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Pregnancy #2 vs. Pregnancy #1

May 17, 2012 17 Comments

One of the questions I’m asked most frequently these days is if my second pregnancy is any different from the first. They could NOT be any MORE different! Although I feel and look different this time around, the major change is my overall outlook on my pregnancy. Breaking the news to my husband and family. [...]

Chobani Champions Review + Giveaway

February 23, 2012 56 Comments

My son is at the age (13 mo) where he wants EVERYTHING that mommy and daddy eat and drink. Thankfully, we eat healthy about 95% of the time, so some of our good habits have already rubbed off on him (I will not go into detail about the other 5% of the time!). My husband [...]

What’s better than two PRs in one day?

January 5, 2012 32 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that I started doing speedwork again (Here is my post in case you missed it). As of Christmas week, there is a treadmill in our apartment. It prevents me from making excuses. There’s nothing getting in my way of what I’m supposed to do now except me. So, for [...]

Sometimes getting out of bed is the hardest part of my run

October 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

Ever have a day when you just don’t want to run? Either too tired from being up late, or legs are sore from a few days of hard running? Or you just aren’t in the mood to run? I’m not embarrassed to admit that I have days like that. I like to think that I [...]

Staten Island Half-Marathon

October 8, 2011 1 Comment

Even though I’m only racing a half-marathon tomorrow, I find myself getting more and more antsy as the night hours dwindle away. I realized earlier today that this is the first real race I’m going to be competing in since March 2010. While I did several races while I was pregnant, I had to keep [...]

Who or what inspires you to run?

October 6, 2011 Leave a Comment

As part of the 5 Borough Challenge, my fellow participants and I were asked “Who or what inspires me to run?”. At first I thought this would be an easy question to answer…I decided to use this morning’s run as time to think about my answer. Each morning that my alarm goes off, there [...]

Learning to love my flexible running plan

September 28, 2011 2 Comments

Up until a year ago, running was the most important part of my day. If I were able to complete the run that my self-imposed training plan had scheduled for me, then the day was great – I was happy, cheerful, and relaxed. If I happened to wake up late, hit snooze too many times, [...]