• Body,  Mind

    On the Mend, Again

    Obviously, I was meant to take another break from running.  I thought I was doing everything right recovering from my ankle injury that occurred in November.  I was careful not to push too hard and slowly increased my mileage each month.  I felt good.  The Cape May Point races were coming up and I felt like the 2 races totaling 7 miles would be a good challenge. To date I was up to 6.2 miles so another 0.8 would be fine.  For those that are not runners, when you train for a half or full marathon you don’t run the actual distance during training.  For the half you run ten…

  • Mind,  Soul

    Beach Day 2022

    I have the luxury of living near the beach and every summer I get annoyed with myself that I did not get to the beach often enough. The last few years I have made a more conscious effort to correct this imbalance. I am happy to report I completed my first beach day for the 2022 summer and I was able to squeeze it in before the end of June!  Due to chores, I could not spend the entire day at the beach.  I was up early and was able to get some chores done then headed off to the beach with my youngest.  We went to a different beach…