx. 3 hours at [...]

You know it’s a Monday when you have two major wardrobe malfunctions before 8 a.m. This morning, for the second time in a week, I put my running pants on backward and didn’t realize it until I was too far into my run to do anything about it. The trouble with wearing your pants backward [...]