Month: January 2015

Snow, Snow Go Away!

Snow, Snow Go Away!

Snow, snow go away… I can’t stand another day {of treadmill running}! Yesterday morning I had a 3x 2 mile workout on the schedule and as much as I would have preferred to run outside there was no way that was possible with 2-3 inches 

Roasted Chickpeas

Roasted Chickpeas

Whelp, we survived Snowmageddon 2015. After 3 feet of snow and not being able to leave the house for 24 hours (literally, there was a travel ban) I’m more than ready to get back to “business as usual” around here. I woke up to THIS… … 

Let It Snow

Let It Snow

Happy Monday!!! We had some pretty good snowfall over the weekend! Saturday morning my running buddy and I were planning on beating the snowstorm and getting our long run in EARLLLLY but we woke up to 2 inches already at 5 am.  So I headed back 

Training Summary 1/12/2015-1/25/2015

Training Summary 1/12/2015-1/25/2015

It’s been quite a good few weeks of training! Let’s get caught up 😉 1/12/2015-1/18/2015 Monday – 7 miles @ 7:34 pace on the treadmill + 20 mins core Tuesday – AM: 8 miles @ 7:31 pace PM: 3 miles easy + 30 mins strength circuit Wednesday 

Friday Favorites [1]

Friday Favorites [1]

Man this week went by quickly. Two workouts down with just a long run and an easy run to go but the weather this weekend might make it a rough going for 18 miles. 4-8 inches of snow starting tomorrow morning… we’ll see how that goes!!  I 

Life Lately

Life Lately

Woah, Wednesday already! Where has the time gone? Life seems to be getting away from me lately… working, training, coaching, and making sure to spend quality time with Henri and the pups has definitely started to take time away from my normal blogging time. This is especially 

Every Dynasty Must Come to an End & Scenes from my Wednesday

Every Dynasty Must Come to an End & Scenes from my Wednesday

Hi there, I hope your Thursday is off to a great start. My sisters and I got some sad news last night so if you could send some happy thoughts our way that’d be great. Our high school track team lost their meet on Tuesday and 

Date Night at the Gym & A Leg Burner Circuit Workout

Date Night at the Gym & A Leg Burner Circuit Workout

I originally had mile repeats scheduled for this morning but the forecast got the workout pushed back until tomorrow and today is now a rest day! It is supposed to be in the single digits today and my coach (and I) would like to get 

This year is already shaping up to be pretty awesome!

This year is already shaping up to be pretty awesome!

2015 is going to be a great year, I can already tell. Ever since I graduated from college in 2012 I’m struggled to find my running focus, but over the past few months I feel like I slowly but surely started to figure things out. 

Training Summary: 1/5/2015-1/11/2015

Training Summary: 1/5/2015-1/11/2015

The weather this week has been rough! Multiple days the temperature was in the single digits and on Thursday the wind chill brought the real feel down to something like -20*! Of course this crazy weather coincided with the highest mileage week in a long