Happy Friday! Since it’s the last Friday of the month, I’m linking up with Marcia from Marcia’s Healthy Slice for Runfessions. I’m also linking up for Friday Five 2.0 with Rachel from Running on Happy and Lacey and Meranda from Fairytales and Fitness. Well October didn’t exactly go the way I planned. I thought I […]
Archives for October 2017
Weekly Wrap: The Past 2 Weeks
Happy Sunday! Before I get started, congratulations to everyone that completed the Marine Corps Marathon today!! I have been in recovery mode the last two weeks after the marathon. Granted my legs felt back to normal 4 days after the race, but I really just wanted an extended break from all workouts. Mentally it’s been […]
5 Favorite Fall Foods
Happy Friday! Today I’m linking up for Friday Five 2.0 with Rachel from Running on Happy and Lacey and Meranda from Fairytales and Fitness. Before getting started, I just want to give a shoutout to Rachel as she is running the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday – I will be cheering for you virtually!! Today’s […]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Brooklyn 5 Miler Race Recap
Disclaimer: As a member of the Rock ‘n’ Blog team, I received a free entry to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Brooklyn 5 Miler. As always, all thoughts are my own and I #keepitreal. Happy Wednesday! On Saturday I participated in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Brooklyn 5 Miler race. Originally I was signed up for the […]
Chicago Marathon Race Recap
I’m baaaccckk! After a week away from everything – workouts, running, blogging and social media – I’m happy to be back. I don’t really have a “large” blog or following, but I really cherish the friendships that I’ve made over the past few years on my little slice of the internet. I missed connecting with […]
Chicago Marathon Training Recap – Week 20
Happy Sunday 🙂 I can’t believe that this is my last Chicago Marathon training recap. This will be a short and sweet training recap since this was my last taper week and I ran the marathon today. Monday 10/2 2 miles + PT exercises. It felt really weird to just do a 2 mile run […]
My Chicago Marathon Goals
Happy Friday! Today I’m linking up for Friday Five 2.0 with Rachel from Running on Happy and Lacey and Meranda from Fairytales and Fitness. I’m going a little off topic on today’s theme (scheduling) to bring you my goals for the Chicago Marathon. As you read this on Friday morning, I’m either at the airport […]
October 2017 Goals
Happy Wednesday! Well September certainly went by quickly, but I’m so happy to welcome October and the start of Fall 🙂 Also, it’s finally marathon month which is super exciting as well! Overall I think September went well. I was able to log 134 miles for the month, which was my highest monthly mileage so […]
Tunes Tuesday 10.3 – Chicago Marathon Playlist
Welcome to Tunes Tuesday for October! Yup, October…as in the 10th month of year. How crazy is that?! As a reminder, Tunes Tuesday is now once a month instead of weekly. We will still have themes but feel that a monthly format may help more people participate. The link-up will open on the first Tuesday […]
Chicago Marathon Training Recap – Week 19
Happy Sunday! By this time next week I will be done with the Chicago Marathon and have a shiny new PR (hopefully)! Not much to report this week – just some shorter runs and strength training. I have been doing more stretching and foam rolling since I have some extra time on my hands. I’m […]