A year ago, while everyone else was putting in final preparations for their Super Bowl parties, I was headed to the JFK trying to comprehend the new reality that awaited me. Literally, everything I'd known had changed in the month prior, and that day I said goodbye to what I had expected to be my …
A couple of months ago, some of the executives at work were harassing me about my running. I keep a race countdown on my office whiteboard, whenever they asked what I was doing that weekend my answer was either running or racing. I've been pretty open on here that while I've run for about 5 …
Last fall I signed up to do a cross-training run one evening with Philadelphia Runner, Be Well Philly, and Unite Fitness. A huge group of runners literally ran through the streets of Philadelphia stopping at different tourist attractions to do push-ups, squats, burpees, and walking lunges. It was fantastic. I sweat a ton, and made …
After finally writing my WDW Marathon recap (which was pretty sad, sorry guys) I decided to take a look at the calendar. I've got 2 races coming up faster than I thought! Hurray, bring on training again 😋 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler I've got just under 11 weeks until this race. I have a big …
Continue reading I’ve already been to Disney World, so what’s next?!
As much as I loved every single minute (okay, there were a few minutes I could have done without) of marathon weekend, writing my recap is not happening quickly. Between being exhausted, and it being a really busy week at work, I'm probably not going to complete it until this weekend. I know, bad blogger. …
As I prepare to curl up and try to get a good night of sleep before getting up at a time others in the hotel will be just coming home, I'm catching up on all of the amazing support from everyone. And, I'm sure you're not surprised, I'm tearing up. I cannot begin to describe …
I cannot believe that in 24 hours Karen and I will be at the starting line for our very first marathon. If I said I wasn't emotional, I'd be lying. I've come pretty close to crying no less than 10 times a day for the last few days. But not because I'm sad or I'm …
Continue reading 24 hours till #WDWMarathon and Costume Reveal
Earlier this year, I gave up making playlists for running. Not because I don't still love running to great music, but between work, blogging, Twitter conversations, actually running, and sleep, I was slacking. And then I found RockMyRun, and never turned back. I love their mixes, because I can change my mix depending on my …
Continue reading What Pumps You Up? My #WDWMarathon Pump-Up Playlist
This week, my fellow bloggers have shared awesome posts about packing for Disney, playlists for Disney, making it through Disney, and about 400 other things at Disney. All of them get me more excited! This will probably be one of at least 4 of my own Disney-related posts. In grad school I wrote Top Ten …
Continue reading 10 Reasons Why I’m Excited about #WDWMarathon
After my experience with the Summer Run Streak, I didn't even question doing the holiday version of it. Okay, maybe I questioned it for a day, since the streak ended only 2 weeks before my marathon. But I committed, and Karen and I partnered up with a ChallengeLoop to get others involved with it. I …
Continue reading Runner’s World Holiday Run Streak: Testing my Tolerance & our ChallengeLoop Winner
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