It's happening again this year you guys, people are saying fall and even winter are coming. The rational part of me gets that well it is technically true but the immature tries to live in the moment part is all amped up about it. I love summer and truthfully I love that our summers are... Continue Reading →
Bare Minimum Half Training Update 8: First Ever Skipped Long Run AND I Got Married!
You know what balancing training and life is hard, sometimes really hard. No matter who you are and what you have to do in a week you have to make it a priority to succeed. As much as I would like to be a fitness wife with nothing to do besides workout while someone cleans... Continue Reading →
Navy 10k 2019: Race Recap
I talked just a little bit about this race in my last half training update but that was just a little teaser to get you to read this post. And it worked! See I’m really smart. I signed up for this one way, way back when I was feeling all itchy to race. I was... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 103
I took this photo a few weeks ago when I was too late getting out to take a good one. In the end I didn't even post my run that night. It's just a quick shot while I was still running. It was a really hot Sunday night and the beach was still really packed... Continue Reading →
Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
Not so much now but in the past I thought really hard all day and at some point I just wanted to stop thinking. I think that informed my TV viewing habits then and now because they are terrible. Sure I’ve watched the good critically acclaimed stuff too like weeds, sex and the city and... Continue Reading →
Bare Minimum Half Training Update 7: First Skipped Run
This week I’m breaking one of my training rules that I'm always going on about, I’m running the Navy 10k! Racing while training isn’t a great idea because it can take too much out of the tank. I signed up for it thinking I would go for a PR but now I’m not so sure,... Continue Reading →
10 + 1 Tips for Overcoming Race Day Anxiety
Anxiety is a bit of a buzzword right now and dealing with it is a big part of many people’s day to day life. Whether you suffer from anxiety day to day or not you might get more than a little anxious on race day. Even if anxiety is something you effectively manage on your... Continue Reading →
Weekend Motivation 102
I don't know about all of you but I'm reaching that point in my training cycle where things are getting, well a bit nuts. Where people ask you what you're doing later and you have to say things like "running 16 km and eating all the carbs." Then they look at you in disbelief, shake... Continue Reading →
Bare Minimum Half Training Update 6: Back end Loading
I have to admit that I feel a whole lot lighter giving myself a break on Wednesday posts for the next month. That said I didn’t exactly get to training any sooner in the week. Friday: We’ve been working far from home this week and so we’ve been putting in long days to make the... Continue Reading →
8 Simple Things I did that Made Running Easier
It’s pretty simple really just make sure to wake up facing directly east every single morning, drink a matcha and kale smoothie twice a day and dine primarily on fresh, homemade sushi. Nah … it’s way easier than that. For a long, long, long time I ran but I low key hated it. I liked... Continue Reading →