My last half marathon of the spring season is 6 days from today. The Cap City Half Marathon will be my 3rd half this spring and 13th half overall. I have learned a lot about myself and my body over the past 4-5 years of running, but there is always more to learn. My current [...]
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A few weeks back I shared my fascination with a baked sweet potato topped with almond butter. While I was running with my friend, Melissa, she suggested a way to make that meal even better…bacon and a drizzle of maple syrup! Duh, why didn’t I think of that? It wasn’t long before I gave the [...] Today is April Fool’s Day! Do you like to play practical jokes on others or do you prefer to pretend that today is just like any other day? I have played some fun jokes over the years. The one that stand out as my favorite is the time I emailed an ultrasound picture to family [...] Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I am sure you have heard that before, right? I used to skip breakfast and looking back now, I don’t know why I did that or how I made it through the morning. Now wonder I was starving my 11:00 AM! Now that I am older [...] It is just about a month now until my first of six half marathons in 2013. I have settled into a good training routine and have tweaked some numbers pertaining to my heart rate zones to help ensure I am recovering properly between my workouts. There are a couple of key components to my recovery [...] I have been participating in some evening exercise classes recently which makes my dinner time later than the rest of the family’s. I can’t very well eat a full meal and then go run or to an intense exercise class. I found what works best for me is to fuel before hand with a gluten-free [...] Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. How often have you heard that? Probably thousands of times, right? Well, that’s because it is true! Our bodies need fuel shortly after rising to “break the fast” that occurs while we sleep. Choosing foods that are well-balanced will ensure that you will have the energy [...] The Summer Olympics shed a new light on gluten-free athletes. Over the past year or two there have been several athletes in the news touting the gluten-free lifestyle, though not always due to Celiac Disease. I love to hear about these athletes, not only because I am a runner, but because it always fascinates me [...] Last Sunday I ran the Emerald City Half Marathon for the second time. Last year I tried to set a PR (personal record) in this race, this year I set out to do it as a training run, as I have 2 more half marathons coming up this fall. Normally I run my long runs [...] |
  
My son and me, November 2000. This is before we were gluten-free/diagnosed Celiac.    |
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