Thanks for the feedback on my last post.  Some of you like to work out in the morning, others later on in the day.  And almost all of you agreed that I should just do things my way.  Whatever works for me!  And the pm workouts are going well so far! And since marathon training [...]

At 26, I don’t feel old.  I look pretty good and feel great.  Age is just a number! But yesterday while I was thinking about why I can’t motivate myself to work out first thing in the morning, I realized that I’m an old dog!  In all of my 26 years, I have never ever [...]

Since both my brother and I were at home last night, my entire family decided to go out to dinner for a belated Father’s Day celebration. We went to Trattoria Romana in Lincoln, RI. I ordered a bottle of Montepulciano (Italian red wine) for my family to share.  We had a nice toast and everyone [...]

Even though I quit gymnastics over 12 years ago, I’ve still remained close with my best gymnastics friend Jen.  We spent a Girls’ Day at the beach on Saturday afternoon.  We went to Scarborough Beach in Narragansett, RI. I ate my 6″ turkey sub and Sunchips as soon as we set up our towels.  My [...]

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 [...]