That’s it- I finally completed my longest run ever, a 12 mile training run for my first half marathon, The Tinker Bell which is taking place in January. I run, a lot (for someone like me)  Doing 12+ miles in a week ain’t no thang for me anymore, but for some reason, doing 12 miles at once totally freaked me out.  I’ve done 5ks, 10ks,…

People have been asking me how the Tinker Bell Half Marathon training is going, in fact- the pugs have been curious too, so here’s my update with a bit of side-windy nervousness, but we will get into that…     When I first started training for my first half marathon which is now coming up in January, I had a cute little countdown in my…

I am finishing up my two part review of my new Therafit by Dr. Lisa shoes and I got to test them out at the Santa Hustle 5k in Chicago, see my race recap here after wearing them around the house and to the gym twice.  Both the event and the shoes were a great experience, and I felt totally festive rocking these bright red kicks…

The Santa Hustle 5k in Chicago was a last minute addition to my recent trip to the Windy City.  The race consists of about 8,000 Santa-clad runners, a cookie station, candy station, blasted Christmas tunes to get you dancing and plenty of awesome folks in the cheer section.  The race was lined with giant holiday inflatables and the race ended with real reindeers at the…

  I’ve been popping around the blogosphere and reading some fabulous Christmas time traditions- it got me thinking of what I do every year that totally gives me the warm fuzzies. While I don’t camp out for Black Friday or have an Advent Calendar in my home, it’s just not Christmas unless the fur babies are involved. Surely, I cannot be the only one who…