Can you believe it’s April already?!? Well, I figured since the point of my writing this blog is to document my journey to “GROW” and work towards some goals I set for myself it would be a good idea to give my “2012 Goals and Growth” list a 3 month check up! On New Year’s Day I … Continue reading
NEW YORK 13.1 – RACE RECAP
This past weekend I ran the New York 13.1 – my second half marathon and my first NON-Disney race! I know myself well enough to know that to keep up with running I need to keep a race on my calendar every few months, so awhile back I found this half marathon and decided it … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
Meet my new deskmate – Little Stanley! RECAP (3/12-18) Monday – 30 minutes elliptical Tuesday – long work day Wednesday – 3 mile run Thursday – long work day Friday – none Saturday – 90 minute yoga class Sunday – 3 mile run Overall – Happy considering how many games I had to work this week. … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
Hopefully once this crazy stretch at work is over I’ll have time to get back to writing some actual posts -for now it’s just the training logs (which are really just for my own tracking purposes!)… RECAP (3/5-3/11) Monday – long work day Tuesday – none Wednesday – long work day Thursday – AM: 3.5 … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
TWO WEEKS WORTH… RECAP (2/13-2/19) Monday – 60 minutes elliptical Tuesday – 60 minutes elliptical Wednesday – long work day Thursday – 60 minute run/ walk Friday – 30 minutes elliptical Saturday – long work day Sunday – 3 mile run RECAP (2/20-3/4) Monday – long work day Tuesday – long work day Wednesday – … Continue reading
GETTING BACK ON TRACK
So, as you may have noticed I have been somewhat “speechless” since the Walt Disney World Marathon in January – yes, there have been a few sporadic posts here and there (other than my training recaps which are really just for my purposes), but they’ve all felt some what forced. There are a few reasons … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
RECAP (2/13-2/19) Monday – none Tuesday – 2 mile run and 60 minutes elliptical Wednesday – none Thursday – long day at work Friday – long day at work Saturday – 8 mile run, 2.5 mile walk and 30 minutes elliptical Sunday – long day at work Overall – definitely not as many workouts as … Continue reading
FINDING A NEW RUNNING ROUTE
When I first started running I didn’t know where to run or how to find routes that were the right distance. After some easy internet searching I found a few really good websites to help me plan my long runs during training. The USA Track & Field website allows you to put in your city, state and … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
RECAP (2/6-2/12) Monday – 3 mile run Tuesday – 45 minutes elliptical Wednesday – 30 minutes elliptical Thursday – long work day Friday – long work day Saturday – 3.5 mile run and 45 minutes elliptical Sunday – 30 minute elliptical Overall – workouts 5 out of 7 days isn’t too bad for me! I … Continue reading
FAVORITE THINGS FRIDAY – FITBIT
One of my new favorite fitness gadgets is my Fitbit: Fitbit is basically a pedometer that tracks steps, mileage, stairs climbed and calories burned and uploads it to your (free!) personal Fitbit dashboard. Your dashboard shows you your real time activity data so you can not only see how active you were during the day, … Continue reading
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