Happy New Year! Well, 2017 wasn’t my year for blogging. I really needed some mental rest and just drop some things for a while and the blog happened to be one of them. But things are turning around lately and I think I am ready to get back into the swing of things. So let’s […]
Wildwood 8K 2017
This weekend was yet another race! I just can’t seem to stop registering for them! Emily and I decided kind of last minute to register for this one and we are totally happy we did! We had a choice of 3 races: 5K (on Saturday), 8K, or half marathon (both on Sunday). We decided to […]
April Fool’s 7K 2017
Just a quick little race recap. I’ve written about this race before and not much has changed so I’ll skip some of the details. April Fool’s 7K 2012 April Fool’s 7K and Half Marathon 2015 It is run by the Atlantic City Race Series group that also organizes the Atlantic City Marathon that is in […]
Philly Hot Chocolate 15K 2017
Well, the month of March completely got away from me! I’m not making any blogging promises but here I am, trying again. Let’s just jump right in then, okay? RACE RECAP! This past Saturday was the Philadelphia Hot Chocolate 15K. I signed up because my friend Emily raved about it after running it multiple times. […]
Start of 2017 Race Training
I mentioned briefly in my last post that I was registered for two races this coming April, the Philly Hot Chocolate 15K and the Atlantic City April Fool’s Half Marathon. Today, I also put my name in the Broad Street Run lottery to try to do that race in May. It is a 10 Miler […]
New Race on the Calendar!
I might have gone a little insane yesterday. I signed up for the Atlantic City Marathon Neptune Challenge – Run the AC 10K on Saturday, October 22 and then the AC Half Marathon on Sunday October 23! I’ve done this kind of race before (AC April Fool’s Day Jester’s Challenge 2015). I had a much […]
Running Slowly Again
Today officially marks the start of my new journey into running! I’ve made a training schedule for the next 7 months, all leading up to the Philadelphia Rock’N’Roll Half Marathon September 18th. The schedule is very slow and gradual but I don’t want to rush anything. I decided to string together multiple race training plans […]
Rocking My Fitness Challenge
Good morning! Today marks the half way point in my 8 week fitness challenge with my Facebook Group! I’ve been doing pretty well with the challenge. My goal was to exercise 5 days per week: The yellow check marks are rest days (since I get 2 per week, any more than that got a red […]