Biking

Summed up

by Mary on November 7, 2011 · 18 comments

Hey, hey! How’s everyone’s Monday coming along?  Mine summed up in a word: speedy.  I’ve been here, there, everywhere! A speedy early morning spin class.Followed by a speedy smoothie.  A little too speedy, in fact.A speedy cleanup.  Much better. This batch rocked. It was so fluffy! 1 scoop vanilla Matrix 5.0 1/4 cup milk + [...]

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Rise n whirl

by Mary on October 17, 2011 · 10 comments

Happy Monday! Thank you all so much for the congratulations on Saturday’s half!! You all rock. And for those aspiring to run one yourself, do it!! You can! Speaking of the run, my legs are still sore! Fortunately my hip is feeling great…but my quads and shin muscles are feeling it. They must have forgotten [...]

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Not giving up, just giving in.

by Mary on October 2, 2011 · 7 comments

I couldn’t wait to get out the door to run this morning! That 20 miler that had to be skipped last week was on the schedule and my legs were ready for it. Didn’t happen. Again. Because I woke up with hip pain. Again. GAH! The bike worked so well last week and even helped [...]

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[Not a] snoozer loser

by Mary on September 30, 2011 · 15 comments

Happy Friday!! Thank you to all the lovely ladies that offered to do guest posts for me! You’re all life savers. I shot out of bed at 4:30 Thursday morning eager to run. Yes, 4:30 AM! Unheard of. Unfortunately my legs had to wait a couple more hours for the sun to rise (to avoid [...]

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Take 20 times 2

by Mary on September 26, 2011 · 13 comments

My first 20 mile training run was yesterday. Correction: My first 20 mile long run was supposed to be yesterday. Didn’t happen. I went to bed exhausted from a night of footballing with absolutely no plans of doing the full 20 miles the next morning. My hip was still acting up so I definitely wasn’t [...]

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