“Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer and aviation pioneer, 1906-2001

The other night I read a comment thread on a social media site that talked about runners who sign ... << MORE >>

To run or not the run?

That is the question today as the hacking crud runs its nasty course through Casa de Lucker this week.

Tarzan has been sick and coughing up a lung over me for the last few weeks.

First he had a sinus infection two weeks ago and was antibiotics.

Now he has an ear infection, is on antibiotics again AND I'm sick as well. ... << MORE >>

What would happen to your family if you went out for a run one day and never came back?

That's the nightmare and devastation the family of Sherry Arnold, a Montana woman, is living out now.

Sherry Arnold disappeared in January. Authorities have two suspects in the case but have yet to find her body. ... << MORE >>

Back when I was kid, growing up in the Midwest, my sister and I hung out a lot in our family's basement.

Our basement was typical of that era — wood-paneled walls and concrete floors. It had a rec room with red shag carpet, a beat-up couch and a vintage TV/record player/radio player like the one above. The tube burned out so you couldn't get pictures anymore but the sound still worked.

The rec room ... << MORE >>

"Tarzan" has been sick with a sinus infection.

He's been cranky and taking it out on me, which isn't surprising, since I'm the one home with him.

His sour mood makes me want to escape, though, and go for a run. Usually I can't. I have to wait until he goes to school or when my husband gets home from work.

I was a runner LONG before I had children, but now I run for different reasons.
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If you want to know what it's like to be human pogo stick, try a boot camp fitness class.

It will test your ability to bounce, and it's fun in a "shoot-your-own- forehead-with-staples" kind of way.

By now, if you've read my blog often enough, you already know that I'm just that kind of person who would like that ... << MORE >>

I had to share this video, too — plays back all the kind of crazy thoughts in marathoners' heads while we run our races.


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This pretty much sums the exact conversations I have with non-runners about why I run marathons, what they are and how I train for them,  AND probably exactly what THEY think of my behavior, even if they don't voice these thoughts out load.

 Enjoy some chuckles.


Coming tomorrow on Boston or Botox: A summary of my first "boot camp" fitness class.
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There’s a quirky scene from the movie, “About a Boy” that reminds me of what it’s like to run with a new group.

It’s the part where Toni Collette’s character, a divorced mom, joins a single-parenting support group. The members end the meeting shouting the group's motto in unison, “Single Parents Alone Together! (SPAT!)”

Although I'm thankfully not a single parent, I AM a busy parent and can relate to that funny scene in so many ways.

In both parenting and running ...

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Please, someone give me an electrolyte sledgehammer!

I'm tired of hitting "the Wall" during my marathons, as was the case in Charleston last weekend.

I trained so hard, for so long, and I thought I worked out all my nutritional bugs.

Apparently I was wrong, very wrong.

It was as if someone dropped a concrete barricade in front ... << MORE >>