Tag Archive | nyc

In a different world…

Sep2

this is what I look like…

Wow, I need someone to retouch all my pictures from now on!! I have lipstick on!!!

Btw, notice the ING NYC marathon colors…? And, if you are curious, here is our page with our stories in the ING NYCM website… There you can see everybody’s stories.

PS: For all of you who participated in john227’s “Contest! Guess Ms.Ritz’s new career!” post, I will compile them and select a winner. But there’s no criteria, I’ll just pick the “best” one in a couple of days in case you still want participate, and you’ll win some piece of running gear!

In a different world…

I am trapped

Jun24

Everyone knows of my substance abuse problems…

It really doesn’t help if the diner (open 24 hours!!!) in the corner, just a couple of doors from me, puts this up, RIGHT IN MY FACE:

Even if I can resist the 6 jars of Nutella in my pantry (you gotta be prepared!), I see this every time I go in or out of my apartment… 

This could be a problem.

 

I am trapped

A Night with Champions: Kara, Ryan, Meb, Edna, Gebre, Adam, and Colt!

Mar20

And K and me! You know K… ket’s meow! We met a bit before the event and, really, she’s the nicest!!!! I love her! It’s amazing to think about how many amazing people I met…

A Night with Champions: Kara, Ryan, Meb, Edna, Gebre, Adam, and Colt!

My Rule #87: Always follow your instincts, or it’ll cost you

Mar1

And it could cost you around 1200 calories!

I “sometimes” crave things. And it’s always something in particular. And I like to give in after X amount of miles.

Sometimes…

My Rule #87: Always follow your instincts, or it’ll cost you

What do you do with your (old) RW’s magazines…?

Feb25

I am trying to de-clutter my apartment… and I seems like I’ve been saving a LOT of RW’s issues, along with issues of NY Runner (and a couple of Vogues). The rest of the apartment is easy, I have a…

What do you do with your (old) RW’s magazines…?

The arm, the stoopid, the funny, and Emil Z.

Feb24
Since fracturing the greater tuberosity of the humeral head and humeral neck and tearing the rotator cuff, my arm went from limp, useless, and I can move it enough to run, to a bangle pump…

The arm, the stoopid, the funny, and Emil Z.

Things our significant others/relatives/friends might never understand

Feb23

How race results can really make us mad even if we Pred

How sometimes we whine until we drag ourselves out the door but then we come back feeling invincible

How we dream that our…

Things our significant others/relatives/friends might never understand

$%^%#&%*&^@#@~!!!

Feb21

I was so happy that the trails were FINALLY free of snow and runnable this past weekend after almost 2 months….then I woke up today to more snow!!! Hopefully, I might be getting my yaktraxs in the mail today… If I don’t, I’ll be in bed finishing “Once a Runner” and looking out the window!