Run Revolution

Some days you’ll have a good run, and some days you’ll have such an amazing run you feel like you could run forever. And then there are those days where you feel like you’re made of lead, and running just a mile feels like the hardest thing you’ve done in your life. And so comes [...]

***Warning!! If you have a squeamish stomach or have an aversion to foot/toe stories, this might not be the post for you*** ****Also, there are no pictures in this post because I really don’t want to gross you guys out anymore than reading this might. Use your imagination!**** The dreaded black toenail. If you are [...]

London calling!!! Opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics are on Friday. If you are a fan of Run Revolution’s Facebook page, you have read a bit about Fauja Singh, the 101 year old marathon runner. Singh is currently the oldest marathon runner, and he only started running at the age of 86! He ran [...]

July race DONE and WON…CHECK! (read all about it here) August race DECIDED…CHECK! I am going to hold to my original decision (per my 2012 race goals) for my August race and go with the Lake Union 10K, August 19. This will only be my second 10k of my running career (read my running resume [...]

Seattle was the third stop out of four for the 5k and Half Marathon series from See Jane Run. See Jane Run is a women operated running store, with locations in Boise, ID; Danville, CA; Oakland, CA; and San Francisco, CA (the first store was opened here in 2000). I chose the See Jane Run [...]

Ahhhhh, summer. The rest of the country may not appreciate the heat of summer as much as we Seattlites do, but we suffer (some of us more than others) through nine long months of rain, gray, dark, cold for the three (if we’re lucky) months of summer we get. Our suffering is well worth it [...]

As per my goals for 2012 (run one race/month), I need to run a race this month (and August and September, too)! My schedule is pretty full, however, so choosing races hasn’t been as simple as I hoped. July: I was hoping to do the Warrior Dash. I have never done it, and was really [...]

After running two marathons in two months, I am officially in the “off-season.” I have no major race scheduled until October (Nike Women’s Half marathon), and after training and running one half-marathon (Seattle), two marathons (Seattle Rock and Roll and Boston), a 10k (March 4th fun run), two 5k’s (Jingle Bell Run and St. Patty’s [...]

After the amazing time I had at the Color Run, I was really, really excited to partake in the Seattle 5k Foam Fest. It would also be the first running I would do since running the Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon one week prior. Although the Foam Fest is a mud run/obstacle course/5k, it is [...]