(G): Summer arrives much like an extra 10 pounds. You blink, your pants don’t fit and it’s 85 degrees all at once. That’s how it goes around Ohio. And this past week, summer made its presence known and left little doubt that it’s here to stay. So did those 10 pounds. And since I was…

(G): Did I mention last week that I am out of shape? I didn’t? Well let me tell you, I am!! Woefully, painfully, and sadly, I am out of shape. It seems like we’ve had this conversation before. How does this keep happening? Everything this week felt like I was dragging a wagon filled with…

(L)  I know it shouldn’t matter, but I am over this weather! The cold, rainy, windy, chance of snow thing has got to go!  I shouldn’t complain because 45 degrees really is a great temperature for exercise, but I need to up my Vitamin D.  I need some sunshine!  I have watched every weather report…

  (G): Since the Outrun a little over a week ago I haven’t done one bit of physical activity that’s worth mentioning. Part of that was by design and the other part of out of necessity. Swaggy J and I arrived home after the Outrun to discover our feline, Basil, was not quite himself. After…

Weather seems to be my great equalizer so far this year. A few weeks ago, at 1 Day for the KIA, we froze our rear ends off in cold, wind and snow. Fast forward three weeks to this past Saturday’s Outrun 24, it was a nice cool, spring day and then the rain arrived. Being…

(L)  Last week, when I said I needed to amp things up I think the universe got the wrong message.  My week definitely amped up, but not in the way I was planning.  My youngest was sick and let’s just say I was derailed in a big way.  Oh there was plenty of marathon training…