Run like a girl

Musings, mishaps, music, and highlights from the roads (and sometimes trails).

When was the last time you made a paper snowflake?

Remember folding a white piece of paper and cutting out chunks to make a snowflake? I haven’t wasted fifteen thousand trees just trying to make one still-uneven snowflake confused Mother Nature with my excellent craft skills since grammar school, but there’s a fantastic reason to do it now. This Wednesday, RVRR will make snowflakes for…
What’s your 2013 runolution?

Whether you say it aloud, write it down, or just think it, you can’t deny that it at least crosses your mind to make a resolution this time of year. Once that New Year’s Eve ball drops, you’re ready to start flossing nightly, stop biting your nails, stop drinking so much beer, stop using bottled water, learn the entire Gangnam…
What do you think about that, satellites?!?

If I told you that twenty members of my running club ran together through midtown Manhattan late Sunday morning, you’d think we were nuts, right? You’re right! Wrong! We actually had a purpose! Two purposes, actually. The main purpose was dreamed up by our club treasurer, Tom, a year ago: run through the streets of Manhattan…
See and be seen

It’s winter. Technically it’s not, but let’s be real here: I don’t see daylight during the week, my ice scraper is already riding shotgun til spring, and it’s snowed twice (if you count today). It’s winter. I could complain about the next four months forever, but running through them is a necessary evil. Sure, you…
Is your power out? Stay with a runner! (just bring matches)

Hurricane Sandy taught me a lot. I’m normally a bit critical of extreme weather predictions, chalking them up to hype and a quick economic boost, but thankfully I had the sense to fill up my car at the gas station, buy a bag of ice for my freezer, buy a lighter, and cook all my…
Jersey Strong

As one of the many still without power in NJ, I’m trying to find a bit of normalcy after Hurricane Sandy. Thankfully I have friends who had power restored quickly and their houses sustained no damage, so I have been mooching off their hot water, electrical outlets, and internet in short bursts all week. As…
Don’t plan on a PR. Plan on the most beautiful (road) hill workout of your life.

I registered for the Runner’s World Half Marathon in lieu of running another full in 2012. After running Philadelphia in November and Boston in April, running a fall marathon would have put me through three marathon training plans (and one non-competitive 34.1 mile ultra) in one year, and it just didn’t seem smart to taunt my suspiciously-dormant ITBS with all…
A quick stint on the DL (I hope)

I recently became the proud owner of a brand new mountain bike, thanks to the fantastically generous (and flat!) Dunellen 5k Race for Education. I’m really excited to incorporate biking into my weekly routine and start some real cross-training. (Wait, you mean running in Vibrams doesn’t count?!) Problem is, I haven’t owned a bike since…
Tough love or just plain love?

Let’s face it. If you’re a Yankees fan, it’s been a tough postseason. Pitching has been stellar, but with quiet bats and bad calls, games have been lengthy and frustrating. In Sundays home game against the Tigers, some Yankees fans decided to boo their own players. Ugh. (Whatever happened to “root, root, root for the home…
My sport is your sports (corporal) punishment?

An Iowa athletics official stated last week that the use of running for sports discipline should be considered corporal punishment. I can see new cross country team t-shirt slogans now… The article doesn’t clarify whether it’s “running” or “extra running,” and talks about denying players water, which is a completely different (and scary) issue, but…