tips for surviving your first mud run

Last Saturday, Travis and I ran the Building Bridges Mud Run in Waynesville, North Carolina!  We had a muddy good time!  A FIT DATE, if you will.  Before I get into my tips for surviving your first mud run (this was actually our second), I’ll review a little bit about the actual race in case …

it begins with a day

Well…I’m back!! I needed that break more than I thought (some observations to come in tomorrow’s post!). But today, I’m gonna tell you all some pretty grim things.  Just bear with me, because there is some GOOD in this post as well. DID YOU KNOW? There are between 27 and 30 MILLION slaves right now.  About …

track star – keeps gettin’ better

Oh, Track Star Saturdays….how I love thee. You know you’ve got something good going on when people will wake up at 7:15 for you on a WEEKEND morning.   They don’t complain.  They show up on time. They show up consistently.  And they look up to ME for motivation and instruction. I love all of that.  …

happy happy weekend dance

super duper short and sweet.  No spell checkign on my part. I’m doing an “It’s the Weekend!” happy dance over here.  It looks a lot like the moves at the 30 second mark in this video with more arm flailing.  (SYTYCD bound, I’m thinking.) Anyway, here’s what’s making me happy: 1)  I get to see …

it’s the weekend – why are you reading blogs

And more importantly, why on Earth am I typing a post on Saturday night???? Hmmm….something’s wrong here.  (self-imposing a 5 minute rule so if there are typos, I’m sorry). I really just wanted to pop in and brag about two things: 1)  Today’s weather: It was 54 degrees this morning when we walked!!  I had …