Sonnet 87

Like, brr.
It is cold and wet out there. Absolutely miserable. Snow would be much preferable, and this is coming from a chick who despises the white stuff.
This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 6am, took a warm shower, bundled up, then took a cab down to West Potomac Park to run the Jingle [...]

So was my reaction when, with 800 meters to go in the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile run, some tourists decided to dash across the street in front of me and few other runners. The mother and preschooler made it across, giggling the whole while; the father was less lucky, pushing the stroller and baby [...]

Hordes of tourists are swarming around D.C. like a pack of roving, (cherry blossom) hungry zombies, and the poor people of the Metro D.C. region must suffer for at least another week.  The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing.
I just returned from picking up my race packet for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler tomorrow.  [...]

Well, not really; it’s not like I’ve been racing all these weekends and keeping it from my loyal readership of three. But I did drag my ass downtown to participate in the 21st Annual St. Patrick’s Day 8K on Sudnay. And lo, it was good.
I ran a bit slower because I decided to [...]

Weekends should be at least three days long. Here I am, on Sunday morning, starting to feel relaxed, and then I remember that I have to go into the office tomorrow. I don’t let the thought ruin my day, but two days is not enough. Not nearly enough time to recover from [...]

Not a ton to hardcore runners, but it’s the first time in a long time I’ve done a) three runs in a row and 2) anything more than nine miles in the course of a few days.  Here’s hoping that it’s the beginning of my running renaissance!

How depressing.  I run my first race in nearly a year and a half (training diligently, by the way, for a distance I used to do five times a week) and my results aren’t even registered.  At least the Forerunner 405, given to me by my loving, wonderful fiancé, has stepped in to save the [...]

My running plan for the fall has changed a bit. I have been forced to cancel my New York City Marathon entry; I’m instead focusing on the much more reasonable goal (given my fitness level at the moment) of a 10K. Targeted is the Rockville 10K, held on the same day as the [...]

♦ My old employer, code name Dyn-o-mite!, recently had a national magazine do a flattering profile on them. It took all of my restraint to not post a comment on the online version of the story – corporate clients and industry personalities alike were lauding the products that my old company produces as top-notch [...]

I continue to revel in gadgetry and that wonderful new car smell. Dealing with gadgetry first, the Garmin foot pod has been delivered to my front door, waiting for me to scoop it into my loving arms when I get home from work today. The foot pod allows me to wear the Forerunner [...]