Zooma

ALL the way, baby

Yesterday was my first official 1/2 marathon and I can’t lie, I kind of kicked butt. For me. Sort of. Yesterday morning dawned a beautiful day, a little chilly and a little breezy but beautiful none the less. Not surprisingly, I hadn’t slept well Saturday night and I was up before the alarm went off [...]

Any last minute tips for running a 1/2?

So it’s down to the wire, only 6 days until the Zooma Half at Lake Lanier!!  WAHOOOO!!!  I have to say, I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m ready. I’ve had a 13.5 mile run and I’ve tried to follow the schedule that I don’t really understand. My playlist is mostly completed, I think [...]

Making the 1/2 my bitch

Last weeks training schedule called for the longest run to date. 10 – 12 miles. I’d done 10 the week before and felt pretty good (the 10 I’d done 2 or 3 weeks before that were hell on earth, so things are improving). I mean, when I’d finished the 10 I felt as though I [...]

Sewing along

I got my geek on in a big bad way this weekend and I had SUCH a great time! If you sew or read sewing blogs (I’m not sure you’d do that if you don’t sew…), then you should be jealous that I got to spend some time with Karen Lepage of Sewing for Boys book [...]

The Birds

I’ve written before about my fear of birds and I can’t say that it’s improved much over time.  We live in a lovely little neighborhood now and there are an ungodly number of birds here.  Pretty birds at that. I mean, I can think that some are pretty but I don’t have to like them, [...]