Week 7 Mileage: 35 miles Long Run Distance: 16 Our training crew took part in the Hartselle Half Marathon to cover our 13-mile long run last week. It’s a quaint race through back roads of farmland. With a field of only 260 runners, cooler temps (finally!), and a volunteer crew that epitomizes southern hospitality, it was a great way to kick off a weekend. I went into a race, much to my husband’s aggravation (he likes a game plan even more than I do), without a particular time goal or strategy. I just wanted to enjoy the run and see where it took me based
Did you see where Trump announced a plan for paid family leave? Smart move Mr. Trump. Love him or hate him you’ve got to give him credit, this was a smart political move to draw the female vote, especially given that his opponent might have a leg up on the female voter pool. The day after this announcement, I got this information from a friend (who is in fact pregnant): The gist is this: “The United States is at a crossroads in its policies towards the family and gender equality. Currently America provides basic support for children, fathers, and mothers in
Week 5 Mileage: 32 (I only ran 28- I fell down the steps on Sunday and my foot looked like this for the beginning of the week.) Long Run Distance: 13 (Half- Marathon Race) We ran 14 miles last Saturday, the longest distance my husband and training partner have ever run. It went fairly well, but running towards the “finish line” of this run topped it off as a memorable one. As we rounded the corner, we could see that someone had left four cold beers on the curb for us. Our neighbors had timed our return and set
Although the great recession of 2008-2009 is still a fixture in many peoples’ minds, the job market has changed substantially since those recession years. I’m hearing more HR pros and business leaders complain about not being able to source and hire quality talent in a broader set of areas than usual. We aren’t just complaining about the need for computer programmers and skilled tradespersons anymore. According to the latest BLS Report on job openings and labor turnover, “Job openings have trended upward since their series low in July 2009, and have surpassed the prerecession peak (April 2007). In
Week 5 Week 5 Mileage: 32 Long Run Distance: 14 When you are training for a marathon, you spend a lot of time with the people you are training with. Thirty-two miles for us this week equaled about three to three and half hours together on the road. You would think we would run (no pun intended) out of things to talk about. But we don’t. Whether it is talking about the weather (when on earth is this heat going to let up??), talking about sports (college football kicked off last week in case you missed it), politics and