Carina's Running Career

I feel like the first half of this summer, all my chafing issues were at my waistline or above.  Primarily right around all the edges of all...

Something nice about being on vacation:  All alarms off! It is kind of hard to describe exactly how nice it was to turn off each and e...

In terms of weight, I think I may have been at my most content in the last decade-plus in mid to late 2013.  Since then, the pounds have cre...

I spend very little time drinking in bars these days.  I guess that's not unusual for anyone who's 40 and/or married and/or is worki...

Somehow the last few months of vacation, holidays, and fun are showing up very clearly on the scale and in my clothes.  Hmm, wonder how that...

What a weekend!  It pains me to say this, but on the way home from boot camp, for just a minute, I considered stopping at Denny's for a ...

Throughout the month of December ((haha), I’ll be participating in #reverb13 : Reverb is a way to reflect on the past year and project into ...

So one of the things that was the best about going off facebook this year was getting away from people who seem to do nothing but complain. ...

Short post.  Still alive. Buried at work. Went running and to boot camp for a whopping week after we came back from Europe, things fel...

Just a quick post to indicate that against my better judgment, I have returned from vacation.  Hubby gained NINE pounds!!  He was saying in ...

So today I'm bound for Philly again, but only for about 24 hours -- then I'm going to take a train to DC for a 4 day weekend.   I ha...

I have been insanely lucky to be born with relatively clear skin.  I remember having some pimples and stuff in high school, and I have some ...

Well, I have officially been doing 5 commutes per week on foot for over 6 months now (well, 5 per week at most; I've missed about 8 or s...

So the scale has been alarming lately.  I don't feel like I'm really doing anything differently, but not only have I still not lost ...