Running & Remembering 9/11

What: 20-mile training runWhere: Washington, DCFuel: 2 mini-Cliff bars, 1 Espresso Love Gu, three honey wheat pretzels, 3 mini-water bottles of gatorade, 10 mini-bottles of water.Pre-run Dinner: 2 slices thick crusted sausage pizza, 1 small bowl of chocolate oreo ice...

A Grand, Old, Beautiful Time

This will be my last post about Charleston but I must write it. Normally, when I go on a trip, I never get to do everything I want to do. Not true on my trip this time! The only downer was some rain but I got enough sunshine to stay happy! This particular photos is...

Run: Dream a Little Dream

The BeginningI’ve been thinking about running. No surprise there but compelled to say something more about what it means to me. Let me start from the beginning.When I was a little girl, I loved gymnastics. I began taking lessons around the age of 9 and never...

Welcome to Kiawah Island!

Welcome to Kiawah Island — one of my favorite places on earth! For those of you that don’t know, I spent my first year out of college living in Charleston and working at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. It was a fun and exciting “freshman year” of...

Guest Post: Fav Books of the Year So Far!

Hi, I’m Heather!  I blog over at Happily Heather After, mostly about my daily life, healthy living/weight loss, my sweet dog Darcy, and best of all…books.  Ericka and I bonded over books at the Healthy Living Summit, so I was happy to oblige when she asked...