You know how every year a ton of people make New Year's Resolutions to get in shape, lose weight, etc. etc. And those resolutions last approximately 2.5 seconds before people get distracted with their real lives? One of the big efforts the FitFluential team is working on is to encourage fitness … [Read more...]
Hot Chocolate 15K
Tomorrow morning I'm running the Hot Chocolate 15K! It's my last race of 2011 and I'm hoping to end the race season on a high note. I have no intention of running this race for time mainly because there are 20,000 people running it and the course is really narrow at parts. That means there's … [Read more...]
Run Girl Run: A Walk With My Dad
In continuing with the "not in the mood to run" phase of my off-season, I spent my last day in Allentown going on a nice long walk with my Dad. I'm not a big walker, because I always feel like if I'm going to be outside in running shoes, I should be running, but last Sunday, a walk seemed like the … [Read more...]
Run Girl Run: My First Triathlon!
Yesterday I signed up for my very first triathlon! The TriRock Annapolis sprint tri. Ahhhh!!!!! I am so nervous and excited, but mostly just nervous. See, I've got the whole running thing down, and I'm actually not a terrible swimmer, but that whole biking thing? Yea I'm terrified. There are so … [Read more...]
Switching It Up, Keeping It Fresh: Adding Swimming to the Training Routine
That has been my motto when it's come to workouts lately. Ever since the half marathon in Philly, I've wanted to be active, but running is the absolute last thing I've wanted to do. You'd think my running shoes had the plague or something, that's the kind of distance I've been keeping. Luckily, … [Read more...]
Run Girl Run: NYC & Priscella Queen of the Desert
It has been so nice being home in PA for more than week. I'm kind of sad to head back to D.C. today, but I did get to do a little bit of everything on this trip home: spend time with family, catch up with high school friends and take a nice day trip to NYC. Me and my mom in Bryant Park My mom … [Read more...]
How To Get Over a Bad Race
I'm still bummed about my less-than-stellar race performance on Sunday, but I'm trying not to dwell on it. Instead I'm distracting myself with other things. Retail Therapy: My mom and I hit the outlets to do some shopping yesterday. This served two purposes. First, it got us out of the house and … [Read more...]
Reflecting on a Fun and Exciting Weekend at the Philadelphia Half Marathon
I put off writing this blog post all day yesterday, thinking by this morning I would have a better idea of what to say about yesterday's race. Some friends and family who ran the race But I've still got nothing. I didn't have a ton of fun (mainly because I was in pain the whole time). I didn't … [Read more...]
Philadelphia Half Marathon Goals
The race is officially three days away and I really can't wait for it to get here. For the most part, my training has gone really well and I feel prepared for this race. I'm antsy to get out there and see what I can do. Philly last year But as far as goals for this race, I'm having a hard time … [Read more...]
You Run Better Than Metro
Marine Corp Marathon weekend is hands down one of my favorite weekends to be in D.C. The energy surrounding the race is amazing and there's no place I'd rather be the last Sunday in October than cheering on friends. Megan drove down to my house so we could hop on the metro bright and early to get … [Read more...]