Thank you so so much to Runner’s World for inviting me to cover this weekend as an influencer. The weekend influenced ME more than you will ever know. “I know I feel like more like myself when I run, or at least I feel like the self I like best.” (from Continue Reading
How to Pace Your Half Marathon with 4 Simple Strategies
Pace your half marathon with a smart strategy to help ensure you have a successful race. The longer your race distance is, the more important pacing becomes. By planning out your entire distance, you ensure that you don’t burn all of your energy in the first few miles when the Continue Reading
WEEKLY WORKOUT/TRAINING IN REVIEW 5/8-5/14
Hola hola! Last week was a good week, even though I did not fit in all my runs in (I was aiming for 3, ran 2). I’m going to be stricter about my workouts in the next few weeks. I’m publishing this a little late, so I’ll link up with Continue Reading
Shamrock 8k + Half Marathon Recap 2019
As you know, I switched from the marathon to the half marathon in late January. I then decided that since I was fairly undertrained, I might as well go all in and add the 8k race on Saturday because, what can I say, I’m a sucker for extra medals. This Continue Reading
TotR: I Won’t Run Without…
Good Morning! It seems I need these linkups to keep me posting on the blog. I should blog about our recent mini-vacation too. We drove to Des Moines this past weekend and went to Adventureland and I ran a 5k…but that’s another post. This morning I’m linking up with Continue Reading
Five Songs to Pump Up Your Workout {Five on Friday}
Good morning!!! Let’s talk music on this beautiful Friday. Linking up this morning with Courtney from EatPrayRunDC, Cynthia at YouSignedupforWhat and Mar at MarOnTheRun for Five on Friday. Come and join us! I love choosing new music for my playlist, and I love Amazon Prime because I can download music for free onto my playlist on my Continue Reading
We Drove 200 miles for Whiskey
Well hello hello! It’s been ages since we’ve spoken. Starting this new job and our new homeschooling year has proven to be quite the challenge. Going back to work after 13 years as a Stay at Home Mom has been much harder on me than I thought it would Continue Reading
What a day! Plans Interrupted
Well, I got nothing done today. Boo. We went to the VA hospital for my husband’s appointments, and they did NOT put in the letter he got that he wasn’t supposed to drink coffee. Good grief. So they had to reschedule it. On the plus side, we went to Village Continue Reading
Weekend Report and Weekly Goals
Gosh, it’s Monday already? Where’d the weekend go? Oh, it disappeared like it always does!! This weekend I skipped my Saturday long run in favor of resting my PF. I think one 7 mile run probably don’t derail my training if I skip it. Friday we just hung out at home in Continue Reading
August 2015 Goals and Favorite Links
Seriously…what happened to July?? It just flew by. I love fall but I despise winter so it just needs to slow down! I’m not ready to let go of summer yet. I thought I’d post my goals for August and try to make myself more accountable. 1. I need to Continue Reading