Ericka's Blog

Reflections and conversations on life

Runner’s World Weekend: Running All the Miles

Don't forget to check out the first part of the weekend here:Runner's World Weekend Part IRunner's World Weekend Part IILots of fun photos to see on Instagram as well!See my tweets here or check out #RWHalf on Twitter too!After all the other details, what about the...

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Runner’s World Half-Marathon Festival Day #2

The Runner's World Half-Marathon Festival Day #2 was equally exciting as Day #1. We were up early for a shake out run with Bart Yasso himself. The guy is everywhere -- and so down to earth and nice! The weather was perfectly chilly and the scenery around this area is...

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Runner’s World Half-Marathon Festival Weekend Day #1

Theodora, Me, Janae, Heather, Katy (stole this pic from Janae!)I've been having a great time here in Bethlaham, Pennsylvania at the Runner's World Half-Marathon Festival. I cannot tell how you special and welcome the entire staff of RW has made us bloggers feel.To be...

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Frustrated Venting & Exciting Weekend

Can I vent for a second? First of all, so sick of my back hurting. Second of all, I'm more and more seeing why I love CrossFit so much. I'm sorry to get off on a CF kick but it's true! Now that I am limited to the apartment gym's treadmill, bike and elliptical, I...

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Baked Rigatoni Recipe: Cheesy Basil Pesto Sausage

*This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Hillshire Farm but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #buy3get3  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcOIf you are like me, making an easy dinner is the only way to go. As much as I...

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Richmond Marathon: Training Update

After 13.1 miles on SundayWell..."training" isn't exactly as it sounds. Since this whole stupid back issue, I've dwindled. Running doesn't really hurt my back but the chiropractor encourages decreased running. So I've been running...a little.I am still planning to run...

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