A few weeks ago I announced that I registered for my first bike race, the 2011 Ride for the Red which benefits the American Red Cross. I signed up for the 15.5 mile ride and had just three weeks to train for it. THREE weeks to go from riding ZERO miles to 15.5. Was I [...]
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What started as an ordinary night at the gym, turned into a night that would forever change me. It was a year ago today that I ran for the first time. I put all my fears and doubts aside, stepped outside of my comfort zone and just ran. To be honest, it was more of [...]
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You’re probably thinking how in the world I can recap a race given my stress fracture and all. Since I was already registered for the FISH 10K before my injury, I decided that I would go anyway and volunteer. This was my first experience volunteering at a race and let me say that I have [...]
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Bad News: It’s official; I have a stress fracture in my foot. Good News: It’s not a bad one and it’s already started to show signs of healing. Bad News: I can’t run for 4-6 weeks, Good News: I can still do upper body exercises and after 10-14 days I can bike. Bad News: This [...]
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It’s time for my Hot 100 update. The Hot 100 began on September 23 which is exactly 100 days away from the end of the year. It’s a way to set goals and remain focused on them to end the year with a bang. Here were my goals for this week: 1. Run 15 miles [...]
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I’ve been attempting to write this post for a couple of weeks now, yet here I sit, the day of my year anniversary and I’m still unsure of what to say. I could talk about goals achieved and milestones reached. I could tell you about the races I’ve finished. I could point you to charts [...]
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Catch up time. There are a few things I’ve been needing to share here and haven’t yet, so here goes the laundry list of everything including the kitchen sink. MIRACLE MILES 15K I know at first it might seem like that’s a typo and that maybe I really meant to type “5K”, but it’s for [...]
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So far I am loving this new challenge I joined called Drop Dead Gorgeous by December! You can join anytime, so if this is something you want to be involved in, Contact Jess to join the movement! The basic rules are to have fun, weighing in is optional, and everyone’s a winner. Every week we [...]
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Yep, I’m *officially* registered for the Disney Half-Marathon as of today. I can’t even tell you how exhilarating it was to click the submit button! There’s definitely no turning back now. Not that I intended to turn back at all, but it’s like all official now and stuff. I’m running to support Caleb’s Crusade, so [...]
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Have you ever had one of those weeks where you felt like you’ve earned every single ounce of weight that you lost? That’s me this week: I weighed in this morning at 202.9 lbs which is a 1.0 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 53.1 pounds. It’s [...]
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