Why I Ran Today

Fridays are scheduled as a rest day from running. I go to the gym in the morning with Matt and do a chest and shoulders workout so it isn't a full-blown rest day. Usually, that's enough. Not today. Today was the first truly sunny, relatively warm day we've had in months. The wind was still …

My First Track Workout

Hello and happy hump-day, beautiful humans. Today, I ran my first-ever track workout. I ran track in elementary school, but we ran on a field. Then, the one year I did track in junior high, we also ran on a field. My experience running on a track consists of running on the indoor track at …

10 Running Songs

Happy Monday, beautiful humans. I thought today I'd share a few of the songs I have on my running playlist. When I started running, almost ten years ago, I took my iPod Nano with me. I held it in my free hand (I had my dog's leash in the other,) tucked it into my waist …

Sunday (and Saturday) Recap

Happy Sunday, beautiful humans. Here's a quick recap of my week and a not-so-quick recap of my incredibly busy Saturday. Monday: 3 miles. Monday was the first day of my new running class and so it was my first experience running with other people. I quite enjoyed it. Tuesday: Back and bis workout before class, …

Spring and Positive Thoughts

Hello, beautiful humans. Let's talk about spring. In theory, I love spring. Idaho's winters aren't quite as infamously awful as, say, those in Chicago or New England but they're not something to sneeze at. We get our fair share of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures. I love winter (a post I'm saving for next winter) …

Why I Run

Happy Wednesday, beautiful humans. Today, I'm starting the first post in a series I've decided to call 'Why I Run.' I have no set number of posts because I have no idea how many reasons I have for running. Some are small, some are big, some are important, some are frivolous, some are momentary, and …

Eight Weeks and a Recipe

Hello, beautiful humans, and I hope your Monday was short and productive and un-Monday-ish. Pretend that's an actual word. There are only eight weeks left in this semester before I graduate. If you're curious, I'm double majoring in psychology and English (creative writing emphasis) with a minor in history. In four years. Where did the …

Sunday Recap

Hello, beautiful humans. Every Sunday during my marathon training, I'm going to give you a run-down of my week, including what workouts I did and other randomness, I'm sure. So, here we go: Week 1 of training for San Francisco is done. Monday: 3 miles. I went out at around 8:00 (but with spring forward …

6 Miles

Hello, beautiful humans. Since January, my routine has been two 4 mile runs during the week and a 6 mile run on Saturday. My first long run of marathon training was 6 miles so, naturally, I was pretty confident going out this morning. It took less than a mile for multiple things to go wrong. …

Running with my dog

Nine years ago, I somehow convinced my parents (mostly my dad) to let me adopt a dog for my thirteenth birthday. We went to the Humane Society a week before my birthday and found a quiet, scared four-month old dog. According to the tag, she was a Border collie-pointer mix. So we adopted her and …