Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 7:06PM A 4 mile run in Vibrams and Lululemon pants
A trip to the farmers market
Farmers Market tomatos, organic spinach and basil from a friend's garden for lunch
Then to the Neenah public pool for a dip (two slides, one diving board, right on the lake)
Then Waverly Beach to share some more sun and waves and a veggie-drenched pizza
I think the healthy me fell in love with today.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 2:12PM Me and 11 other crazies are preparing to load into two van and cross 200 miles in the relay race of stinkiness and joy.
I'll be covering it for www.basenettv.com via texts, videos and of course right here at WearItBright!
Stay tuned!
races, reach the beach, relays, running in running Monday, May 14, 2012 at 11:05PM i'm having a crisis.
not just a capital letter crisis, but a "who am i now"-type challenge.
i've had the brooks flow for nearly a month now. i've run in them. i have things to say about them, but I'm really losing my mojo.
who am i writing for? where is my audience? do i still care?
i've become spread a little thin. i've been most of things i wanted to be in life and now i'm left with the question, "who am I now?".
am i still the girl who loves great gear?
yes.
a rabid harry potter fan?
oh yes.
a data nerd who loves excel?
yup.
in a world that has become a 140 word communication, i now have too much to say.
when everything is your favorite thing how do you find your niche?
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 9:19PM After last year's blietzkrieg of races,
Boston, 
Providence,
then capping it off by age-grouping the HIV 5k.
I knew that I would need a break in B-School...
That break lasted exactly a year.
After successfully assembling a team for this year's RTB, John Feather made an announcement:
"I've signed us up for the Go! St. Louis Half-Marathon."
"Us? Like you and me, us?"
"Yes. Us."
I told my husband after we finished Boston that soon he would want to run again and that running any distance wouldn't feel so bad after completing the full 26.2.
I'm not going to lie. I had secrectly hoped I was wrong. Every guy I've ever trained to run has eventully become a better runner than me. I peaked more or less somewhere around the age of 16 and have just been praying for that old age advantage ever since. You know how as you get older, qualifying times get lower and eventually, you get to win again? My plan is simply to hang in there and go slow until then.
Needless to say, I'm not there yet.
Even less needless to say is that I haven't been doing my typical training regimen at all. The farthest I've run in the last month was about 7.5 miles.
So, here I go, Brightlings! Off to run another half. Life is funny, isn't it? The last half I ran, I PRed. This one, I'm just hoping to survive.
So this begs the question:
What should I wear?
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 10:03PM Some girls ask for diamonds. Some for flowers.
I didn't ask for anything. In fact, I kinda forgot about Valentine's Day, until I came home and found these from my husband:
Gorgeous, right? That man knows my weakness.
As most of you know, I've been a Cascadia lover for many years, but the pressures of a big holiday like Valentines can spoil even the longest standing of romances.
I took these for a spin with our weekly run club at Big River Running. They just feel cloppy. Not unlike wearing horse shoes.
Since I've spent time in the Kinvaras and my Five Fingers, I've spoken before about the weight of my old favorite trail shoe. I've tried some others, but the protection is just not the same. So, I keep coming back...At least I did until now.
Cascadias are for collectors. Those of us who own them keep multiple pairs from different seasons in different colors. I keep them until I wear a hole in them - way after I can actually use them to run. I had the teal from three seasons ago, the neon green from last season. I forwent the hideous grey from two seasons ago. I've coveted the men's red pair with polka dots from about four years ago.
They're like wine in a cellar. You take photos of your collection to show your nerdy friends and you keep multiples of your favorites. While this pair is great, it looks a little too close to last season's. Here, you decide:
Am I right? It's the same shoe, different accent color.
Why, Brooks?
I love your brand. I love your shoes. I love that you've made something I can collect but, let's talk...
Are you bored? Tired of kicking so much toosch in the trail shoe arena? Just plain out of colors?
Long story short, I think I'll try the PureGrit next time.
