fitness
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Finding New Running Routes
Today, I am linking up with Sara from Lake Shore Runner for Tried It Tuesday. As I am training for the Richmond Marathon in November, I have come across the need to change up my running routes. I am a creature of habit–once I find a route, I stick with the same route forever. However, with snake sightings on one of my routes (literally I have seen 2–and that is enough to call it quits!) and no shade on my other go-to route I need a change! I downloaded MapMyRun a couple months back to keep in touch with my family members who run. It is such a fun app…
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Tried it Tuesday: Online Barre, Public Library Online and Chia Seeds
Good morning! Today I am linking up with Lake Shore Runner for Tried It Tuesday. As I am about the most indecisive person in the world, instead of choosing one thing to talk about I picked three (completely different things!). The top three new things I tried this week: 1. Online Barre I really wanted to take a barre class as I had such a great experience last week. However, the studio that I went to does not offer barre classes on Mondays, so I decided to look up online barre classes. Sure enough I came across a bunch of different online videos. I followed one that I found on…
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Getting My Groove Back: First Barre Class
Good morning!! After yesterdays post, I realized that I needed to stop whining, put on my big girl panties and just do it! I find that reading other blogs really motivates me to get out and run/exercise even when I do not feel like it and I thank you for your lovely comments they really helped energize me! This morning, I stepped out of my comfort zone and took a barre class. I have always been intrigued by barre classes, but have been either too intimidated or cheap (or both) to actually take one. This morning was the perfect time to test it out, as I am still not ecstatic…
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100 Degree Run
Weatherman says that it is going to be another hot one. I have a feeling that this summer is going to be exceptionally HOT. I am not complaining because I love the heat so much more than the cold–but our AC isn’t working properly downstairs making it consistently hot, hot, hot in my household! Yesterday, I had every intention of going for a run in the morning but that run turned into a midday run. Whoopies! Since I got a later start, I decided to go on my shady 5 mile route that I run with Scout (it was too hot to take my furry friend). I was a little…
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Baltimore 10 Miler Review
Good morning! I have been MIA because I have been traveling up and down the east coast. My sister, BIL and nephew just moved to a new city and new home. I told my sister as a house warming gift that I would help her paint the living room dubbed as the “red room of pain.” So I decided to make a trip of it and travel up to Maryland for a long weekend (with Scout in tow of course!). As I was thinking about the need to motivate myself to run, I looked up races in the area for the weekend. The Baltimore 10 miler was scheduled for the…
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How To Get Motivated To Run
I have been in serious need of running motivation. While I enjoy running everyday (well mosts days), I find myself lacking the motivation that comes when training for a race. When training for a race, I am so much more motivated to get out and go and push my body to its limits. Recently, I have been averaging around a 9-10 minute mile which is slower than my usual 8 minute pace. While it feels good to listen to my body, I feel the need to push a little bit harder than I have been. This afternoon, I decided that enough was enough and I am getting back in training/race…
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9 Round Review and Thursday Night Date Night
Happy Friday (of a loong weekend)! Can you believe it is already memorial day weekend?! It was hard waking up this morning as I was still sore from my 9 Round workout on Wednesday. I feel like a total lazy, out of shape loser right now–but cannot help it. A couple months ago, Drew/my credit card has compromised and fraudulently charged (I found out about it when I was trying to pay for lunch with a friend that I hadn’t seen in YEARS and my credit card was declined 3 times–talk about embarrassing!!). My gym membership was on autodraft (I called all of our bill providers with autopay to inform…
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What is the best protein bar? and 90 degree Run
Wow it has definitely heated up in Greenville. Yesterday, I went for a HOT 6 mile run. I take full responsibility for my bad timing, but a girl can still complain a little ;). I wasn’t able to go for a run until around 2:30 yesterday aka the heat of the day. It was a little sluggish, but overall I had a pretty good run. I wanted to add an additional 2.5, but since I forgot money (to buy water at CVS–I hate running with water bottles) I opted out and just did my normal 6. Following my run, I ventured to Trader Joe’s to pick up some protein bars…
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Girls on the Run Coaches Dinner, Strawberry Pie and Charleston Run
Hello from Charleston! Drew and I woke up super early this morning and made our way down to Charleston. We are celebrating my mother-in-law’s birthday in Edisto this weekend and came down early so that Drew could work in Charleston (he travels to Charleston a couple times a month for work). My sister-in-law, Meredith, and I are going down to the beach house later this afternoon and Drew will meet up with us a little bit later. After Drew dropped me off, Meredith and I ventured to pick up some last minute items from Trader Joe’s–which lets be honest I went in needing to get lettuce and walked out with…
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Morning Walks, Afternoon Jogs and Dining Room Decorating
Good morning! In my opinion, there is nothing better than waking up and going on a walk with your dog and a cup of coffee. I started walking with Scout in the morning when we first moved to Greenville. Our neighborhood is not very big–but going from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac totals about a mile. Our walks turned into runs and now have ventured back into walks. I am not a big cold weather girl, so waking up and going for a run in the cold weather is not for me. But the warmer weather and not wearing 500 layers means that I maybe starting back my morning runs instead of…
