New Years Resolutions


2291 Calories right here - Xmas dinner.  That doesn't count seconds. Or More wine. Or dessert.

2291 Calories right here – Xmas dinner. That doesn’t count seconds. Or More wine. Or dessert.

I have always found News Years resolutions to be a bit… Annoying.  In one way, it makes an immense amount of sense.  What better time to have a “new beginning”  – than an actual new beginning?  Personally, I see some major flaws in that idea.  We have just finished our most gluttonous time of the year.  We (on average) in America put on two pounds of weight – on Christmas day alone.  This doesn’t even consider all the Christmas Cookies (Yum! Peanut Butter Blossoms!), The Candy, the office parties or left overs. Then 7 days later, we move into New Years Eve.  Another day dedicated to gluttony.  We eat more horrible-for-us food, and wash it down with an endless supply of alcohol.   Do you realize how many calories are in most alcoholic drinks?  Miller Lite is on the low side of the calorie count (And taste count) at 96 calories per can.  Sierra Nevada Pale Ale moves up to 175, and Pit of Guinness (mind you all the previous drinks have only been 12 oz) is 210 Calories!  Wine, isn’t much better with a 6 oz glass of Merlot (147 calories), Riesling ( 144 Calories) or Champagne (159 for 6 oz) still leave you with high calorie counts in a several hour party.

I actually didn’t mean for this post to turn into a calorie-intake posting!  Woops! Read more ›

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So Christmas has come and gone…


Christmas was here and visited with its mass amounts of children’s toys – and has moved on!This has affected my running (And my weight), but I can’t complain – only two pounds up.

We headed up to my folks (apparently its now “The Neidhardt Center” – and I had every single intent of running up there. Honestly.  I even posted on Facebook that I was going to – so that means it has to be true (Everything on the internet is true right?)  The family was definitely happy to see each other!

Sigh.  Gotta love Gramma.

Sigh. Gotta love Gramma.

But (don’t all the best excuses for why we didn’t run – start with “But?”) with all of the “Must See” people – it wasn’t meant to be. Saturday and Sunday were reserved for the final Christmas Shopping, with my son’s Maryland State Boychoir Concerts on Saturday and Sunday. Read more ›

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Treadmill Speed Work (I’m too dumb for the Kinect.)


Every now and then, something happens that opens my eyes.  Yesterday’s recurring theme was speed-work.  Half-athoner mentioned it in a blog posting I read and responded too.  My friend Jeremy (he doesn’t have a blog) and I talked about it on Facebook.

My feet at 9 mph.

My feet at 9 mph.

After a while (and in re-reading the Curvy RoadRunners Treadmill Workout From Hell), it occurred to me that I didn’t have any speedwork going on.  Bad enough I am being lazy cautious and keeping my speed down, and only increasing it by .1 mph a week – but no speed work?  How is that going to make me any faster?  As I thought about it, I also realized that with this workout, I can’t watch TV – so I don’t have to worry about the fact that I haven’t made a choice on a new show to watch while running.

So, off I went.  I figured I’d start slower to let my legs get warmed up. Read more ›

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Christmas Running Survey


Christmas-Tree-Wallpaper-christmas-8142630-1024-768I love Christmas.. This means that when Half-athoner posted her Christmas Running Survey, I couldn’t resist bringing it here!

1.Favorite Christmas Album/CD/Song? Totally Cheating with my response.  But I am partial to my Youtube Channel of my son’s last Boychoir – the Parlor City Boy’s Chorus (Ignore this years band/orchestra entries.. those are a bit painful)- it has some great Christmas Music!  The most amazing one is Hope for Resolution that was done with the Binghamton Madrigal Choir.  It is, to this day, the most amazing musical experience of my life.  (My son is the third from the left in the first row)  The true amazingness starts at around 5:0o in – but to get the whole experience you need to see it all (or at least start at 2:30)

2.Run on Christmas morning or take the day off? Run. I hope. Though I don’t think it will be in the morning.

3.What do you usually eat on Christmas morning? Too much.  My mother makes a breakfast ring that is really a cinnamon roll in a different form.  We have that, sausage balls and usually fruit. Read more ›

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Other great blogs


Today I’m going to post a little differently than normal. I thought it might be fun to stop and look at some other blogs I read.

While she is on a post-marathon, going into the holidays Hiatus right now, I truely enjoy reading “The Curvy Roadrunner.”  She has been an inspiration to read, when I first started following her blog back in 2010, she was doing 5ks.  This year in October, she was on the starting line for the Marine Corps Marathon.   She is a great inspiration, especially if you are worried that you CANT be a runner!

To Jump over to one of those blogspot bloggers, Caution Red Head Running is a great read!  She is definitely a far better runner than I!  She unfortunately suffered a stress fracture, and continued to blog, discussing the aggravation and how she dealt with it.  Reading her story, and how she kept her eye on the goal at the end – someday being able to run again  – kept me checking back every day to see what the latest was.  She chronicles the ongoing items in her life – from her injuries, to her wedding and even discussing her husband (also a runner.)  Oh, and she got to run to the Eiffel tower in Paris while on her honeymoon. How cool is that?

The Running Sunflower is a blogger out in New Mexico, that has a very REAL way of writing.  When you read her blog, you can’t help but get where she is coming from.

Many of the blogs I used to read have really ramped down unfortunately.  Will Run For Maragaritas used to post regularly, but lately has mostly been guest posts.  I suspect that since getting her dream-job for Brooks, she is simply to busy!  The guest posts are still good.  The Running Thriver has been quiet since she ran “the Ultra Beast” – but I suspect she will be back before too long.

Mom Runs Faster than Dad (like you don’t want to read this one – just because of the name) has a great facebook page, although there haven’t been many updates on the blog itself.

Blogs I have just started reading – the Half-athoner – Who has chronicled her journey from a walker, to her first half marathon (Disney last year) and her goals toward more Half Marathons!  Not only is she interesting, but funny as well!  Randy Sandberg is out there trying out the Hal Higdon Plans – while posting some great inspiration pictures.  I also just started reading kates Fantastic queen sized bed

On a total not-running type of blog, I am just started reading “So I went Undercover” –  It seems her husband’s Ex-Wife found her previous blog and was threatening legal action, so she had to stop blogging.  Well, she couldn’t give up the addiction so she has “gone undercover.”

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Peanut… Peanut butter! Blossoms!


Picture from Hersey's Website

Picture from Hersey’s Website

Ok, Seriously.  I think the person that invented Peanut Blossoms was attempting to figure out how to give people the same warm feeling inside as THAT activity (if you know what I mean.)   I totally think they came as close as humanly possible.

Everyone loves a peanut butter cup – but somehow with these delectable cookies, you get the joy of peanut butter AND chocolate – combined into a wonderful treat that takes multiple bites to eat (multiple bites extends the enjoyment time!)  To top it off, they are ever so easy to make!

I may have mentioned a few times (and I’m sure I will mention it many more times as well,)  But my son is in the Maryland State Boychoir.  One of the things that my ever-so-lucky child gets out of this, is a 9 day cruise to the Bahamas where they are performing.  THis doesn’t come cheaply of course.  Well, they offer various opportunities to help make a little bit of money toward the cost of the tour (anyone want to buy a raffle ticket?) – one of which was being able to bake cookies that could be sold at the concert.  Read more ›

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Racing in 2013


Looks like it is going to be a GREAT day!  I checked my email this morning, while laying in the warm comfort of my own bed, and found this:
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Dear Once and Future Runner (obviously I changed this):

2013CherryBlossom10MileLogo4EmailCongratulations! You have been chosen in the lottery and are officially registered for the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run on April 7, 2013. We are looking forward to a spectacular day in the Nation’s Capital.

If you haven’t already, you’ll receive an additional email from Marathonguide.com, our registration provider, outlining your credit card charges. Please note that the charges will show as being from “Marathonguide.com” on your statement.

If you did not enroll in our free ten-week Online Virtual Training Program for the 10 mile or our On-site Training Program hosted by Potomac River Running, you will have an opportunity to sign up in January.

No Additional Purchases
During registration you did not opt to purchase the shirt upgrade, finisher medal or packet delivery. You may still add a shirt upgrade, medal or packet delivery to your registration by visiting the Purchase Additional Items Form.

There was obviously more to the Email, but it seemed silly to post the whole thing.  But, this has confirmed that I WILL be racing in 2013, come hell or high water!  It also means, I need to figure out what I my race schedule is going to look like this coming year.  Read more ›

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Disaster strikes (no, not that)


Last night, a true disaster occured.  Before I go further into it, let me reassure you – I am not injured so its not THAT sort of disaster.

I was running on my treadmill after deciding that five miles in my Sauconys would be nice, watching Battlestar Galactica on the tablet… And then.. It happened.  I suddenly realized, I didn’t really care what happened.   It seems I have over-done it on the show, and I am sick of it.  I must have felt it coming on as I wasn’t as excited as usual to get running.  Now, I am faced with the disaster of not knowing what to watch while I run.

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You see my friend, if I don’t have something engaging to watch – then it goes back to being the “Dread Mill.”  My warmup, five-mile run and cool down will be come the longest hour of my day. IT might even be longer than that last hour, spent tossing and turning in bed just wishing I could sleep.

This is where you, my friends and readers come in.  Please, help suggest shows that I can watch on Netflix/Hulu to stave of the eternal boredom that a treadmill represents! Read more ›

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The pig has awoken and put on his Vibram Five Fingers again.


To tired to run.. or move.. gimme some pizza.

Too tired to run.. or move.. gimme some pizza.

So, here we are past the hump day and on the down ward slide to the weekend.  (Yay Weekend!!!!!!!)  I am afraid that I have to admit something.   Despite the best of intentions,  I didn’t get back to running until Weds.  While this may not seem like a big deal – it means that I took FOUR Days off in a row.

I feel like a slovenly pig.

While I know its impossible to add 10 pounds of fat in 4 days (and my scale says it didn’t happen,) I certainly feel like it. I used to like just sitting around doing nothing – but last night while resting right after dinner (I have to wait about 30-60 minutes before I run after a meal), I felt horrible. I knew that I hadn’t r

(And here it comes….) I’ve been exhausted – not sleeping at night, tossing and turning, etc.

I think I have these standing poses down well.

I think I have these standing poses down well.

I don’t use this as an excuse, it’s just… well.. an excuse. Last night I admitted that to myself, grabbed my tablet (yay Battlestar Galactica!) and hopped on the treadmill.  I had previously  decided that my next run was going to be back in my Vibram Five Fingers.  In the interest of avoiding “too much too soon,” this meant I was going to be taking a short run, which was probably a wise move after so many days off.Once my feet started moving… I wanted to go for miles and miles. My right calf was a little tight in the VFFs, but the knee pain was (unsurprisingly yet happily) missing.  I started talking myself into maybe doing 3 miles instead of 2.. After all, 3 isn’t that far – right?   Read more ›

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Blogger in Binghamton… And some other stuff.


What an odd week. This morning’s bizarreness started (not counting the odd dreams) with reading the morning blogs… Not unusual – except one of them actually mentioned my old home town – Binghamton, NY – and the Santa Run 5K that I would have run had I still been living there (it was totally worth missing it – to be living in a better place!) IT seems “fueledbylolz” had driven down there – Crazy!

fueledbylolz is in the pink - Picture courtesy (stolen from) Vince Kelly - posted on TCRC Facebook page

fueledbylolz is in the pink – Picture courtesy (stolen from) Vince Kelly – posted on TCRC Facebook page

Did a total double take as I had been reading about the race on Facebook, and looking through the pictures of the race! One cool part – I was able to post a link to two pictures of her running from the Triple Cities Running Club face book page.

I expect to see my friends posting about the formerly “local” races – but not another blogger!  Awesome!  This picture was actually taken about 5 houses down from where I lived.  All she would have to do is take a quick right and she could go say “Hi” to the people who bought my house!   Small world! Read more ›

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