2018

Last year, the end of 2017, I felt a heavy weight thinking about the upcoming year. 2017 was a huge year for me personally and 2018 looked so dull in comparison. It was going to be a year of grinding work, knowing that the goals I set out to accomplish wouldn't be achieved in the …

A different goal

Hello. I'm currently procrastinating the 12 pages of reading I have to do for my Intellectual Property class for tomorrow by writing this. But it's something that my writer soul needs to say for my runner soul. I think I mentioned that I'm running a half marathon at the end of October. On Instagram (you …

What I’ve Been Up To

Hello, beautiful humans. It's been a while! I didn't mean to take such a long break from blogging. I think it did me good to focus on other areas of my life besides running, talking/thinking about running, and planning around running. I've been reading (for fun!) and writing (fiction! Not briefs!) and enjoying life. Here …

Marathon Training (Round #2) Thoughts

So, yeah, my blog has suffered this year. Law school is a bitch. Profanity is definitely warranted. But I thought I'd share a few of my thoughts about how this marathon training cycle has been different than the first time around. If you're new here, hello, my name is Elizabeth (@the_running_diaries on Instagram). I ran …

Sunday Recap: Week 1

Hello, beautiful humans, and welcome to the recap of my first week of training for the Utah Valley Marathon! Monday: 3 miles after class in the sunshine. Tuesday: 5:30 alarm to stumble over to the apartment gym for an upper body workout. I'm restarting My Best Body Home this week and I think I'm going …

Let’s talk inspiration

Hello, beautiful humans, and happy Saturday. As I usually do on Saturday mornings, I was scrolling through Instagram and decided in that moment to write this post. Lately, I've been feeling motivated and excited about pretty much everything in life and now the blog is getting swept up in this wave. So, since this is …

Sunday Recap

Hello and happy Sunday, beautiful humans. I hope your weekend has been exactly what you needed it to be: relaxing or productive. My weekend has been relaxing, something I very much needed after this week. Monday: MMBHome Push workout. 5:30 alarms are never fun but always worth it. Tuesday: MBBHome core workout and let me …

Sunday Recap

Hello, beautiful humans. I hope you had a good week. I know I did. It was an unexpectedly easy week at law school which was just what we needed. Sadly, I don't think that will happen again this week. Monday: Rest. No running. No weights. Just a midterm and working all out to finish another …

Onward Shay Half Marathon Recap

Holy guacamole, what a race. When I signed up for this race, I decided I wanted to try to go sub 2:00. I signed up in that delirious period after San Francisco, where I was so desperate for that feeling again but knew I could not run another marathon. I was so excited. And then …

Sunday Recap

Monday: Rest because my left arm was still sore and not super mobile. It worked out nicely because I had a lot of homework to get done. Tuesday: Leg workout on machines so I didn't have to use my arm at all. Tuesday turned into a very, very long day at law school. Thankfully, when …