Half Marathon Number 3 + My Mom’s First Half Marathon!

Half Marathon Number 3 + My Mom’s First Half Marathon!

Hello there and happy Thursday! Thanks to quite a few, miserable sick days, my week is so upside down. Last week, Landon had three days off work and this week, he’s taken two days off because of being sick or helping me recover. Needless to 

Thanksgiving Highlights + My Mom’s First Half Marathon!

I certainly did not mean to disappear on you guys for an entire week, but sometimes life happens. Monday night, I went to bed feeling sick and ended up throwing up most of the night. Yes, that was no fun. So, instead of grinding out 

Approaching the Holidays with a Healthy Mindset

Approaching the Holidays with a Healthy Mindset

Back in the depths of my eating disorder, holidays were stressful. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed wrapping presents and watching It’s a Wonderful Life, but when it came to food choices, I felt anxious and let the fear of food literally rule my holiday experience. I remember days turning down beautiful, home-cooked meals, with cheap replacements that I thought were, healthy. And in my own, sick mindset, I thought I was the healthy one…

My Current Running Nutrition Strategy

My Current Running Nutrition Strategy

So, often, as runners, we over look nutrition. BUT, I firmly believe it is one of the most IMPORTANT aspects of training and can literally turn your running around! I’ve not only learned this in researching and studying, but in my own personal running and 

The Gift of Running: What I am Learning and Striving Toward in My Own Running Journey

The Gift of Running: What I am Learning and Striving Toward in My Own Running Journey

If you haven’t caught on by now, I really a romantic at heart. And by a romantic I mean I like to talk a lot and dream up big dreams and chase after goals and smell the roses and ignore details (usually that comes back 

Longest Run Post Marathon + Ice Cream for Days

Longest Run Post Marathon + Ice Cream for Days

Well hello there and welcome back to another brand new week. I can tell this week is already off to a much better start than last week. In all honesty, I woke up last Monday grumpy and NOT ready for another Monday. However, today, I 

Three Generations + New Web Designs: Friday Favorites

Hey there Friday, I am glad you are here. This week has been one of those week that felt long and at the same time, I felt like it went by quickly too. Does anyone else feel like this?  We are all still fighting a 

We’ve Got a Champion and Six Mile Runs (Weekend Recap)

Is it just me or is the entire US having internet issues? The past two days, we’ve had zero wifi here, the libraries internet was beyond slow and spotty and my WordPress site was having major issues. Talk about annoying. It is so hard to 

Food Freedom in a World of Dieting

    Food. It never used to be such a big deal to me until I was 16. Before I was that golden age, I never really thought much about food, nutrition, and never once thought of restricting my meals. Often times, I would eat