A midwest girls pursuit of travel, fashion, food and martinis
Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. The weather was actually pretty decent. We went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see Guillermo del Toro: At Home With Monsters . It was awesome, I highly recommend checking it out especially if you love his movies. Anyway, on with Motivation Monday. Motivation is… Continue reading #motivationmonday
Happy Friday!! I am so over this week, work was crazy and my house is a disaster so I'm really looking forward to getting things back in order and relaxing. The high of my week was: Going for a run without any GI issues! Big win in my book, I even had Buffalo Wild Wings after and… Continue reading TGIF
Happy Monday everyone! This weekend didn't turn out how I was hoping weather wise (where was the sunshine?) but other than that it was good. Did get some patio drinking in which is what inspired today's post: how to stay motivated in the summer months. When the weather starts warming up and the days get… Continue reading #motivationmonday
Happy Friday!! I am so ready for this weekend, tomorrow the weather is supposed to be fantastic and I intend to take full advantage. Here's a recap of the week. The high of my week was: Getting through the week. Does that count? The people I support at work were in Asia the last week and… Continue reading TGIF
It's Friday and I'm headed to Iowa! Going to be a good weekend. The high of my week was: Surviving the week. There was a lot going on at work that had me stressed so I was beyond relieved to walk out the door Thursday and be done with it. The low of my week was: Nothing… Continue reading TGIF
Okay so confession time: After my stress fracture I basically fell off the fitness wagon. Which is so shameful to admit when prior to that unfortunate incident I was running 16+ miles (somewhat) easy peasy. Marathon training is grueling and there are a lot of things, for me at least, that I have to cut… Continue reading Fitness
I'm a pretty big fan of strength training. In fact I switched marathon training plans because I wanted one that incorporated more strength training. I love running but running 4-5 days a week is just too much for me. Plus by the time my "cross train" day came around I was too exhausted to even… Continue reading Nike Training Club
Guys, my 12 mile run Saturday was brutal. Honestly I didn't expect it to be that hard, it was only 12 miles which should have been relatively easy however the route I planned was....well soul crushing. The first half was great, went by quickly and I was feeling good. Then it all went downhill. Or… Continue reading #marathonmonday
Finally, it's Friday! Tomorrow I have my 12 mile run and it's going to be a tough one. I have hill run workouts scheduled in my training but because of where I live, every run is a hill run. No seriously you can ask my friend. The route I have planned for tomorrow has some… Continue reading TGIF
I'm just about halfway through marathon training and while I'm definitely not feeling burnout like I did the last time, it's slowly creeping in. I'm at the point where I have mild aches, soreness everyday. Also tired. Not in a, I didn't get enough sleep or eat well and I feel sluggish tired. Just...tired. I… Continue reading Halfway There
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