I can’t believe how quickly my vegetable garden is growing.  I leave for a few hours and when I return, the plants look at least 1/2″ taller.  It’s amazing! And speaking of growing, my cousin Jenna is growing up so fast!  She just turned 15, but I can still remember when she was born.  I [...]

Just like Miles, I got stuck in a rough situation. But unlike Miles, I wasn’t stuck hanging off of the side of the couch.  My rough situation occurred when I tried to go for a run this morning.  I headed out to destroy 3 miles.  And it almost got the best of me! I enjoyed [...]

First timer here! This morning I had a training session with Patty.  While answering her pre-training questions, I mentioned that I was curious about kettle bells.  I’d watched online How To Videos, but was too nervous to try a workout on my own.  Patty was a great teacher! My training session started with stretching.  Lots [...]

After being a drill sergeant and yelling at Jared this weekend, karma caught up to me.  My 1st day of marathon training was less than ideal.  Makes me wish I was a little nicer to Jared when he struggled during our run. I had a small bowl of cereal for breakfast and snacked on a [...]

As soon as we woke up yesterday morning, I ushered Jared out the door for some calisthenics.  I planned on running 2 miles but he petered out after 5 minutes of slow jogging.  We power walked back to Jared’s parents’ house, probably covering 1 mile total.  Then I got into training mode. We did jumping [...]

I decided to mix things up for breakfast yesterday.  mix1 sent some samples of their protein shakes so I figured I’d give it a shot. mix1 is an enhanced protein shake.  It’s reccomended as a post workout shake,  part of a meal, or a snack. Here are the stats: 15 grams of superior whey protein [...]

I’m enjoying my last days of freedom before Marathon Training. Doing anything and everything besides running cuz I’ll be doing a lot of it for the next 18 weeks.  Training hard from June 14 until race day on October 17.  I like running for fun and picking and choosing my distance, but preparing for my [...]

I tried a new flavor of Puffins this morning.  Jared bought a box of their Honey flavored cereal.  It was okkkk.  Not the same as my beloved peanut butter.  But it was pretty good with a spoonful of Barney Butter. After my mini-Clif bar mid-morning snack, I was ready for a filling lunch.  I ordered [...]

Saturday nights are going to be like a “school night” from now on.  I’ll be working on Sundays from 8 am-5pm.  And depending on the date, I might have to head to cheerleading practice after work. After spending the morning running and the afternoon drinking, I knew I had to make last night even more [...]

I don’t know what was more exciting: Running in Harpoon Brewery‘s 9th annual 5 mile race or wearing our team t-shirts for the world to see! I ate a Blueberry Raspberry Bran muffin before leaving for Harpoon Brewery. We arrived at 9 for the 10 am race so there was plenty of time for pictures. [...]