If you follow my Instagram or Facebook page, you already know I had an unwelcome peanut gallery at the gym the other day. Just starting week 4 of my focus on strength in the running off-season, I went about my business with the squat rack and had just finished up a failed attempt at unassisted [Read More]
5 Christmas Miracles
1. We are snowless and mild here. Payback for last year’s polar vortex, I think. It’s not pretty by any means, but running outside at the end of December without a jacket or black ice? Priceless! 2. I got two (count em, 2!) unassisted pullups on Christmas Eve. There was almost a third but I [Read More]
Running and Lifting and Rocking, Oh My!
I’m linking up with Katie for Marvelous in My Monday! Is it winter break where you are? It is here and I have to say it’s pretty divine. The dogs got me up but not after sleeping a whole extra hour. I’m hoping the kids will stay down for awhile longer. Love me some morning [Read More]
Runfessions
Can you believe it’s time for one last installment of Runfessions for 2014? I’m including some “gymfessions’ here too because I’m all about strength training now that it’s my running ‘off-season’. Let’s begin, shall we? Feel free to join me: 1. Holiday shopping is not going well. I still don’t know what I’m getting my [Read More]
Currently: Birthday Edition
Books: Way too frazzled with holiday stuff to be reading much of anything. Running Path: It’s been so windy and raw here, I’ve been taking to the trails for refuge. I think this pic was taken on the one sunny day we’ve had here this month so far. Non-Running Workout: I’m all about the free weights. After [Read More]
5 Ways to Stay Fit Over the Holidays
I was SO happy to finally see the scale move in the right direction and continue, even after the New York City Marathon. I felt like the 21 day detox jump started me and I peeled off 6 lbs. I’m 5’2″ so 6 lbs. is a decent start in my book. Then Thanksgiving came. No, [Read More]
So I Thought I Could Swim
I threw it out there the other day that 2015 would be the year of the tri for me. Well “a” tri. We’re not talking anything huge, just a tiny little sprint. When Espirit de She contacted me to be an Ambassador again this year, I figured, why not take the plunge…literally….and do the tri [Read More]
Got a Dog? Purina Pro Plan Sweepstakes and Photo Contest
I am a self-professed dog lover. We always had a family dog or two growing up and now that I have a family of my own, of course dogs are part of it. Remy and Carlo were our first babies. We got them immediately after moving from Europe back to the states in 2000. The [Read More]
My Year of Running
I’m linking up twice today: With Amanda for My Year of Running… …and for Tuesdays on the Run, where the topic is race bling. 2014 was a good running year for me. Not because I set new PRs (I did not) but because I let go of the pace monkey and ran for the joy of [Read More]
Finding #BetterBalance with Phenoh 7.4
One of the most important aspects of endurance sports is hydration. Replacing the fluid and electrolytes we lose from exertion is key. If you remember, I kind of blew it at NYCM last month because I had no idea the extreme wind would be so dehydrating until it was too late. When I was given [Read More]
