In an effort to impress Santa and keep on my fitness goals, I committed myself to staying on track and working out today despite the holiday and the cold. I knew I was going to lift but I love interval training and felt like mine was getting a little stagnant when I did it on…
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Look Who’s Talking! Some experts weigh in!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead Heading into 2011 I’m going to have some of my fantastic friends and experts weigh in on things you can do to ensure that 2011 is your best year yet!…
Taylor’s Flocks of Chicks and a December BBQ!
I have two daughters – Taylor is 8 and Caitlyn is 3. Taylor gets an allowance every week and she has to set aside a certain percentage to “donate”. That amount is donated at the end of the year to TWO charities that she gets to research and choose. She has to choose one local…
My Chemical Romance – "Na Na Na" (Official Music Video)
There will be Mud Mafia racers at the Living History Farms 7 mile off road race in Des Moines on Saturday morning. For you Family runners who are racing this weekend… take our well-wishes with you and REPRESENT both on and off the course. (You know I’m talking about the after party here).Remember the four…
Eating Clean Basics
Want to know the hard truth? 80% of the health equation is what you put in your mouth. 80%! 10% is genetics and 10% exercise. (Tosca Reno) That’s shocking! To put it in perspective, I recently ran about nine miles burning roughly 900 calories… It was an investment of an hour of my day and I could have more than…
Cold Running Gear
2010 Beer and Bagel Run So I am TOTALLY going to geek out right now! I recently got some Brooks Utopia racing pants… they are amazing! I ran in them for the beer and bagel run and I even went out in the snow today to play with my kids in them since I didn’t have snow pants!…
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive…
Random Awesomeness…
There are two things I adore: random and using the word “awesome”. I recently found an awesome website that has both! 1000 Awesome Things is a site that updates each day with a new something that’s awesome. It was launched June, 2008 and counting down a new awesome thing every weekday. Current number is #385. While reading…
November 2, 2010 Nutrition and Training
Tuesday was yet another day of prepping for Sunday’s race. I ran three miles at 8:00 min/mile pace to give my legs a good stretch but not overdoing it. I ran a really great, flat, route out to Anchor Inn and back with a good friend from work. I usually run alone, but it’s nice…
Monday, November 1st Nutrition and Training
I am such a bad blogger this week! I have been so busy! My training Monday is in preparation for an off-road four mile race Sunday so I ran 3 miles total. One mile warm-up 1.5 miles at my desired race pace of 6:50 min/mile and then .5 miles to cool down, which I ran…
Leaving a Path 