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Weekend Highlights

Weekend Highlights

Wow! What a weekend! I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around everything that happened this weekend! I met a lot of amazing people (both bloggers and non-bloggers), ate oodles of amazing food, took a selfie with BART YASSO, got to see the making of 

Chicago Photo Dump & Happy “Birthday” Finn!

Chicago Photo Dump & Happy “Birthday” Finn!

Good morning! You made it to the weekend! I’m still in PA and still loving it! We’ve been so busy since we got here that there hasn’t been ANY time to sit down and do an in depth recap yet so I just wanted to 

Hello from PA & Killer Arm Workout

Hello from PA & Killer Arm Workout

Well hello there! This morning I’m comin’ attcha from beautiful Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I feel like I am going a little bit crazy with all of the traveling I’ve been doing this past week but it sure is a heck of a lot more fun that 

Running on the Moon: The AlterG Experience

Running on the Moon: The AlterG Experience

A few weeks ago I was contacted by the people at AlterG asking if I wanted to go for a test run on one of their anti-gravity treadmills and write about it for you peeps! I actually used the AlterG a couple times throughout college when I recovering 

What I Ate Wednesday: Eating Our Way Through Chicago

What I Ate Wednesday: Eating Our Way Through Chicago

Since I’m heading to the Runner’s World Half & Festival tomorrow today is like my Friday. I’m a big fan of this 2-day work week thing I got going this week! Marathon weekends require a lot of eating and we definitely did just that in Chicago. It’s been 

Chicago Marathon Recap

Chicago Marathon Recap

Oh, hey there!  After a long night of traveling we finally made it home from Chicago at 2:30 this morning. I am crazy tired but haven’t been so happy after a marathon EVER and needed to share my recap with you guys ASAP!! I have soooo 

Training Summary: 10/6/2014-10/12/2014

Training Summary: 10/6/2014-10/12/2014

Well, today was exciting! A new PR for me and two girls I coach qualified for BOSTON!!! Training Summary: 10/6/2014-10/12/2014  Monday – AM: 8 miles @ 7:24 pace + 10 mins abs PM: Killer Arm Workout (check in this week for the workout!) Tuesday – 7 miles 

It’s Go Time!!

It’s Go Time!!

Right now I’m probably out and about running through the streets of Chicago with all my hometown besties!!! Good luck to everyone else running Chicago, or ANY marathon/race today!!  I’ll check in later today with this week’s training recap. Talk to ya then! 🙂  

Date Night at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

Date Night at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

While you’re reading this I will either be on the plane heading to Chicago, shaking everything out with a bunch of new running buds at the ProCompression Shake-Out Run, exploring the marathon expo, or carbo-loading and wondering what the hey I have gotten myself into. It’s going to be 

10 Essentials for your Race-cation Packing List

10 Essentials for your Race-cation Packing List

I can’t believe that we fly to Chicago TOMORROW! In some ways it feels like I just ran Boston yesterday…  If you’re coming to the Shake Out run keep an eye out for this sign somewhere near the Bean! I usually run local races or