**I appologize for the lack of photos in this recap – I am just really bad at taking them when I am getting ready for a race** Sunday’s Run to Remember was such a great race that I already can’t wait to do it again! …
Dynamic warm-ups are a great way to warm yourself up and prep your muscles to run before your easy days. In college my coach was adamant about making us do our dynamic warm-ups every day, but during the summers when it was up to me …
My first Boston Marathon was both one of the worst and one of the best things that I have experienced all rolled up into 3 hours and 15 minutes of torture. Even though this race didn’t go as planned as of Monday at 1:22PM I became a …
Thank you so much to everyone that cheered me on during yesterday’s Boston Marathon. I’m not going to lie, that was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Stomach issues, random IT pain that started around the halfway point, and a lot …
The L.A. Marathon is tomorrow, which means that it’s been almost a year since I ran my first marathon! I really wanted to be there to cheer on all the runners but since I’m out of town this weekend I thought that I would celebrate this …
I can’t believe that it’s been almost a month since my last Marathon Training – Beyond the Miles post! I guess I’ve just been spending so much time training for the marathon that this series totally slipped my mind! Ooops! Well today I’m going to talk …
This past weekend one of my running clients, Cori, had her first race since we started working together. As soon as I finished my long run I couldn’t wait to hear how the 5K race had gone so I texted her immediately. I almost couldn’t believe …
What’s a girl to do on a cloudy, chilly day off from work? Well, there’s a lot of cuddles that happen, especially when your puppy isn’t feeling good. And when there are seven over-ripe bananas in your fruit bowl you bake copious amounts of chocolate …
After yesterday’s race I am so thankful for an extra day off this weekend. I got to sleep in, go for an easy run, and have time to catch up on all the errands and chores that didn’t get done the past few days. It’s …
After my “What I Ate Wednesday” post last week I got a few requests for the recipe for the Turkey-Butternut Squash Chili I mentioned. As always Monday’s are super busy around here but I wanted to pop in real quick to share this yummy recipe! …