Thankful Thursday

I'm a total product whore. Yup. I freely admit to buying ridiculous amounts of hair care junk, make-up, body lotions and washes, hair removal products, hair dye, perfumes, and any other items one would associate girly awesomeness with. Dudes, I know you're all like...

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B.o.B.’s New York trip

B.o.B.’s New York trip

I am officially back in Florida. I got in today around 2 and had to run a few errands and then unpack all my tourist junk. I had such a great trip to New York. Thank you Auntie Pam!On the running tip, I got in a run with the Brooklyn Road Runners in an awesome park...

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Big Apple should not equal big butt

Happy Tuesday friends! I've been trying to blog more frequently this week as I feel like I've been slacking. Not that you all care, but I do. I'm headed to New York on Thursday for the 2nd trip of the "Summer of B.o.B." I have an aunt of sorts (she's not really a...

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Pool Sweat

The tri training continues and yesterday I managed to get in a 1,000 meters at the pool. I wanted to run afterward but my buddy had us do such a tough workout that I was pooped. While I still love the pool, I hadn't actually done a "real" workout in quite...

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Stress and running

I love the track. I'm not sure I've mentioned that before. Ok, so maybe there was one little post about how I love it but seriously every time I hit the track I feel amazing afterward.During the last training cycle I did more tempo runs than actual speed work due to...

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Thankful Thursday

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you all are having better weeks than I am. Work is just really draining me right now and if it weren't for running I may go a little postal. That being said, this Thankful Thursday post is exactly what I need to put things into...

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An update of sorts

Well folks it's about that time again. It's time for me to complain about the heat. Holy hot long run Batman! Saturday's long run was a scorcher.P-Funk and I wound up in our usual cadence in the back of the group and found ourselves oddly quiet. There was an...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Aaack! I am so late on this post. I'm terribly busy at work this week and have been a bad, bad blogger. Shame on me.Anyway, I haven't missed a Thankful Thursday since it's inception and I certainly don't want to start. Lately, I've been plugging along at work and have...

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

It’s been 84 years since I’ve written on this website. Since more than five of you said on my social media that you would read a race recap, here we go. I will attempt brevity but I have SO much to say. Grab a beverage and settle in. PRE RACE Way back in January I saw...

2023: A Look Back

It's almost the new year, and I keep hearing people say how the year flew by. Well friends, this year did not fly by for me. I think I would have preferred that. For me, it was a year of rebuilding my fitness. It was a year of new challenges and learning to work with...

Top Ten Things That Have Helped My Mental Health During Injury

As some of you may know, I am an ambassador for Still I Run. Ironically enough, I got the news I was accepted to be an ambassador about a week before I hurt my back. The irony being that Still I Run is a cause that supports running to help with mental health, plus a...

Happy New Year!…and How to Work on Your Lower Back Pain

Happy New Year! I promised to write more, mostly to myself cause who the heck still reads this, and so here I am! I'm just shy of six weeks out from my initial back injury. I'm not sure if I call it an injury or lumbar disc disease? Either way it sucks. Here's what...

The Return of the Blog

I realize the last time I wrote an update here was February 2020. Yikes. I was all guns blazing heading into my bikini competition prep. But, we all know what happened the very next month. The C word: Covid. I tried so hard to stick with the training. Truly. I worked...

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