I have proven time and time again that when you sleep well, you run well. A perfect case in point has just taken place in the past 72 hours. On Saturday evening around 7pm, my husband and I decided to go out for a 4 mile run. Sure this was after spending the previous night in a hotel room, walking on a college tour, eating “lunch” at Ben & Jerry’s and driving home 3 hours, but it still proves a point nevertheless. It was a touch humid out and looked like it could pour at

Wow, what I realize is that although it is completely awesome to travel and go wherever you want to go in life, it doesn’t mean a thing if you are not with the people you love the most as sharing is the deepest joy. I say this as I left my 11-year-old daughter at home crying and not wanting me to travel to Alaska to run this marathon. I asked each of my kids if they wanted to go, but they had so many snow days, full days of school and finals as well – not to mention gymnast