BRM: Seeking New Friend Group

"It's going to suck whether you train or not. May as well go for it." Apparently that's what I said to Scratch a few years ago when he got duped into signing up for Blue Ridge Marathon, his first marathon, less than a week before the race. He placed in the top ten for his …

Kicking off BRM Training

One week out. Kicked off my Blue Ridge Marathon training this morning. One week out from the race. It went shockingly unwell. I blame Fall Risk. She jumped up and did a last-second Spartan last weekend. Leading me to believe that I, too, can still do stupid shit like rhat, too. I also blame GJB. …

Bastardized Blue Ridge Virtual Marathon

I keep clearing my throat. I think there may still be a little piece of cheeseburger lodged in there. See, what happened was... People kept posting about the need for volunteers for Blue Ridge Marathon. And I kept worrying about how in hell I was gonna run Promiseland 50k++ the week after running Blue Ridge …

The GJBeat Episode 10

I’m gonna skip over some folks again. And then circle back. To get this out there now. Because it’s important to me. And this is my blog. And in my blog we focus on what is important to me. The others that I'm circling back to are important, too. It's just. This one contains some …

Perfect Trail Day

Sometimes the only reason I shave my legs is to make sure I’ve scraped all the dirt off. Today was one of those days. I woke up at 1:45. In the morning. To a notification that the newest episode of The GJBeat had been uploaded. So I hit play. Because I need to check his …

I Need To Start Asking More Questions

It should be evident to y'all. At this point. That I am highly susceptible to the power of suggestion. I will go along with just about anything. Without asking many questions. And I really need to learn to ask more questions. I'm not entirely sure which plan formed first. Running the Blue Ridge Half Thursday …

Blue Ridge Foot Levelers 2020 Pandemic Virtual Half Marathon

So, everything’s cancelled. We done upset Mother Earth. And now she’s taken every single privilege away from us. We all on punishment. And I know there are folks who want us to be inside and never leave the house. At all. For any reason. Like annoying younger siblings. And maybe they’re right. I mean, I …

Needed: Training Master

So, I’ve got this Blue Ridge Double Marathon in April. Two and a half months away. The last time I ran it, it broke me pretty hard. And I spent months training for it. Like, at least three full months. Training. Because Tiny Brazilian made me. I’m not currently training. Because no one is making …

My Next Tattoo

I’m supposed to meet Beautiful Beastie at 9 this morning. For December Endurance Day. Because we feel like that needs to be a thing now. Not we. They. She. Someone. Someone feels like that. It’s raining. I’ve got coffee. And a bed. And my body is still grumbling about yesterday. So I feel like I …

Run Blue Ridge

It's Blue Ridge Marathon day. All my friends posted their race outfits yesterday, and I'm sitting here at 4:30 in the morning downing coffee and digging through three laundry baskets full of unfolded clothes trying to find a running bra and a left sock. Seriously. A left sock. Because Feetures and Balega don't think I'm …