It has been over a year since I picked up my iPad to blog. I usually blog on Sunday afternoons. Something happened. For the second time in two days, fellow Toastmasters raved how much they loved my website and how I inspired them. I immediately felt like an imposter. I considered letting my domain go at the end of December. […]
It has been three weeks since I towed the starting line in Grant Park at Chicago Marathon. I have to admit that I can close my eyes and it feels like it just happened yesterday. In my previous blog post, I spoke about what it was like to enjoy the moment and not seek that next big race or be […]
It is official. I am a Chicago Marathon finisher 🎉 18 weeks of sweat, grit and pain condensed in just over 5 hours. I remember as I ran through the 29 neighborhoods in Chicago thinking of seemingly fast time was in motion. When I first scrolled through my training plan back in early June and seeing those long runs later […]
Two weeks from today, I will be running through the streets of Chicago. I can barely contain my excitement, my nerves, my butterflies. I know that when I write my next blog post from my hotel room just outside of Grant Park, I will be writing from a new perspective. For now though, I will not get ahead of myself. […]
I am back after taking an impromptu break for the month of August from blog writing. Last month started off with a long holiday weekend and I thought to myself “I’ll write it on Monday” Well, there have been several Mondays and many milestones which have occurred since that thought. I honestly could not have imagined all of the amazing […]
I looked at my marathon training plan the other day and I could not believe that I am already 1/3 of the way on my way to Chicago. The past two weeks of training has been highlighted by some major wins for me health and training wise. Last Sunday, I will be the first to admit that I was not […]
Weeks Three and Four of my Chicago Marathon Training plan are in the books! I began to reflect on how the last two weeks of training have been for me. The truth is, they went by so fast that I had to scroll down my Nike Run Club app to jog my memory on how this most recent block of […]
I cannot believe that we are already headed into Week 3 of my Chicago Marathon Training Plan. We have another sixteen weeks to go before towing the start line at Grant Park on Sunday October 10th and I am giddy with excitement! (Here are my confessions: I am a week late with my blog post because last Sunday was so […]
(Repost from October 2020) Truth be told, I remain under the cloud of exhaustion from early Friday morning. However, I felt that it is important to document my experience of running my first virtual long distance race. Prior to Friday, the longest distance that I would commit to for a virtual run was the 5K. My race day strategy was […]