Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Wow, this post is long overdue. Like a month overdue, is October seriously half way over?. Being a spectator at the Chicago Marathon this past weekend reminded me. Reminded me how I love races. I signed up for two winter half marathons today. I look forward to focusing in on a training plan, and getting…
close to my goal of breaking an hour! I was 96 seconds off to be exact, but it was a great run anyway. It was interesting to look at my Garmin, you can see the crowded start, and where I saw my husband, kids and friends on the sideline. This was the point I burned…
My new laptop is seriously ill. One minute it was fine, the next I could not power it up. A tech came out but had no luck. I shipped it back to Dell to see what magic they can work. So sad, it is not even two months old! I have never had issues with…
I don’t have many races on my calendar these days, I even missed the Soldier Field 10 Miler which is one of my favorites. Love the distance and the finish. I swear I signed up for it at the early bird discount rate, but seems I must have bailed on the registration process before completing…
I spent Mother’s Day weekend visiting my son in Long Island. The end of the island, and the easternmost point in New York state. Not one travel hiccup, which is amazing consider it involved four planes, two cabs, one train, a bus, and a few car rides. Not the easiest place to get to from…
Got my race on today in the Race That’s Good For Life 5K. It has actually been a couple of years since I have done a 5K, but since my race calendar has been so light lately I did not want to pass this one up since it takes place in my town. I haven’t…
Being a visitor is always fun. Though visiting the recommended places, going to the touristy areas, seeing the popular sights is really only part of getting to know a city. It’s like the first few dates of a relationship, everyone is on their best behavior. My favorite way to see a city is early in…
There was nothing polar about this year’s weather, it was 50º with humidity. Pretty balmy for a January race in Chicago. The weather did not last, today it is half that and the ground is one big sheet of ice. The number of runners was pretty low, especially given there were three distances being raced,…
Even though I worked a bit over the holiday break, it still felt like a two week break from the normal crap. The kids were off of school and we both had the majority of the time off. It was a busy few weeks but believe me I found plenty of time to sit on…
I have a love and hate of this time of year. Halloween kicks it off with candy at every turn, Thanksgiving keeps it going with overeating and extra desserts. The weather getting colder makes it that more of challenge to get out the door to run. Before I know it Christmas will be here, followed…