While I've run for several years, this was the first time I ran for National Running Day. I was really pumped about it, to the point that if I hadn't been doing a tempo run and on the verge of falling over, I wanted to shout "happy national running day" to everyone I passed on …
Tag: Motivation
Therapy Thursday: Put on running shoes, Garmin, headphones, leave brain at home
It's been a few weeks since I did a Therapy Thursday, but they always help me, so I brought them back. This week has been my best running week in a long time. I've PR'd my 2 mile run twice this week, including this morning when I felt heavy and congested. I ran with no …
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My own DietBet, weight loss and running speed, and my first giveaway!!!
If you remember, in March/April I completed my first DietBet. I am really proud of the changes I was able to make, and even more proud of the resulting changes to my body. Sadly, I joined another one against my better judgement knowing I was only 2 weeks from my half-marathon, and calorie counting was …
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Therapy Thursday: Remembering You’re Not Perfect, and That’s Okay
I've decided on Thursdays to start finding a little piece of motivational therapy. Thursdays can be tough: you're almost to the weekend, but not quite; for many it's tempo run day; and for others, its thirsty Thursday, so you probably don't need my help 🙂 I have been feeling very sick for much of the …
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Is that pixie dust?
It's been 10 years since I lived in the South before I arrived in Birmingham 2 months ago. Technically I spent 4 years in northern Virginia after that, but nothing on a DC metro line counts as the South. Over the last 4 days I was reminded that although having Spring come so early is …
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