75% health and fitness, 25% life and 100% me!
This year of my own accord I somewhat admirably got into the habit (a bit) of getting up crazy early to run and it’s kind of stuck (at least sometimes). Now you don’t know me but if you did that last sentence would straight up blow your freakin’ mind. This past spring I had to... Continue Reading →
Here in North America about 50% of us are overweight and around 30% of us are obese. That ain’t good. That leads us all down some crazy roads like spending literally all of our government dollars on healthcare and human lifespans shortening for the first time ever form our lifestyle choices alone. That’s straight up... Continue Reading →
We did something that was long over due, we bought a work truck just for me. Trust me it’s a dirty old work truck and literally no one is jealous of me except for maybe because of the rack on it. I usually drive a regular car and we let others do our heavy hauling.... Continue Reading →
First of all this says running but a lot of it is totally applicable to other sports as well, while maybe not the list of common ones but all the other stuff is. Any runner that trains for longer races is lying if they tell you they never had to break through a mental barrier.... Continue Reading →
It's true that there is no magic formula do this then that and bang boom you’ll go faster then ever before. Your average runner has about seven years of potential for getting faster before they top out speed wise but the thing is that isn’t as dire as you’re thinking. It not your first seven... Continue Reading →
One of the places I hang out online are female focused running groups on facebook. Sometimes I even get ideas for posts there and if you don’t at least lurk there I highly recommend it. It is what you think it would be but every once and a while a lady will post about how... Continue Reading →
Am I cheap, environmentally conscious or lazy that’s up for debate around here but sometimes it doesn’t real matter. Some ideas are great ideas no matter the motivation. Credit where credit is due I stumbled over an image of this on Pinterest and immediately picked up my hook. You know those little white cotton puffs... Continue Reading →
If you’ve been around here for a while now you’ll know that when I train for a big event, yes the big one of the year, it rains on race day. We’re not talking a gentle drizzle either! Both halfs I’ve run have been during heavy rainfall warnings and that olympic this year during the... Continue Reading →
This is what I do and if you’re at a loss, a first timer or you need to step up your game I think It’s a pretty good place to start. Attached to this post is a pretty free printable checklist with some spots for you to add your own thing. You’ll see that this... Continue Reading →
