Lately I have been fighting with myself over some of my running choices. Should I run outside? Do I need to skip my run? Should I take an extra rest day this week? Michele talked yesterday about how sometimes our stubbornness as runners gets the best of us, and I've noticed that about myself alot lately. Fun side note: I found this picture on an image search and when I clicked to visit page I was ... Read the Post...
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Thinking Out Loud: Just One Of Those Weeks
I really can't believe that it's already Thursday and I'm not quite sure where the week has gone. It started out "slow" with delayed openings and I think it got me in the mindset that I would have a very productive week. But over the past few days things have just gotten away from me as I've been busier than I expected. While my mind has been running non-stop, I really don't even know exactly what I have been thinking ... Read the Post...
Whole30 Breakfasts (#WIAW)
I have a confession: Up until recently, I had completely lost my enjoyment of breakfast. It was actually one of those things that had been going on for awhile but I didn't realize it was lost until I got it back. For the first 25 years of my life my breakfast involved carbs on carbs on carbs. I basically rotated between cereal and bagels with cream cheese. If I was trying to be "good" I would eat fruit or make a smoothie ... Read the Post...
Lessons From My Toughest Races
When I think back on the races that were the most challenging for me, one word comes to mind: HILLS. I guess I have never been good at running hills (probably because you need glutes to do so and I don't have any- or maybe it's the other way around?) I'm going to talk briefly about the top 3 races that were my most challenging and what I learned from each. Marine Corps Historic Half 2010 Pretty sure I was ... Read the Post...