I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Mine was filled with hanging with the BF (sans his work phone…hooray!) watching him shoot at flying orange targets and being fried to a crisp in the process. Seriously, those sunburns catch you by surprise! At least they do me…one minute I’m shivering from the chill of…
Health + Fitness
10 Moves for a Strong Lower Back
Lower back pain can be caused by many things, but there are exercises and stretches that can help alleviate that pain!
{Monday Moves #2}: That Time I Got Attacked by a Bird {#MIMM}
Hello Friends! Just checking in with you lovely folks to share my moves from last week! And a little story. As usual, I was pretty far from the planned workouts. This is partly because my back was hurting so I switched to some back strengthening moves and stretches I learned when I hurt my back…
Monday Moves: Accountability
Hello Friends! So it’s been about a month since my half-marathon. With that half-marathon there was a training plan set up by Hal Higdon. Although I barely stuck to my mileage, strength training or cross-training, it was nice to have a plan laid out before me so that I would have some idea of what…
Should Your Workout Leave You Sore for DAYS?
Should your workout leave you sore for days?? How sore is too sore? Let’s discuss a recent experience I had in a group fitness class.
13.1 Tips for Your First Half-Marathon
Hello Friends! I’ve been really struggling with how to recap this run. I felt a mixture of pride, surprise and gratefulness upon crossing the finishing line. I was astonished at how well I did for my first race and really don’t think I even deserve to have done as well as I did with…
{MIMM #17} Whirlwind
Hello Friends! Not only did I survive this crazy busy weekend…I survived running 13.1 miles in the chilly 40 degree weather. Yes, it is May, but it felt more like a frigid February. That’s the midwest for ya though! For example, last Sunday I ran 10 miles in 70 degree weather and got a little…
Runners can Conquer
My thoughts and prayers are going out to everyone in Boston as well as runners everywhere! I haven’t quite processed this yet, but I know that as a runner it will be challenging to run the next race with the terrifying images and thoughts from the Boston Marathon yesterday. We can’t let the terror beat…
{Fitness Friday #6} Fueling for a Long Run
Hello Friends! I don’t think I need to tell you how proud I am that I accomplished this 9 mile run, by myself, on a treadmill. Seriously, I still wonder if it actually happened! Why?I never got sore! Not the next day, not two days later…here we are Friday, a whole FIVE days later and…
{MIMM #13} What DID I do in KC?
Happy Monday, Friends! MIMM or Marvelous in my Monday is all about positivity on a day that many of us dread….Mondays. I am so happy Katie started this link-up so we can get our weeks off on the right foot! Last week I got to hang out with Dave (the BF) over Spring Break in…
