As taper week comes to an end and I begin to prep for Iron Girl Clearwater, I am also in the works to download some new tunes for my two and a half hour venture. I thought I would take a few minutes to review some of my “go-to” jams that are a must for my … More My Top Running Tunes
The time is here. I am just a few days away from my fourth half marathon! It’s crazy to think how much of a veteran runner and expert I feel in half marathons now. I’ve come a long way in this last year and I couldn’t be more happier with the results I’ve seen. I … More Final thoughts and race day goals for Iron Girl
Vacations don’t just have to be considered a time to just lay around and do nothing. Whether we realized it or not, we’ve all taken some kind of vacation getaway that included some type of fitness activity, like walking around a theme park. You may have even packed your active wear in hopes of getting … More The Ultimate Health and Fitness Getaway
Today I’m joining Erika from MCM Mama Runs, Patty from My No-Guilt Life, April from Run the Great Wide Somewhere and this week’s special guest host, Janelle from Run With No Regrets for the Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. This week’s topic is all about our Time Management While Race Training! I often find myself telling … More Time Management While Race Training
Ello! I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend filled with fun, family and friendship 🙂 I can’t believe race week is here! Only two more short distance runs stand in the way the race. This past week of training went really well and it should because it was the start of tapering. It was … More Iron Girl Training Recap: Week 5
I picked up this fun this running question survey from Kristen over at Runaway with Me. She recently moved to Alaska from Pennsylvania and it’s been fun to read her new adventures in running in Alaska. Be sure to stop by her page and show her some love. Without further ado: 1) Location: Trail, Road, … More My Running Preferences
Week four of training was essentially the last of my training before I start tapering. I had some good runs and a not so good run (you can read about it here.) Monday: 20 minute Fitness Fusion workout. This workout fuses the best of yoga, body sculpting and Pilates elements. It definitely worked my upper … More Iron Girl Training Recap: Week 4
As I head into my last long distance run this weekend before I start tapering, I can’t help but think of five things I am excited about for the Iron Girl event. First and foremost I am super excited to being running this event with two special people, Sam, one third of my best friends … More What I am looking forward to at Iron Girl
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog and weekly training logs, you know I’ve been having some very good running days. Just in the last 3-4 weeks I’ve earned my fastest mile twice and fastest 5K just about every week. Sadly my running streak of good running days came to end last night when … More The good running days and the bad running days.
Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a good Monday. We are another day closer to Friday so turn that frown upside down! I’m thinking of all my friends and fellow bloggers in the northeast and along the east coast still getting hit with the snow 😦 This week the Fit Dish is dishing out on … More Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Goat Cheese pizza.