September’s Ultimate Coffee Date

It's the first Saturday of the month which means it's time again for the Ultimate Coffee Date!  So grab your favorite morning beverage and let's catch up for a bit! If we were having coffee together, I'd tell you that I just finished a nine mile … [Continue reading]

Friday Five – Race Day Prep

It's Friday again already and I'm linking up with Courtney, Mar & Cynthia (aka the DC Trifecta) for this week's Friday Five! This week's theme is "Race Day Rituals." I really have any special rituals for race morning -  but I do have some key … [Continue reading]

Training Week 6: Remembering Why

Happy September! Hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend! I'm getting ready to head out for this morning's run and week 7 of my Philly Half training. I'm looking forward to a fresh start and to put last week's runs far behind me. Week 6 was … [Continue reading]

Friday Five: Fall Preview

I cannot believe this is the last Friday of the month - and with school starting for my boys next week, it's really the last Friday of the summer! While it has been a wonderful summer - I am a Fall girl and love that my favorite time of the year is … [Continue reading]

Week 5 – Hills and a Headache

Week 5 on the road to Philly is in the books and it was a challenging week for sure - thanks in large part to a migraine that hung out for a few days.  Monday: Hello migraine! Hip strengthening and core work. Tuesday: A hilly 5 … [Continue reading]

Friday Five: Running Unplugged

I'm joining Courtney, Mar and Cynthia again for the Friday Five, and this week's theme is "5 Things I Love about...." So I want to highlight some benefits of running tech-free - aka running "naked."  During  the past coupe of weeks I have been … [Continue reading]

Training Update & Nuun Winner

Week 4 of my Philadelphia Half training is done! Here's a quick recap: Monday:   3 miles with negative split Tuesday:   Spent a fun day with my mom - lots of walking Wednesday:  Pilates Barre Thursday:   5.75 miles - tough run! My legs … [Continue reading]

Friday Five: Things that Make Me Smile

Linking up with Courtney, Mar and Cynthia again today.  This week is theme-free so I just thought I'd share a few things that made me smile this week.  The Weather -- Most mornings this week have looked like this! Perfect running weather...and … [Continue reading]

Nuun Energy Review & Giveaway

This post and giveaway are sponsored by Nuun. As always, all opinions expressed here are my own. Since I started my half marathon training plan, I've also started testing out different options for fueling my runs. In the past, a big area where … [Continue reading]

Training Check-in Week 3

  Well thank goodness for Week 3! After a less than stellar Week 2, it was nice to get back on track! There were 19 miles on my plan and I finished with 16 miles - I'll take it! So here's how the week played out: Monday:   … [Continue reading]