Treat the feet

I was on the phone to one of my good friends yesterday, a friend who has recently taken up marathon training, a friend who has now officially joined the ranks of the initiated by experiencing her first long walk blister! Oh, joy!After some discussion we determined...

March Break Butt

It felt irresponsible to write entries on a walking blog over the past week when my butt was firmly glued to the seat of my car. Yes, my family participated in the annual blue and white license plate migration to the land of oranges. It’s a long drive to the...

Race Day Perfection

Don’t ya just love it when you feel like you’ve been battling the elements for months – shovelling snow, commuting two hours through storms to and from work, walking into bitter -30 degree winds on training days – and you wake up to a perfect...

Everything's coming up bananas

Warning: the contents of this blog may surprise the sensibilities of some readers!Standing at the cash of a local outdoor store yesterday, I surveyed the copious quanties of quirky items serious outdoor types might drool over. You know, the sort of thing that you...

WoW to Jay and Jill

It has to be mentioned here that Jay and Jill completed their Myrtle Beach Marathons yesterday – the 8th of their 50 states. (You can read a short primer about them in the blog posting of February 4.)Truly, I believe that numbers never tell the whole story but I...