Currently: Running Addition
Running is such a dynamic sport and I think that is why I love it. I mean, in the matter of months I can go from running 20 miles on the weekend to barely cranking out a couple miles on a given Saturday to then …
Enjoying Life one RUN at a Time
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Pancakes for Breakfast, Running and Soccer Games (Weekend Recap)
Good morning friends and welcome back to another Monday. I knew it was a Monday this morning, when I poured my fresh coffee into a cup of leftover coffee. Hello and welcome to the week, haha. Although I would love another day to add to …
Why Slow Running is Actually Good for You
Slow running is actually good for me? What? I know, I know, too often as runners, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking, ‘we must run every single run all out to be real runners,’ or ‘We must do speed work at …
What Training for a Marathon with a Toddler Looks Like
This marathon training cycle took me through a lot of phases in my sons life. I started training in April, when he was only five months old. I ran the marathon only sixteen days after he turned 1 year old. Running through so much of …
You are Worth More than the Number on the Scale
Body image. I am just going to come out and say it, being a woman, in today’s culture is hard. Really hard. It seems like everywhere I (we) go, there are countless, hundreds of images begging for our attention. Hundreds of expectations and lies claiming …
Fall Weekends are the Best Weekends
And here we are, back to Monday. You know those weekends that are a whole lot of good old fashioned, nothing? Aside from a couple quick fun trips, that is exactly what this weekend was like. Not a lot of structured fun, but lots of …
Goals for Fall Running 2017 and A Few Scenes from Yesterday
Hello there friends and happy Tuesday! I thought I would start today off with a few scenes from our Monday and then dive into the ‘meat’ of today’s post with my fall running goals. Sound good? Good. Benaiah’s new favorite toy is our new, blender’s …
Running + Coffee + Fall Activities (Weekend Recap)
Hey there friends and happy Monday morning. I hope your Monday is off to a great start and you are popping onto the blog today feeling refreshed, post-weekend. Even though are weekend seemed to pass by much too quickly, it was a refreshing and relaxing …
What Training and Running a Marathon Taught Me about Running and Myself
It’s already been just shy of a week and a half since my first, full marathon and I am still riding those endorphins. Maybe since it’s 26.2 miles, the endorphins last for 26.2 days? Just a guess… 😉 As I was thinking about my marathon …
So Now What…? Plus Life Happenings
I am pretty sure post-marathon blues are a thing. Because I am having a weird mixture of feelings post-race. I feel excited and happy it’s over, that I did it without dying and with a decent time, while sad that I don’t get to do …