run + travel

For three years in a row I've run the Pensacola Double Bridge Run - either the 15k or the 5k. ( I even returned after swearing, last y...

This is the face of someone who has work to do... Finish line at the Pensacola Double Bridge Run 5k If you've been following along,...

Yesterday I put on my best Grinch-green shirt and my holly-bedecked knee socks, and I hustled my way through the Ho Ho Hustle 5k . Pre-ra...

A few weeks ago, XLMIC invited readers to participate in Jingle Bell Hell , a virtual race with a few simple rules: First rule... You do...

Disclaimer: Any lack of enthusiasm in this post is entirely the fault of yours truly. This race was as well-organized as any I've ever r...

Mud runs are soooo 2009. The hottest trend this year? Color runs. Patterned after the Holi Festival , a tradition in India, color ru...

Yesterday nearly 1,000 runners, walkers, superheroes, and zombies took part in the sixteenth annual McGuire's Halloween Run 5k and 10k i...

Happy Independence Day to my U.S. readers!* Fireworks over Lake Union in Seattle, WA This morning Hubby and I went for a run together, ...

Hubby and I finished the Firecracker 5k, benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida. Great race. Great cause (100% ...

The  Blackwater Trail 10 Mile and 10k Challenge  is the first event in a series of three trail races in northwest Florida in 2012. I volunte...

I am floating on a post-race endorphin cloud right now. I was intensely anxious about this morning's trail race, but now - having finis...

The start: The starting area for the Gulf Coast Half Marathon @ Pensacola Beach was a no-frills affair, but had plenty of parking and pl...

The start: Can you say crowded (but in a good way)? That sea of people behind me stretches on... and on... and on... The organizers ...