Running Glow

08/31/2025

Last longest run before Berlin 🇩🇪…

17 solo miles done and dusted. A decent negative split and felt surprisingly good for most of the run. 🙌🏼

I’ve cut back my miles and expectations for Berlin as there’s much happening personally here lately, and something has to give. And I’m OK with that.

Check out my cute Garmin watch face. It makes me smile. 😃 In the evening, the cat sleeps. 💕

Happy long holiday weekend and congrats to all Sydney finishers!

07/16/2025

Sultry, sweaty miles - ✅😑

Started at 6:30 this morning to beat the sun rise and to attempt to get some cooler miles.

9ish miles done, and glad for that. Also ready for fall! 🍂 🍁 😂

64 days until Berlin - World Major no. 4! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

PS also included are the baby deer I saw this morning!

07/14/2025

COOLING TOWELS - on the RUNway this HOT season 😆🥵

Cooling towels are all the rage this HOT summer running season. 🙃 Thankful that they were provided during the AJC Peachtree Road Race!

Personally, I doused myself with water at EVERY water stop - as much as I drank, and that made a noticeable difference. (While it may not drastically lower core body temperature, the feeling of coolness and the prevention of overheating can contribute to improved comfort, focus, and potentially endurance during runs…)

On the arms, wrists, neck, and even over the head helps to cool yourself down! (Applying the towel or water to strategic points on the body where veins are close to the skin’s surface, can help cool the blood circulating through these vessels and provide a cooling effect for the entire body…)

So, do you do the same?? Whether a towel or cold water? 🤔

07/13/2025

Easy like Sunday morning. ☕️

Three easy miles after 12 swampy miles yesterday.

Quick trip up to Chattanooga. Some pix of what we’ve seen so far. Farmers market, car museum, great restaurants, and some art!

Happy Sunday!
Do you like running when you travel too?!

07/08/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲... 💦 🤣

Yes, I know hate is a strong word. 🙃

Hard workout with buckets 🪣 of humidity and warm 🥵 temps.

7 miles in total with intervals to distract me from the miserable conditions. 😆

How are you handling humidity this summer??

07/08/2025

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥🏅𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 🍑🌳

From working the medal table at the expo to earning it at The AJC Peachtree Road Race, it was a great experience!

I loved handing out the medals during the expo, falling in “love” with the medals myself, and purchasing one before my shift was over. 🤣

I carried it with me through the race in order to have it at the finish, of course. 🙃

Did you know the medal is also a magnet, and a bottle opener?!

Anyhow, Happy Medal Monday!

Included in this series is how my day ended on July 4th (where I learned how to change a flat tire…).

07/04/2025

𝐇𝐨𝐭, 𝐟𝐮𝐧, 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜. 🇺🇸🍑🌳

Thank you Atlanta Track Club for yet another amazing Peachtree Road Race!

Decent effort, but not crazy given the heat.

So good to see so many friends today!

Now we are up in the foothills in Ellijay, Georgia! Cheers! Happy 4th!! 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

07/04/2025

06/29/2025

𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 😑🥵💦

While the temps in Bordeaux were very high, it still didn’t prepare me for the heat and humidity back here in Georgia!

Phew. 😅

Summer training is always humbling - at least in the beginning when acclimating!

But will press on as Berlin Marathon is only 12 weeks out, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution Peachtree 🍑🌳 Road Race this week!! 🇺🇸

Here’s to the heat, hills and humidity of Atlanta… may it prepare me (us) well for fall races. 🙃

06/13/2025

06/10/2025

𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭. 🤣

A week ago today I got up at zero dark thirty to drive an hour to see one of the most visited sites in France: Mont St. Michel.

It’s a beautiful place, obviously. But I prefer to see places like this before the masses, and I’m so glad it worked out so well.

That something this grand and well built has been around for almost 1,300 years is mind boggling. 🥴🤔

Anyhow, hope you enjoy the pictures — a few more will be shared of my six day solo travels in Normandy and Bretagne, France.

After all, I love things other than running. 🙃

06/05/2025

𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨! 👋🏼 🇫🇷

Got a run done in this amazing city that’s filled with history, beauty, shops and then some… St Malo is in Brittany, France.

A very old city that was accidentally bombed by allies during WW2 - and 80% of city had to be rebuilt. 🤯 (Jacques Cartier - who discovered Canada had family descendants who invested heavily after the bombing.)

My airBNB was incredibly cufe and cozy with a very nice host. He and his wife provided pictures and locations from the book “All the Light We Can Not See.”

Yes, I ran on Global Running Day - for what it’s worth! Representing Atlanta Track Club too… 👍🏼 😊