Birthday Love and Crossfit Crazy

No, I am NOT 23 🙂 Aww wasn’t that nice of my husband to switch up the birthday candles for me? 🙂 Ha ha. I’m actually not thrilled to reveal my age here — not that it’s a big secret but being 32 just doesn’t sound right. However, after...

Altra Zero Drop Running Shoes

Having this partnership with Runner’s World for the Runner’s World Half-Marathon sure has it’s perks. One of them is that I often get to try out a new kind of shoes that might never have come across my radar screen — the Altra Zero Drop...

Friday Favorites & Legally Changing My Name

Hello everyone! It’s a beautiful Friday and I’m looking forward to the weekend. This morning I went to the social security office to get my new last name (finally!). I have several more steps to go and have obviously been putting this off  but I guess...

Book Review: Running on Empty

The GoodI’ll start by saying that I admire Marshall Ulrich’s determination to finish his journey to run across the United States in record time (masters, not worldwide.) I can’t imagine the kind of endurance and grit and takes to get through this...

Will Your Future Self Thank You?

This morning I did something silly — I went to Crossfit and did heavy strict presses. In the end, this did not work out well for me.My future self said “thanks a lot” but only very sarcastically. So I’m a novice dealing with injury. Does this...

Running Again (!!) & Weekend Review

And guess what? I got to to start my day with running today! After 9 days of no running — in attempt to heal my back — things felt great this morning. It felt good yesterday and though I felt a tiny little twinge during my run today, it seems like we are...