Melissa, Oh?

First off, I want to say thank you for all the kind words and support last week. Having a heavy heart and no outlet is at times, lonely. But, things are not all bad. In the good-news department, I have some exciting things to report:
Good friend news #1
My friend Michael, an actor, has landed a commercial. [...]

So, I’m a little late on the the whole “look back/look ahead” post that comes at the end of the year, but I was too busy celebrating the holidays to take the time to sit down and think about it! So, better late than never, right?
Last year I wrote about some thoughts on 2008, and [...]

So I thought I’d log my weekly calories during the 6-week calorie burn challenge TrySports is hosting, that I first mentioned here. Week 1 results are here, and Week 2 is here (Crystal, waiting for you to update!) If you haven’t already, come out and do the challenge with us - all you need is a [...]

Ok, I’m sure that’s not true – runners will talk about anything and everything.
But I’ll tell you the unexpected stuff I faced during the Thunder Road Marathon (and training for said marathon.)
First, the blood.
Yes, blood. Okay, not a lot of blood. But when I got back to the hotel room after the race and I [...]

So I thought I’d log my weekly calories during the 6-week calorie burn challenge TrySports is hosting, that I first mentioned here. Week 1 results are here. If you haven’t already, come out and do the challenge with us - all you need is a heart rate monitor and the ability to do a group run or [...]

Why did it not occur to me before that this would be the coolest thing ever?
I went out to TrySports last night for one of their group runs. I can tell you right now why I was always hesitant to do group runs before – performance anxiety.
I know that sounds weird. Especially as much as [...]

Here are some more details of the TrySports calorie burn contest that I first mentioned here. Come meet me there tomorrow night!
This is from their weekly newsletter:
Tuesday/Thursday TryRunning group Holiday Calorie Burn Contest! Are you still trying to digest all the Thanksgiving food you ate? Don’t let the holiday season pack on those extra [...]

Got this in my email from TrySports this week. Who in the Charlotte area wants to do it? Kevin and I are going to, and Crystal and Brandi and Corey are probably in. We should get a whole group together! 10,000 calories is nothing! (Well, not nothing, but attainable!) Will update later with the new [...]

Ok, I know I have written about my favorite running store, TrySports, only about half a million times on here. Every time I go in there they find some way to amaze me.
I have written before about how great they are at fitting people for shoes. They really listen to what you have to say, [...]

Went to a foot/ankle injury prevention series last night at TrySports. They had Carolina Sports Clinic doctor Joshua Kollman talk to us about conservative care – that starts before we feel the injury. Dr. Kollman is not just a doctor – he’s also completed an Ironman. So he certainly knows what we are going through [...]