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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Saturday is Caleb’s Crusade training day, and yesterday was no different. We had an *easy 6 mile run planned. (*I don’t consider ANY run to be easy, let alone a 6 mile run. I only labeled it that way because 6 miles compared to the 9.3 I ran last week seems like it SHOULD be [...]
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Today marks the beginning of Childhood Cancer Awareness month. As such, I was trying to think of a way that I could raise money for Caleb’s Crusade and also offer something in return. Well, something you may not know about me is that I have a ton of ribbon. Seriously. I know it’s weird, but [...]
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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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Weekly Goals Update: Run at least 10 miles this week. Success! I ran 10.2 miles this week! Ride my bike at least once this week. Couldn’t ride this week due to my tire. I need a new tube and wasn’t able to get one yet. Not drink ANY soda. Success! I’m on day 291 of [...]
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This post is long overdue. And it’s going to be a long one. It’s no secret that I struggled pretty bad last month. Thankfully, I’m making strides now to “come back” and re-lose what I gained. I’m getting my mojo back and I sure don’t want to lose it again…so that’s where this post comes [...]
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I weighed this morning at 200.5 lbs which is a .5 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far back to 55.5 pounds. Blogging has become an almost impossible task with not having internet access at home combined with just being incredibly busy lately. Things are going well for me [...]
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