I may have mentioned it was my birthday last week, and unlike normal adults some people, I like a big fuss on my birthday. I did a lot of socializing and celebrating and baking over…
Category: Run
This runner walked into a bar (because it was set so low)
I was so on the fence about whether to do the Mercer Island Half Marathon this year. It's usually hard for me to resist a half marathon, especially one that's local, in the spring, on…
(Feels like) starting over
The Hot Chocolate 15k (2013) was the very first race I ever did, so it was a good way to get back into the swing of things this morning. My feet have not been bothering…
The end of an era?
I went to see Dr Foot yesterday to follow up from that super fun staph infection I had last week. I've been following his instructions religiously and haven't had any pain on either foot for…
Beetlejuice!
Update from last night's post: Dr Foot said we are making "great progress." The little one on my right foot is gone, the one on my left is half the size it was last time,…
Beetlejuice, beetlejuice…?
I'm going to see Dr Foot again tomorrow morning, and I'm keeping all fingers and all toes crossed. My feet feel fantastic; I've been prancing around barefoot on the wood floors, reveling in this feeling…
Do you even run, bro?
I'm someone who loves routine, so, as lovely as the holidays were, I was pretty excited once school started up again. My running kind of took a nosedive in 2016 (an otherwise stellar year) and…
I sure hope these plans aren’t thwarted
I had some grand ambitions way back in April of 2016, when I registered for the Tunnel Light Marathon. This is known to be a pretty fast course, so I figured it was my best…
Expelled from Hogwarts
I think I may have mentioned once or twice that these damn plantar warts have been plaguing me all year long now. The one on my right foot showed up in January and the one…
You’ll freeze your warts off!
I'm one of those people who's always cold. I need a sweater if it's under 75. You know when you open the oven to check on a roast and you get blasted with hot air?…