I cannot believe there are two months left in the year.  It is going by so fast!! This month I ran 58.81 miles compared to 57.25 last month.  Very slow month.  Need to work on motivation. I ran two races in October:  Baltimore Running Festival Half Marathon and the Indianapolis Half Marathon. They were back to back…

This past week I received an email with an offer I could not resist.  It was an offer that for $399 I could purchase a pass that gave me “free registration” to all Rock ‘n’ Roll Races next year.  Seriously? You know that unless you are one of the early registrants, each race is between…

This past weekend I participated in my first Ragnar. It is a race from Madison, WI to Chicago, IL for a total of 198.3 miles. Now, I didn’t run this by myself but instead with 11 other runners. Why did I want to do this? Well, I’ve done pretty much every kind of race that…

1.  Finally done with school.  Time to travel, run, and have fun.  Enough said. 2.  I am leaving this afternoon to Madison, WI for the Ragnar Relay.  When I joined the team I was Runner #2.  I was responsible for running the following: 4.5 (Moderate); 4.4 (Moderate); and 6.2 (Hard).  Not bad right?  Well, I…

I am a little late with this post.  Blame it on “feeling blah” and “ready to end this school year” attitude.  This month I ran 81.4 miles compared to 35.3 last month. Total this year is 421.18 miles. I ran four races in May: Run to Remember 5K, First Midwest Bank Southwest Half Marathon, Y-Me…

1.  I have 7 days left of school (last day is Tuesday, June 5).  Well, maybe 6 since we are going to the Museum of Science and Industry the day before our last day.  I am so excited!  This has been my most difficult year with my students.  I’ve had so many problems with them. …

For the past three weekends I’ve had a race on Saturday and Sunday.  I know, crazy me.  Too many races and not enough time in between to rest.  My results are proof.  I’ve done these races last year and my finish times this year are not any better.   So frustrating!!  I have no one…

1. I decided to go back to school to pursue my Type 75 Certification.  It is a two year program and once I receive my masters, I can continue to be a classroom teacher or be an administrator.  I knew from the beginning of this new career that I was not going to be a…