Since I’ve gotten back in to mountain biking, I’ve been following the local boards on a close-to daily basis. I recently saw a post from a guy who wanted to team up for 12 Hours of Cranky Monkey, a 12-hour mountain bike race down in Quantico, VA. Intrigued, I contacted him, we settled everything up,

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Wake up at 6am, throw on some clothes, drive the girls to the Metro for the Cherry Blossom 10-miler. I wore running clothes because they were warm, dry, and I planned on doing a mile or so just running around trying to get pictures. My main job was to carry all their things, though so

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With the move out of the way and the weather improving, it is time to get serious about running. Goals for this season: sub-19 5k will be my primary and 3:30 marathon will be my secondary. To celebrate this momentous day, I started with some streamlining: Before After So yeah, hair hasn’t been this short

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You all know plenty about me… Why don’t you share about your life @ 26? Mom, happy day of labor pains anniversary. Seriously, why is the kid being born the one that is celebrated? As far as I can recall, I didn’t have to do anything special. Ma, I owe you dinner. EDITI just noticed

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Note: You were supposed to read the post below this first. Since the race I had planned on doing this weekend said it was a “Fun Run” and no times were being taken, I passed on that. Instead, I incorporated a race in Baltimore, The Baltimore Jingle Bell 5k Run for Arthritis, in to my

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I went ahead and compiled all the data from my training log by month. What I found was interesting… Until recently, I really hadn’t been working out much at all. Now, a 60-mile running month seems slack. With the increased training, you can see my weight dropping like a rock despite me feeling like it

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