This past weekend, I ran my first 15K race. 15K. 9.6 miles. What on earth was I thinking when I signed up for this event? It turns out that past Sheridan had faith in future Sheridan, though present Sheridan had a few moments of doubt. Let me explain. When I started training for the Hot […]
RSport – a new conversation for the Athena athlete
Every once in a while, when you least expect it, you’ll cross paths with someone who you are truly happy to meet. This lovely moment happened to me at the Colfax Marathon expo in May. My friend and I had made the trek out there to scope out running things and as we wound our […]
Why I broke my running streak.
It was the middle of May and I stumbled across a post on Runner’s World website talking about the upcoming 37 Days of Awesome run streak. Now, I know what a streak is (not streaking, naughty one) but was intrigued by the nature of the challenge. The idea was to run at least a mile […]
A gorgeous day and here I sit
Today was a gorgeous day, especially for it being early spring in Colorado. It was close to 60 degrees, the sun was shining with white puffy clouds dotting the blue sky. What a perfect day for a run! And yet there sat in my kitchen, looking out the window, not running. Even though I’d been bitching […]
The Things we Do Not See
Since there was a sale, I decided to hit up Old Navy and get some new jeans. Currently, I have 2 pair that sort of fit and figured one or two more pair wouldn’t be too bad an idea to get me through to summer. A friend of mine graciously agreed to go with me (with […]
