Sunday, April 20, 2008

Go Iron Mo!

Tomorrow is Patriot's Day, and the running of the Boston Marathon!! My dear friend, IronMo, qualified yet again!! and will be taking the long bus ride to Hopkinton in the morning. It remains to be seen if she'll actually finish due to injuries, but I am sending many positive thoughts her way! Go Mo!

And since I don't have much else to report, I thought it was time for another "search string" post. The following are some of the most interesting search strings that led users to my blog. My comments are in parentheses:

-many variations of "running a marathon while breastfeeding" (which makes me laugh a little, thinking about actually nursing while running - I could never even master nursing while walking with the baby in a sling. I know that's not what they meant, but still, I can't shake the visual.)

-charlottesville 19 miler (must be a secret race I've never heard of)

-mama marathon (natch)

-older and fitter (yes I am!)

-breastfeeding friendly charlottesville (I guess it is, but I don't run with the lactivist crowd, so I'm not attuned to any injustices that may have been perpetrated recently)

-what to wear in 45 degree for a marathon (layers!)

-run like you stole something shirt (MUST HAVE THIS. Does it exist? I also want one of those "This IS my race pace" shirts that I keep seeing everywhere.)

-"running skirt" pee or peeing or urination or urinating (I wonder if this was a practical query or a pervy one)

Thanks, visitors! However you arrived, I'm happy to have an audience.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Think Pink!

I am taking this summer off from marathon/half marathon training, and instead will be spending my Saturday mornings being a Pink Lady!! Yes, the very training program that horrified me so much it drove me to marathoning has sucked me in. I am terrifically excited about being a volunteer and mentor for the Women's Four Miler training program. Training starts on June 14, but preparations are already underway and I've already been to two Pink Lady meetings.

If you need more info, just leave me a comment and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Ladies, I hope to see you all June 14 at the track!!