Run Revolution

For the past three weeks, I have gone to the track on Tuesday for sprints (my least favorite part of training). Since we  moved not too long ago, I wasn’t sure which track was the closest to our new house. I turned to good ol’ Google, and came across this gem: isport.com It helps locate [...]

Last year at this time, I was stalking the Boston weather (read about it here), and freaking out a bit a lot. Boston Marathon forecast 2012 (that 80 degrees changed to near 90 degrees). This year, the weather seems to be absolute perfection. I mean, seriously? Perfect running conditions on Monday. Boston Marathon forecast 2013 But, [...]

I am a running-with-headphones kind of girl. Always have been. I am a music lover, and I seek out new music to listen to while I run. However, since the majority of my runs lately have been short due to my hamstring injury (which hasn’t given me any pain lately!), I have been forgoing the [...]

Apparently everywhere is having extremely cold winter, which makes sense…it IS winter. But, Los Angeles, is having the coldest weather of all. Click here to see how they are barely surviving the frigid temperatures. Seattle is no exception. It has been really cold here as well. Really, really cold. Cold and clear. For all of [...]

It’s been over a month since I ran and injured my hamstring in the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco. My goal after the race was to rest a bit, then get back to training so I could have a solid race in the Seattle Half Marathon Thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately, my hamstring has other [...]

You’re tired. You’re working late. You slept horribly. You just don’t want to. Now that summer is over, and the days are lazier, it is much easier to talk ourselves out of running, myself included. How do I find motivation to get out and sweat every day even when I would rather stay in and [...]

Happy November, everyone! This month brings: Movember Daylight savings ends (meaning short, dark days) Presidential Election Rainy short, dark days here in Seattle Thanksgiving! (my second favorite Holiday) National Running Safety Month With the days getting shorter, more and more of us will be running while it is dark, either in the early morning, or [...]

After I strained my hamstring running the Nike Women’s Half marathon two weeks ago and running was not an option, I buckled down on my extreme self care. My intention was to: not run at all for two full weeks, practice a lot of yoga, use healing red light therapy, foam roll, visit my chiropractor, [...]

This past weekend was a big weekend: Portland Marathon, Chicago Marathon, and going into the weekend Boston 2013 registration was still open! Runners had big hopes of not only qualifying for Boston, but running in April 2013! Both Portland and Chicago are on my bucket list, and because I am heading to San Francisco next [...]

Maybe you’ve run a 10k and you know what pace you can hold for 6.2 miles, but now you really want to run a half marathon. You also know your 10k pace is not doable for 13.1 miles. How fast (or slow) should you run the race? Also, during training, at what pace should you [...]

As runners, many of you have probably encountered the painful loss of a toenail. I suffered a black toenail after running Boston in April, and it fell off right at the beginning of sandal season in Seattle. That was sad, but what was even more sad was I had not gotten a pedicure since long [...]

On my way to work Tuesday morning, I sat in traffic listening to my favorite radio show, John in the morning, on KEXP talk to Cheryl Waters, the host of the show after John’s, about bike commuting. John regularly bike commutes to work, along with a large percentage of Seattleites. Seattle is ranked #2, after [...]

***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 [...]

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 [...]