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Training Summary: 2/5-11/2018

Training Summary: 2/5-11/2018

Training this week was pretty solid. My Wednesday workout was hard but I got through it and hit my paces, so I’m really happy with how it went. I was kind of laughing at myself in the middle of the whole thing because whenever I 

Thinking Out Loud Thursday

Thinking Out Loud Thursday

Hi Friends! It’s been awhile since I did a Thinking Out Loud post so I thought it would be fun to join in with Amanda today and share a few random things that have been going on in our world recently. 1 – On Monday 

Surf City Half Marathon Recap

Surf City Half Marathon Recap

Happy Wednesday friends! We’re to the middle of the week already – that happened fast!  Today I have my first workout since the Surf City Half Marathon this weekend so I thought it was about time for a race recap. As I mentioned last week 

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cups

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cups

This past Christmas I got Shalane Flanagan and Elise Kopeki’s cookbook, Run Fast. Eat Slow, from my sister. I’ve been trying out the recipes over the past month or so and one that I really loved was the Hazelnut Milk. I wasn’t planning on liking 

Super Bowl Weekend & Training Summary

Super Bowl Weekend & Training Summary

Happy Monday!  Who else is starting the week off tired? I totally feel for all my friends and family on the east coast because I can’t imagine having to stay up until 10:30 plus to watch the end of the Super Bowl. Super Bowl Sunday 

Surf City Half Race Plan + Treadmill/Watch Discrepancies

Surf City Half Race Plan + Treadmill/Watch Discrepancies

So…. I’m running a half marathon on Sunday! My first race in three 2 months (almost exactly), and with only 6 weeks of running / 4 weeks of focused workouts since CIM. I had originally planned for my first half this cycle to be the 

Super Bowl Menu + Trader Joe’s Favorites

Super Bowl Menu + Trader Joe’s Favorites

So the Super Bowl is this weekend! And what is the Super Bowl without yummy snacks to enjoy during the game? We’re planning to stay in for the game so it’ll just be us three. Still, I want to make sure that there are plenty 

Random Wednesday Thoughts

Random Wednesday Thoughts

Happy Wednesday! It’s officially the last day of January, has this felt like the longest month ever to anyone else? Just me?  Anyways, today I wanted to share some random Wednesday thoughts to celebrate making it to the halfway point of the week and I 

Building Casa Floris: Update #1

Building Casa Floris: Update #1

So remember when I shared the before pictures of our house and promised I’d be back soon with an update? Well, it’s been 6 weeks and I’m finally circling back with that update!  As I mentioned in that last post we started off our home 

My Favorite Podcasts

My Favorite Podcasts

I am a podcast fanatic! If I’m doing chores, running errands by myself, out for a run, working on my computer or driving there’s a 99% chance that I’m listening to a podcast. Henri and I first started listening to podcasts 6 years ago when