Memories are a funny thing. There are lots of good memories and many not so good ones. I wrote a fairly long Instagram post yesterday connected to my Top 9 posts on Instagram this year. It's funny to look back on what you all like the most versus what I remember the most from this … Continue reading Memories
Friends, family, co-workers, everyone! Join me this summer for the inaugural MCW Cancer Crush. Cancer Crush is a summer-long run/walk/bike challenge to get active and raise money to fuel lifesaving cancer research at the Medical College of Wisconsin in partnership with Froedtert Hospital. I see this as a great way to give back to the Cancer Center … Continue reading Run with Renee for MCW Cancer Crush
Goals and thoughts. So many thoughts. One goal: run and finish my 24th half marathon. (Yes, I went back and counted.) I have mentally gotten myself to a place where I am okay with the fact that this will be my slowest half ever. It is what it is. I have had a million thoughts … Continue reading Door County Half Marathon: Thoughts and Goal
Trust in my body. Trust in my body's ability to do all kinds of things. This has really been one of the hardest things for me and I think I finally figured it out. I was in one of my favorite yoga classes on Sunday and our instructor told us to choose an intention as … Continue reading Trust
I'm trying really hard to not be someone who posts about every run or workout they do because that's f-ing obnoxious and I don't want to be that person. But I am SO excited about every run. I still can't really believe that I am doing this again. I can't believe my body is letting … Continue reading Running in Circles
I went to yoga last night. It was a Yin class. Yin yoga is more passive and slow-paced and exactly what I needed. I really thought I wouldn't be able to do much, but really I was able to do almost everything. My body remembers yoga! I want to take a minute to give a … Continue reading Resilience of the Human Body
I'm here to bitch about the heat. Apparently, I have a half marathon in three weeks. I'm not even sure how to summarize my training. I've been running. I have the distance. I've been working with my trainer and am definitely stronger. I've been going to yoga. I think about doing speedwork. I guess you … Continue reading Summer Running
