Saturday I completed my 5th half-marathon at the St. Jude Country Music Marathon! I finished it in the pouring rain, and with my running buddy, as planned. The course was great! I got to see parts of Nashville that I'd never seen we're even more neat by foot. I assume the organization would have been …
Continue reading Race recap: Rock n’ Roll Country Music Half-Marathon
Everyone always says running is any easy, cheap way to stay fit. All you need is a pair of running shoes, right? In theory, that is correct. But after a little while, you want to look cute while you're running, so you buy some new running clothes. Like this adorable Lululemon Pace Setter Skirt:<a href="http:// …
My faith in humanity has been restored. My blog, Twitter friends and the running community have stayed so strong to support each other over the last 5 days. Colleagues at work that know I'm a runner all reached out to find out if I knew anyone who ran Boston and if they were all okay. …
Continue reading Thank You: Two Words Have Never Felt so Small
I cried tonight. I made it through an afternoon of watching news coverage at my desk, went out for a run, even came home to stretch and eat, and then I cried. I cried at the replay of a teacher from Newtown, who was running today, gave her thoughts on what it would mean to …
Continue reading We can’t fix any of this. But we can run. And run we will.
With only 2 weeks until my 5th half-marathon, I need to make sure my head and my heart are as ready for this race as my body. My goals for this weekend are helping me ensure my life is in order so I can focus on being ready. 1 - Complete my last long run, …
In March, I started my first DietBet with FitFluential. I was drawn to the idea of being held accountable with the threat of losing money that could have paid for a manicure, a month's worth of Starbucks sugar-free vanilla soy lattes (I really only get them on weekends, and even then not every day), or …
For the last 2 years, I've worn a bit of a badge of honor for not using all of my vacation days and for sleeping less than 6 hours on average a night due to being up late working. It took a toll on everything: my health, my weight, my fitness, my relationships, and most …
I've found myself being a little too much of a Negative Nelly recently. If I'm going to be in a bad mood, I'd rather be Grumpy Bear, because then at least I'm a cute little bear living in the clouds.Image from made-in-china.com Recently, I've had numerous frustrations across many facets of my life, I've let …
Continue reading Weekend Recap: Being Thankful not Discouraged
Living temporarily in what could easily be a city in another country, it should come as no surprise that I was sitting at home on Saturday night blogging about my crazy purse purchase and catching up on twitter and blog reads. But then Andrea over at irunfordonuts.com left me a blog comment saying she had …
Continue reading I’m a Versatile Blogger. Wait, that means people actually read my blog?!
Before you read this, please note it is completely unrelated to running or yoga. It is, however, focused on my other two passions: my job, and shopping. I won't mention them often, but this one compliments all of you at the end, so keep reading! I don't talk about work on my blog for a …
Continue reading To paraphrase L’Oreal: Because I’m worth it
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