Staying Cool It was quite a week, weather wise… The DMV’s (the DC, Maryland, Virginia metro area) three airports (DCA, BWI, and IAD) reported 4 consecutive days of 100° or higher. That’s hot for us for this early in the summer and for that many days. I pretty much hunkered down inside for my workouts […] The post Weekly RunDown: July 14 – 20 / Staying Cool by Mostly Exercising Inside appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

Celebrating America’s Birthday Back in the good ole days, I’d run in the Firecracker 5K on Independence Day morning with my running friends. But since 2020 I’ve traded in my red, white, and blue running outfit for a patriotic jersey and joined my husband and Dawn Patrol friends for a covered bridges and Gettysburg bike […] The post Weekly RunDown: June 30 – July 6 / Celebrating Independence Day with a Ride Around the Gettysburg Battlefield appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

A Likely Story I had invited two new-to-gravel-grinding friends to join my husband and me for an introductory ride on a relatively easy gravel route (20 miles with only 1,019 feet of climbing). Neither were able to make, but we wanted a chill ride so we decided to ride the course anyway. After driving about […] The post Weekly RunDown: June 23 – 29 / A Week of Walking, Cycling, and Changing Weather appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

A Trip of a Lifetime In 1993 my husband received the Circle of Excellence award for his company which included a week-long trip to Maui, Hawaii for the two of us. With the help of my in-laws, we were able to spend our first vacation without children since becoming parents while knowing our little boys […] The post Sunrise over Haleakala Followed by an Epic Bike Descent off the Inactive Volcano appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

Summer Came in Hot, Hot, Hot Thursday was the first day of summer and it’s already time to start complaining about the heat. Check out the the screenshot from my phone when I finished my bike ride yesterday. And it got a little hotter after that – the highest I saw was 101, but forgot […] The post Weekly RunDown: June 16 – 22 / Summer’s Here and it’s Hot, Hot, Hot appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

If I Can’t Run… If I can’t run, I might as well ride, right? And that’s exactly what I did, totaling 132.3 miles over four rides for the week. Broken down, they included one event, one hill workout, and two chill rides. Would I rather be running? Of course. Am I glad I love cycling […] The post Weekly RunDown: June 9 – 16 / Cycling When I Can’t Run appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

National and Global Days for the Fitness Enthusiast On my post this past Tuesday about Global Running Day, Catrina asked if there as is a Global Cycling Day – little did I know, but Global Cycling Day had been the previous day. Catrina got me to thinking so I did a little research and came […] The post Weekly RunDown: June 2 – 8 / National and Global Days Worthy of Putting on Your Calendar appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

  It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and complaining about our most recent injuries. […] The post Catching Up Over Coffee: Honey Stinger, Wild Hair, and Cute Hats appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

From National to Global Running Day Global Running Day, or National Running Day as it was originally called, is the first Wednesday in June. The first National Running Day kicked off in 2009 and changed its name from National to Global in 2016. Once it became a global event in 2016, lovers of running from […] The post Global Running Day Through the Years and What’s on Tap for this Year appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more

Beautiful Weather for the Win This week we were blessed with mostly phenomenal weather and I was lucky enough to be able to spend quite a bit of time outside enjoying it. The temps were warm, but not hot, and the humidity kept its distance. Rain came in the evenings and the wind was mostly […] The post Weekly RunDown: May 26 – June 1 / Cruising Through a Gorgeous Week appeared first on Deb Runs ..read more