Almost 2 years ago I was approached about taking a big risk, personally and professionally. It meant leaving the life I'd built for a few months, and being open to not knowing what the future held for me. I didn't know it at the time, but that would be a turning point. I look back, …
It is weird that this weekend is technically my 4th race of 2014. 1) Midnight 5k on New Year's (30:16) Maureen and I before the 5k. It was freezing! 2) Disney Marathon (~6:30 with lots of picture stops) Oh, and some stops for ice for my black eye 3) Back on My Feet 5 miler …
Continue reading Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-miler: Setting Realistic Goals
I've been struggling with some tough decisions that need to be made in short order. This weekend reminded me, sometimes the answer is found when you let everything else go.
I feel like every post about running that I write, recently, involves me running faster than ever before. This probably comes off as a bit braggy, and in a way, yes it is. I am beyond excited that my body, and mind, are allowing me to run faster. Don't get me wrong, I'm still not …
This has been an expectedly crazy week, and I think it's the shortest, yet longest, week ever. Things that Make Me Happy - This weekend, even though it maybe raining, I get to see some of my favorite people, Meredith and Karen. We're running the Back on my Feet 5 mile here in Philly. - …
I'm a person who likes to keep a schedule. Granted, I've become someone who can almost never be on time, but I love having a general schedule that I keep. I get up at basically the same time very day, even weekends. I am in bed around the same time every night. I eat my …
Continue reading Schedules, Life & Training: Learning to be Flexible
At this point, I firmly believe most Americans on the East Coast, Mid-West, and even the South, would do just about anything to make Spring arrive sooner. The idea if warmer temps, longer days, and just general reawakening is enough to forget even the most miserable parts of Spring. Cue, Daylight Savings Time. DST has …
Continue reading Wellbeing Wednesday: Surviving Daylight Savings Time
A quick Google search resulted in the following: Why did you Google the word busy? I frequently find myself describing my life as busy, often almost in competition with others. Recently there has been a lot of noise about how being busy isn't impressive anymore, so people should learn to slow down. But who's to …
So I've written about my obsession with Unite Fitness before. I've now been going for almost 2 months now, and even though every class kicks my ass, I'm loving it. One of my favorite things about their model is that each month of a quarter has a different goal: stability & endurance, strength & conditioning, …
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 …
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