The Ramblings of a Renaissance Woman

There are at least three times a year when my motivation level peaks, January, Spring and September.  I will forever be a nerd and I just love back to school season.  I get excited seeing all of the pens, markers, and notebooks in store, although not in July. I want to organize and clean, getting ready for school to start.  I think it helps that I work in the education field so it intensifies my motivation. Spring is another great time when I get on task to clean and get ready for the summer, planning adventures and projects.  And then there is January when many of us look forward to…

We did get about 15 inches of snow between last night and today!  The wind drifted the snow higher in some spots.  It stopped snowing about 3 pm and after finishing up the WandaVision series, we bundled up and headed outside.  Snow angel first and then just playing in the snow with the girls and the dogs.  I helped shovel the walk and went back to playing.  We played until my toes were cold, which may have been just over an hour.  Why does it sometimes seem like you did something for a long time, even when you are enjoying yourself and when you finally look at the time it…

I have never been a fan of cold weather, but if it is going to be cold there should be snow is something I say often.  If there is snow I forget that it is cold, simply enjoying the beauty and fun.  As I sit here writing this we are forecasted to get a blizzard with 10-18 inches of snow possible. I am eagerly waiting for the first flakes to fall. The excitement I feel when I see snow in the forecast is like when you were a kid on Christmas eve.  It doesn’t matter on the amount forecasted, I still feel the same excitement.  The worst part for me…

As I like to do with many areas in my life I want to take a look back at my year of running.  Off the bat I accomplished two big goals, running my first marathon and completing my first sprint triathlon.  With accomplishments like that you might think I was focused and keeping up with my training programs.  Well I am here to tell you that was not the case.  I started out strong after signing up for the marathon in December 2020, I knew I needed to start training since I only had 16 weeks.  The first four months of the year I was able to hit at least…

I knew before I even crossed the finish line at my first marathon that there would be a second one in my future.  I walked way more than I wanted and felt if I stuck with my training plan better I could have performed to my peak.  I signed up for the Rehoboth marathon that will be in December. Training began the week of August 16 and would continue for the next 16 weeks!  My training started out worse than it did for my first marathon, I only ran just under 14 miles for the entire month of August.  September was not much better with me getting 25 miles in…

Up until August every race I ran was just one as covid prevented many races from happening last year.  The first race to repeat was the Murph Mile in Cape May.  Last year I took first in my age group running a 9:19.5.  Oh, did I forget to mention I was the only one in my age group?  While it was a bit disappointing to not have any competition, I did meet my goal of running a mile in under 10 minutes.  This year the race returned and I was excited to see how much I have improved over the year.  My youngest challenged me to run an 8 minute…