Last year was the year of running for me. In 2012 I did nine total races: 4 half-marathons, 2 10Ks, 2 5Ks, and an 8K. I PR’d in all of those distances, ran with a ton of friends, and had a blast doing so. This year, however, I had just one goal: to run a … Continue reading »
Phew! These last two weeks have just flown by. I honestly didn’t even realize that I hadn’t written a blog post in almost two weeks until I posted about the Jillian Michaels Tour on Friday. The good news is that it’s a wonderfully happy event that took up my time. My very bestest friend, Kelly, got … Continue reading »
Last weekend, I got the chance to totally geek out and attend Jillian Michaels’ Maximize Your Life Tour. As an avid listener of her podcast, recent watcher of Biggest Loser, reader of her books, and do-er of her DVDs, you could call me a bit of a Jillian junkie. She began talking about her tour … Continue reading »
One thing I love about being a teacher is the summers off (duh). Not only because I don’t have to work (yeah, it’s pretty freaking sweet), but because I get the chance to play with my workout routine. From August to May, it’s pretty much the same kind of stuff–an hour or so a day, … Continue reading »
The past few days have been so much fun. After four months of marathon training, then taking an easy week of recovery, I’ve been back at the gym. I decided to break out some old workouts that I used when I first started interval training regularly–they’re oldie but goodies from my favorite personal trainer, Lucy, and … Continue reading »
Hi all! I’m in a Pollyanna sort of mood today, which is odd considering the weather has been so nasty all weekend. As a matter of fact, I was feeling so upbeat and positive that this morning, as I was doing my hair, I impulsively decided to whip out my scissors and cut myself some bangs. … Continue reading »
Alright, so you know that May Clean Eating Challenge I was so excited about earlier this week? Yeah, it’s not happening. I’m proud to say I lasted exactly zero days. By Wednesday afternoon, I was thinking these thoughts: “Why do I always feel the need to put so much pressure on myself?” “My eating habits … Continue reading »
A couple of weeks ago, Chelsea from Chelsea Eats Treats nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award. It made my day, because Chelsea’s blog is one of my favorites to read–I love making connections with people in the blogosphere.So, as a nominee of the award, I’m supposed to tell you seven random things about myself. … Continue reading »
So, one benefit of training for a marathon is that you burn a ton of calories. Some days, in fact, you literally burn close to a ton of calories. Here’s a MyFitnessPal-created report of the calories I burned in the last 90 days of my training: The nice thing about burning allllllll those calories is that … Continue reading »
It happened! I did it! I’m done! I am now a marathoner! Photo story time: We went out to dinner that night with a good friend who lives in Tulsa. He made the drive over to OKC, where we had dinner (again in Bricktown) and drinks. Well, the boys had drinks. I chose to … Continue reading »
