If you could have any super power, what would it be?

Mine would be strength but not the Superman kind. Sometimes you need physical strength; other times mental; but most of all you need both. That's what my super power would cover. Then nothing could ever stop me.

Me finishing the Colorado Half Marathon in Fort Collins, May 5. My clock time: 1:53:10 and my Garmin: 1:52:10. (I don't know how they were off by a minute but close enough!)

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"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death."
—Anne Frank, from The Diary of Anne Frank.

Hope — that is the focus of today's post. The following was written on the morning of the Boston Marathon 2013, just 6 day ago. I was getting ready to post it when my cousin from Phoenix called to ... << MORE >>

Words cannot express the shock and grief I've felt over the last day after what happened at the Boston Marathon yesterday. I know I'm not alone.

Today I joined thousands of people across the country — runners and non-runners — in wearing a race T-shirt to support the runners at this year's Boston Marathon and the city of Boston. Mine was a Boston Marathon's finishers' shirt from 2011. I feel blessed and honored to wear it and know that I've been a teeny-tiny part of the Boston Marathon's storied history.

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I am sick with sorrow today. Enough said ... I will write more in the coming days.
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My family and I under the "Delicate Arch" at Arches National Park.

Hiking Arches National Park.

Me, before running the Canyonlands 5-Miler, this year.

Drums — how could I forget those amazing drums?!  If you ever run the Canyonlands Half Marathon or Five-Miler, take note. You'll come across a team playing Asian drums at mile 10 (for the half marathon) and at mile 2 for the 5-Miler. The drumming within those red rock walls ... << MORE >>

Me, finishing the Snowman Stampede 10-miler here in Colorado, Feb. 2013. My time: 1 hour, 26 minutes.

When "Jane" was a preschooler she coined this phrase: "You drive me happy." She said it to me when Tarzan was a newborn, on a day when I was sleep-deprived and threadbare and everything was "driving me crazy."

"Well, Mommy, you don't drive me crazy. You drive me happy!"

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Photo credit: Oiselle company website, www.oiselle.com.
Today's post is all about running and fun. ;-)  Check out these Rundies — Days of the Week underwear — by Oiselle.

Photo credit: Oiselle company website, www.oiselle.com.

If you owned these (they retail for $65), which would you wear today? My training calls for "easy 6."

 I can think of a lot of other fun slogans to sport across your booty, depending on who you are and how much you like to run: "Ultra Diva,"  "Quick Chick" ... << MORE >>

One of my kids has experienced bullying for the first time at school this year. It's been difficult for me to not try to "fix it." I've coached my child on how to have compassion for the bully (after all, happy people don't bully others); that standing up yourself is important; and when to turn to adults for help. It's not easy, however, whether you're a child or an adult, to push the poison seeds out ... << MORE >>

"Jane" and I can't get enough of "Chopped" — the cooking competition show on The Food Network where contestants get a basket of mystery ingredients and must compete with themselves and each other to win. We both love the creativity the chefs put in and marvel at how fast they come up with their ideas.

Jane asked me how I think they pull it off. My answer was similar to what I would give if someone asked me how to master running: Lots of patience and lots of practice. When you watch people ... << MORE >>

2012 was the year Boston and Botox and I went the distance — and more. Take a look for yourself.







Pictures 1-4: Me finishing my first ultra, the Bear Chase 50K. (Photos courtesy the Bear Chase Race Series and Katie Oglesby). My kiddos helped me cross the finish line at Mile 31, and my friend, Paula Bieshaar, ran ... << MORE >>