Gastro-intestinal distress. It’s a secret ailment that most runners share and, like childbirth, unless you have experienced it, you really don’t know what it is…
I have never been much of a water drinker. My husband is constantly nagging because he doesn’t think I drink enough water. He is probably…
Since mid-June, I have had my eye on the prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box: the Chicago Marathon. I’ve run hundreds of…
Yesterday, I breathed a sigh of relief. I was almost at the end of my last week building up to the Chicago Marathon. Running-wise, I…
There have been several key players – runners and non-runners – behind me during my training cycle but it has been my family (Dave, The…
One of the joys of marathon training is watching your weekly mileage grow and grow and grow. There comes a point, though, when my body…
This summer, I have been trying to do my long runs on Fridays. That lets me get them out of the way before the weekend…