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AFC half marathon wrap-up
A day after my post-baby inaugural run... and the body is feeling it. However, yesterday was a different story. I had a GREAT time running the 32nd America's Finest City 1/2 Marathon! Uncle Chuck...
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Surf Diva Weekend Clinics in La Jolla
When you live in San Diego, people just assume you know how to surf. Though I'm a born and bred native California, I never got around to it until I had the chance to take an all-girl weekend clinic...
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Reflections of a soccer mom
From Wikipedia:The phrase soccer mom generally refers to a married middle-class woman who lives in the suburbs and has school age children.[2] She is sometimes portrayed in the media as busy or...
View ArticleSoccer inspiration: SMU Freshman hits 95-yard Soccer Goal
via youtube.com Raising the bar for us sweeper/stopper defensive players. Reminding me to actually take shots from back there. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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To Gorilla Glue or not to Gorilla Glue - that is the question
Behold: My sad soccer shoe. This shoe and its mate comprise the best pair of soccer shoes I’ve ever owned. I love the fit, the way they look (not too girly but also not manly), and everything except...
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POD 01.02.10: Sunrise run
Photo of Lake Miramar as me & the ladies killed 12 miles in the wee hours of the morning – rock on, sistahs. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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POD 01.04.10: New Year's Resolution
New Year's Resolution Alert: At work I became the lucky recipient of a personal locker for 2010 (each year there is a bidding war for various items such as parking spaces and gym lockers with the...
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San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon to include 13.1 distance
via san-diego.competitor.com The rumors are true! The popular San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon added a half marathon. Registration price is $95 & goes up on Jan 31. This is sure to sell out!!...
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Your guide to the Carlsbad Half Marathon - even if you don't run
via sdnn.com Check out SDNN newsie and avid runner Elliot Hicks' inside guide to running a great Carlsbad Half Marathon... most useful part for me? Making sure I pay attention at Mile 5 when the half...
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Adding to my biz card... Tweet-Running Pioneer ;)
SDNN.com reporter Elliot Hicks' Carlsbad Marathon wrap up coverage (Carlsbad Marathon - local runners run fast and tweet video) includes a shout-out of my live street-tweeting of the race. I will...
View ArticleAdventures on the Trapeze
via nbcsandiego.com Props to @NBCPhotog for this great news story he put together about our fun Friday night adventure held at Circus Fund, a local San Diego trapeze school. I'd never been on a...
View ArticleThat's it - I'm headed to Vegas to join Cirque du Soliel
Ok, one more post on the trapeze fun. In "Friends" style (does anyone remember that show? *crickets*) I call this clip "The one where Liz declares she wants to be a circus star instead of a printer...
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Protect your kicks - great invention (file this under "why didn't I think of...
I wasn't raised as a girly-girl. I had a big brother kicking my butt for too many years to NOT wanna do the fun sporty-sports the guys did. So even as an adult, my sense of style is somewhat an...
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This is messed up: VIP Porta Potty promotion
In a few weeks, I'll be running the San Diego Rock and Roll Half Marathon. As part of their pre-race marketing machine, I got an email inviting me to spend $100 on Brooks shoes so I can have the...
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San Diego Red Dress Run
(Links in post NSFW) Saturday marks a little-known tradition called the Red Dress Run, an event that started in San Diego about 20 years ago and has spread the world over. The RDR is not a typical run...
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Spectators to RockNRoll Marathon get high tech running tracking option #RnRsd
via san-diego.competitor.com If you've ever had the (mis)fortune of agreeing to watch a friend of loved one run a marathon at a spot along the route, it's kind of a drag. You kind of have an idea as...
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Been drinking more & more of this lately... Ultima
I'm trying to make this a summer of physical activity... and as such, during the expo at the La Jolla Half marathon, I chatted with a rep from Ultima about electrolyte replacement. I'm super conscious...
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New workout essential - Action Wipes. Because... "Your face is not a baby’s...
Love that quote in the title. It's from Martha Van Inwegen, creator of Action Wipes, a person I recently "met" via Twitter. We had entered into a discussion about the ubiquity of the baby wipe (as a...
View ArticleAdventures on the trapeze
Earlier this year, I took a trapeze class with a bunch of friends at Circus Fund in San Diego - had an absolute blast. I've been meaning to get back and finally had the chance to do so last weekend....
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