A journey through motherhood, running, and life.
Happy Mother’s Day!! Hope you all had a wonderful day! Special Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and mother-in-law – I am blessed to have two amazing women in my life!! We started a tradition a few years ago (when my niece was born) of going out to brunch. This is the one “holiday” that [...]
First, thank you SO much for all of your encouraging and supportive words on my last post – I’ve reread them over the last few days numerous times and they’ve helped put me back on the right track. Physically, I feel great. My legs were a little sore on Monday (not even 1/2 as sore [...]
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had some exciting news to share with you all…On Monday, my husband, both boys, and I will be heading down to Atlanta, GA, to spend the week working with Mizuno!!! A short time ago, I was contacted by Mizuno’s PR agency to see if I was [...]
Hello friends! One of my good friends pointed out to me that my race calendar was severely outdated…so I took a few minutes and updated it. (The calendar can be found here.) The big/long races are definites. The smaller/shorter ones are still up in the air (5 miler on 4th of July, RW races, etc). I made the [...]
Don’t forget to enter the Ava and Liam Giveaway! ————————————– I like my marathon training cycles to be on the longer side – at least 16-18 weeks with my long runs beginning at 12-14 miles. One of the reasons is because it gives me a few extra buffer weeks in case I have to miss [...]
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for an awesome and fun giveaway!! =) =) Since I haven’t blogged since this post, I figured I’d share my workouts from last week with you. Monday: 30 min bike (9.3 mi) + 5.5 mi speed workout. 1/2 mile warm-up 2 miles: 12:28 2 x 1 mile: 6:07, 5:59 [...]
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 [...]
Go Big or Go Home. I love this phrase. It’s been a mantra that I’ve used a lot in recent years: Example A: First race I ever signed up for and ran – 2002 Philadelphia Marathon. I didn’t see a need to run shorter distances – I wanted to run a marathon and believed I [...]
So I’ve been keeping a little secret… I have applied to Become ONE! got chocolate milk? is having a contest which will give two lucky winners the Ironman experience of a lifetime. This program includes: A customized seven-month training program in their hometown with elite IRONMAN coaches Seven months of lowfat chocolate milk to refuel and [...]
Last week I received an email from the organizers of the NYC Ironman announcing registration for the 2013 race. I had signed up for the 2012 Ironman (which was held last weekend) but had to cancel my entry when I found out I was pregnant (I received a $150 refund on my race entry fee). [...]
This past weekend was the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth, Texas. Initial runner-up Kolin Styles was declared the winner of the 26.2-mile race when Scott Downard was disqualified because he crossed the finish line with another person’s number and failed to register for the race.(Read more here) Many of us have been in this situation [...]
…of running a certain race? Maybe it’s one of the marathon majors – NYC, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, or London. Maybe it’s a race that is touted to be a “beautiful” course – Big Sur, Honolulu. Maybe it’s in a part of the world that you hope to travel to one day – Paris, S. [...]
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