I think I mentioned how I am doing an 8-week challenge with people at my Crossfit gym.  Today is day four and I'm happy to say I am still alive ( Read more... )

Over the weekend a few of my friends from the gym and I did a mud run together.  A mud run is typically a 5k run broken up with several different obstacles and/or barriers, many through mud.  I'd never done one before so when one of the girls asked me back in March it seemed like a good idea...and really far in the future.  May 18th came pretty ( Read more... )

I should be perfectly used to the mercurial nature of the weather in Illinois, but believe it or not, I'm still gobsmacked every time Mother Nature pulls a fast one on us.  Last week we had mild weather followed by torrential rains followed by a healthy dumping of snow ( Read more... )

I know you are supposed to feel badly when the song, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"  says that, "they didn't let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games", but I'm feeling a little differently after this week ( Read more... )