Rubey Rambles

Sunday, despite my father's protest, I ran in the Amica Iron Horse Half Marathon in my hometown/still-always-at-my-parents-house in Simsbury.  I ran this exact race last year as my first ever half marathon.  I couldn't wait to get back out there again this year for my second half. I have been training for this race for the last few months.  Truth be told, after last years race, I never stopped running long distances, which really made training for this time around much more fun and I had some of the best runs I have ever had in my life. I could not wait to get out on the course at Iron Horse and really see what I had in me... Well...what I had in me...pneumonia. The true heartache I felt this past week after my doctor told me that I had pneumonia was devastating. My doctor seemed uneasy that I was taking the "half-glass full" approach when I told her on Friday that I had a half marathon planned for Sunday and "it's 48 hours away, that is a lo...

Well...I guess it's time to officially announce some big news... First, Drake dropped a new album overnight and I am personally glowing and you should go download it... http://t.co/KcZooNLcPE pic.twitter.com/s6krTAeuke — Drizzy (@Drake) February 13, 2015 Second... this week my mother and I were told some big news... If you don't know, I enjoy running, not because I am super fast and can run like the wind, but because I can run and somehow survive and can run moderately long distances... I will get there slowly but I will get there...anyway... I think this story starts about 5 years ago when my best friend Rachel asked me to go out on a run, and I think my initial response was something along the lines of "Go away, I am going to die, that won't be happening, can we go to happy hour instead?".  Maybe Rachel knew something I didn't but that day we went for a run and somehow I pushed out two miles, I am sure my time was something to alert the Guinness W...