Product Review – NOW® Sports BCAA Big 6, My Intro to BCAAs for Endurance/Recovery

Happy Monday to you (or at least not super crappy)! I had one of those weekends where I blinked and was back at work this morning. That'll happen. On a good note, I RAN 13 PAIN-FREE MILES yesterday! They weren't REALLY pain free, but they were only the "regular" pains of a long run. There will be more to follow on that, but for now it's product review time! This time around I tried out a supplement called BCAA Big 6 (grape AND watermelon), made by a company called Now Foods. What are BCAAs, you ask? Good question. Before I was given the opportunity to try them, I had no idea. 

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Not Just Running – Warm Ups, Stretching and Rest – This is 40 (almost)

Hello and Happy Sunday! I usually love to go for an easy run on Sunday mornings, but after my first 8 mile run since December yesterday I think I could use a rest day. The good news is, I RAN 97 MILES IN JUNE! The old me would have been very tempted to make it …

I Just Felt Like Running – Running with no Plan is Kind of Awesome

How YOU doin? Yeah, YOU. It's Friday, I DO have a job and I do have s--t to do. One of those things is to finish this post! I may have had a bit too much coffee, so forgive me for the use of expletives, exclamation points and CAPS. Getting back from travel is always …

Armed Forces Day 5k – Feels like the First Time

Hey hey hey! As many of you know if you've read my previous I don't even know how many posts, I'm just about done with the long and treacherous recovery from a torn Achiles. I ran my first race on Saturday morning since the injury. I had plenty of time to think about what I …

Post Achilles Surgery Week 21 – I’m Feeling like a Dog in Heat, Barred Indoors from the Summer Street.

Happy Friday! My post title comes from a song (of course) and if you can identify it, I'll be your best friend. For real. I'll make bracelets and everything. Maybe I'll get one of those two piece heart necklaces and send you the other half. The title is EXACTLY how I'm feeling these days. I …

The One that Got Away and a Major Case of FOMO – The Indy Mini Marathon

Disclaimer: I received a free entry (which I am unable to use) to the 2018 OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews! Happy Friday! My weekend started today and has been off to a pretty good …

Post Achilles Surgery Week 20 – I’m High as a Kite and I Just Might…

Happy Friday! Yes, I know it's Thursday but it's a Friday for me. I swear I'm not trying to rub it in everyone's faces even though that's EXACTLY what I seem to be doing. My bad. This week is my first official week where I get to run miles, as opposed to minutes. Tuesday was …

Post Achilles Surgery Week 19 – Don’t Call it a Comeback, I’ve Been Here for Years!

Good morning! This week's title comes from a song that used to get me fired up when I was a kid and still can today. First to guess it gets a tip of my cap. I'm going to start wearing a cap whenever I race, like the great Dave Wottle did. Who is Dave Wottle …

Post Achilles Surgery Wk 18 – Mr. Blue Sky, Please Tell us Why you had to Hide Away for so Long?

Happy Friday, friends! It's a long title, but very fitting for the weather these days. I spent yesterday freezing my tail off up at Luray Caverns for my daughter's field trip (it WAS awesome though) and then I froze some more at my son's baseball game (also awesome).     The Lynchburg area was hit …

Post Achilles Surgery Week 16.5 – The One Where I Ran!!!!

Hello! This week's title isn't from a song and it isn't from a movie. It doesn't matter, BECAUSE I RAN!!!! It was only 4x1 minute intervals, but it was a runner's high to the nth power! Pure joy. We'll get to more of that, but I'll also take the time to recap my week. Thursday …