ISLAND BRIDGE RUNNER

Apologies for the slight delay on getting this up and out to y’all. But, as promised, a recap of the race to a half marathon PR almost two weeks ago. A bit of a backstory. My half marathon PR was 1:33:56. Then, en route to my marathon PR in Indianapolis, I came through the first half at 1:33:30. A new half marathon PR! But, I didn’t really want to call it a PR because it was in a marathon. My husband argued that it didn’t matter. World records, American records for shorter di

Sunday I completed my 24th marathon. I ran 3:33:41 at the Estes Park Marathon. Good enough for a BQ to mark Colorado off my list. 14 states down. That time was also good enough for a second place overall female finish! There are the results, but how did it go? I chose this race because I love the Estes Park area. And, it coincided with a work trip. Well, I got it to coincide. I did not do my due diligence of scouting the race course at all. As this neared, I started wondering

I talked earlier about the problems with trying to define “healthy” eating (Nutrition Matters). For now, I’m talking about going sugar-free. Well, free from added sugar. Sort of. Since Monday, I’ve focused on not eating foods with refined, added sugars. What does that mean? I’ve been reading a lot of food labels. Avoiding added sugar is easy. Make sure the ingredient list doesn’t have sugar. Or brown sugar. Or high fructose corn syrup. Defining refined sugars can be a bit tri