Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
The Indianapolis Mini-Marathon (13.1!)
Last Friday I was getting ready to head to Indiana to visit my family for the weekend when my sister asked me if I wanted a bib for the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon on Saturday. That's a half-marathon for those that don't know.Well, you know me, I'm never one to turn...
Run For Your Life
Yesterday, it was beautiful beautiful beautiful. I actually was dying to run home from work. I had fresh legs and 8 miles from door to door. It was perfect and luckily, I came prepared.It was kind of a weird run -- sporadic in speed and not nearly as fast as I felt --...
CHALLENGE: Will You #MakeItHappen in May With Me?
I'm not saying you will look like this after my challenge. But I'm not saying you won't. It the craziness of all my travel and work and wedding planning, I completely forgot about the AWESOME challenge I am hosting for the month of May!Since I'm just posting this...
Nike Women’s Half-Marathon: Celebrating With Friends!
As I made my way from the gym to my apartment on Sunday, I checked my phone and got a really fun Facebook notification. My friend Keyani had completed her FIRST half-marathon in 2:38 and had tagged all the friends that gave her support not to give up along the way.It...
The Perks of Being in Florida
Becky, Julie, Barbie, Me (Do we look alike?!)So...I went to Orlando this past weekend -- and it was awesome! Weather was perfect everyday -- though I was mostly shivering inside the hotel working our conference.Just looking at the sunshine and knowing it was there for...
The Sweet Life Turns 2: Top 5 Of ALL TIME!
This day two years ago, I started The Sweet Life!It began as a hobby for me to talk about what I like to do, my favorite things and simply as an outlet for my voice without another appropriate place to go.I never knew it would become a place people would come back to...