A journey through motherhood, running, and life.
So, yesterday’s marathon did not go as planned. I didn’t hit my A, B, or C goals. Instead, I got my first DNF (did not finish). Long story short (I’ll go into more detail in my next post). I got charlie horse-like cramps just past mile 22 (my garmin said 22.5 but it was a [...]
I’ve been doing my long runs on Fridays for most of this training cycle, but I rearranged the days last week because my husband and I had a black tie work function to attend Thursday evening. It was held at the Waldorf Astoria. First time I’ve actually ever been inside. The ballroom was GORGEOUS: It [...]
Don’t forget to enter the Garmin Forerunner 10 Giveaway! I saw a tweet last week from a new dad saying he was happy to be getting back on track with running post-baby. My first thought was along the lines of Post-Baby? You didn’t just have a baby!! But after letting his words sink in for a [...]
My youngest son will be 5 months old next week. He’s been scooting around in on his belly his crib for a few weeks now, but just last week really started moving (law-crawling) ALL over the place. It seems like the idea of getting from point a to point b has clicked in his head. He [...]
Good Morning!! I already feel like this week is dragging and it’s only Tuesday :/ We had SUCH a fun day yesterday! My girlfriend, Nicole, and her daugther drove from LI to spend a few hours with us (it was her first time on SI!). Nicole and I met last year through twitter / blogging [...]
Yesterday’s workout didn’t happen until 6pm. I guilted my husband into taking yesterday off (a rarity for him) after his hockey weekend (his team lost in the semi-finals btw). When he’s home, my desire to run disappears because I’d rather spend time with him and the boys. Between his being home, our contractor beginning work [...]
Yesterday’s workout – last hard run before Saturday’s 10k: 1 mile warmup: 8:41 pace 5k tempo: 6:40 pace (20:43) 1/2 mile cooldown: 8:17 pace I wanted to do a 5k today to practice running on tired legs to replicate what the second half of the 10k on Saturday will feel like. My legs were definitely [...]
Mondays Workout: Rest Day – Giving my legs an extra rest day this week since I have a BIG 10k this weekend (more details later this week)! Fact: I am a competitive person with just about everything in life (sometimes over the silliest things). Like last weekend: My husband and I were putting together Thomas puzzles [...]
I’m still on cloud 9 from this morning’s workout. As I’ve mentioned (repeatedly) on here before, I’m aiming for a sub-42 10k in a few weeks in order to apply for the Saucony Hurricane Team. I woke up this morning with the desire to do a tempo run instead of my planned hill workout. I [...]
Happy New Year!! I love the start of the New Year. There is something so exciting and invigorating about setting goals for the next 365 days and hearing about all the goals others have set. 13 has always been a lucky number for me (it was my high school basketball number for a few [...]
The Runner’s World 10k was my first “race” post-baby. I wasn’t completely racing it as I am still trying to be patient with my return and not over-exert my body before it’s ready…but I certainly pushed myself harder than I have in 10 months! Although the course description and profile didn’t sound or look too hilly, it [...]
*Note: I shamelessly am using the term domesticator after seeing it on my friend, Lindsay’s, blog last week. If you aren’t reading her blog, you NEED to!! About a month ago, I ran into a college classmate who I hadn’t seen since our 2003 graduation. We chatted for a while about random things before the topic [...]
Happy THREE weeks to my little guy!! I’m amazed at how fast the time has gone and how I already can’t imagine life with my two little ones. While there are definitely some aspects of life that are more difficult now, I am amazed at how relatively seamless the transition is/was. These are some of the [...]
There are a lot of random things that I want to share but rather than try to make a post around each one, I decided to just share them as concise as possibly: – I forgot how much newborns sleep! My oldest son slept a good amount but nothing to the extent of his little [...]
I have tried to shorten this post for the last 24 hours, but am having a hard time cutting anything out…so I apologize for the length of this post AND the number of pictures!! Tuesday morning I began having light cramps and didn’t feel right. I spent most of the remainder of the afternoon lying [...]
Good Morning and Happy Monday!!! First, just want to say thank you to everyone for the wonderful prayers, thoughts, and wishes the last few days. For those that aren’t aware, my husband, son, and I were thrilled to welcome the newest member to our family, Ryan Thomas Gonzalez, last week. Ryan is already back to [...]
Baby #2 will be making his/her arrival any day now and I’m excited, ecstatic, and anxious for my son to have a sibling. Both my husband and I come from families of multiple children and we always knew we wanted the same. He will forever have a playmate and friend. BUT, there is this feeling that [...]
I have entered the two week window of my due date – did you know that 80% of babies are born within two weeks of their due dates?!? Appointments: I have weekly appointments with my midwife and my OB-GYN specialist (for my gestational diabetes) from now until I deliver. Definitely thankful that I have tons [...]
As I approach my due date (6 weeks!!!), I’ve begun thinking back to my son’s birth…trying to visualize what it will be like this time around. It’s easy for me to remember the moments post labor & delivery and much harder to recall the period just before. I vaguely remember what the contractions and pain felt [...]
After four years at West Point and over six years serving on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army, I have seen my share of death. The number of friends, classmates, and coworkers that have been casualties of the war on terror is too high for me to begin to count. I think [...]
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