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My Week in Workouts

Optional titles: My week in lack of workouts or I’ve come to a fork in the road.

There’s not a whole lot to report for my week in workouts. A tendon in my left foot has decided it wants to be angry with me so I pulled the plug on running after Wednesday. It’s improving so I’m hopeful that I got it before it was a full blown injury. I’m hoping my chiropractor can squeeze me in this week and…

My Week in Workouts – Summer is Here!

It’s another rundown of my week in workouts. It was a week of dealing with full on summer running. I’m not mad at the heat one bit. Bring.it.on.

I know this is a running and fitness blog but I have to acknowledge the state of our country right now. The killing of George Floyd made me sad and furious. As a white woman, I have no idea of what it means to be black. I feel helpless and I don’t…

Best Calf Stretches for Runners

My nemesis has always been my pesky calves. While they are super strong, they are also tight AF the majority of the time. It’s a constant battle to keep my calves in a happy place. If my calves are happy that means my feet and ankles are equally as happy. I’ve had my fair share of foot and ankle issues over the years, including one of a the most hated injuries for a runner – Plantar…

My Week in Workouts

Another week down, another rundown of my week in workouts. Going into the week felt like I needed a down week. No chasing vert. No picking up the pace on purpose. No distance goals. Just running what I felt like. I mean, that’s how I usually run with nothing to really train for right now but but I’ll have a certain numbers in my head that I want to achieve for each run. This week…nothing.

Why You Should Never Start Running

I’ve posted this in the past but with so many new runners out on the roads and trails right now, I thought it would be a good idea to warn the newbs about their dangerous as they start running.

Runners – You see them everywhere. They look so happy, fit, athletic and strong as they grind out the miles on treadmills, roads and trails.

You want to be like that. You want to be a runner.

My Week in Workouts

Another rundown of my week in workouts is on tap! It was a good week in workouts but it started off blah. I finally found out that the Mount Washington Road Race is completely cancelled for 2020. They had a back up date in August if they cancelled the June 20th date but the race organizers realized that the odds of a race of that size happening in August is still a big question mark. I’m sad not…

I’ve seen this post swirling around the blogosphere lately and it made me start thinking about this odd time in our lives. There’s many things I miss but there’s lots of things that I’m ok with them being out of our lives…maybe even for good.

5 THINGS I MISS

DESTINATION RUNS

Spring is always the time when I start looking forward to long runs in the mountains chasing vert. But with…

My Week in Workouts

It’s another roundup of my week in workouts. The days are flying by yet I still don’t know what day it is most of the time. And apparently, Mother Nature doesn’t know what month it is or she just has a really cruel sense of humor.

Monday

Bootcamp – treadmill incline hike/run @ 12% (1/2 mile intervals) and DB strength – 2 miles, 1241 ft elevation gain.

I was short on time so I did a…

9 Tips for Hiking with Kids

One good thing about the global pandemic and stay at home orders right now is that more people are heading outside to enjoy walking, running, biking and hiking. People are finding ways to get fresh air close to home. That is awesome!

However, last weekend when we were out on a hike, it was kind of obvious that a lot of people out on the trails were new. And a lot of those new people had…

My Week in Workouts

My week in workouts was back on track. This week it was all about the things giving me LIFE during this odd time in our lives. Mostly, it was the life force of warm weather and sunshine that did the trick!

Monday

2.2 mile treadmill incline hike, 8-12%, 1235 ft elev gain

full body strength training

It was a gloomy, cold and nonstop rain kind of day. I had the day off from work…

If you read my rundown of Last Week’s Workouts, you saw I had an annoying trail run on Saturday.

I know there’s a lot of people venturing off road these days. That’s great but just because it’s off road doesn’t mean there aren’t unspoken and spoken rules. In an effort to not so “Get off my lawn!” way, I thought I’d share some basic trail running etiquette. Granted, the people that I…

My Week in Workouts

My week in workouts was causal. My ankles and feet have not been too happy about the longer distances on the roads searching for vert. So this week was going to be a down week of no expectations on pace or vert climbed. I was just going to do whatever I wanted. It worked because at the end of the week I was feeling rejuvenated and ready to go!

Monday

1.7 mile walk with the family

str…

5 Workouts for the Whole Family to enjoy during the Coronavirus Stay-At-Home orders.

Let’s be honest. When stay-at-home orders were issued because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, I thought I’d have SO much time to do ALL the stuff. I’d be able to cook so many meals from scratch. I was going to organize every junk drawer and closet. I’d be able to run for hours, strength train, get my yoga on and spend so much time stretching and foam rolling. I was going to be in the best shape…

My week in workouts keeps rolling on! Just when I felt like we were getting into the swing of our new normal for now, my work schedule got changed. I only went in once last week. I was having trouble remembering what day it was before but that really threw me for a loop. I woke up multiple mornings thinking I had to go to work. I thought Friday was Saturday. And then I asked my husband how he…

With everything flipped upside down right now, I’m finding myself watching more TV and reading more books. I’m trying to stay away from the news. I’ll check in once a day on my phone but if I do anymore, I go down a rabbit hole of nerves and anxiety. So I’m trying to find other things to preoccupy my mind. I’m sure I’m not alone in this.

Way before there was any Global Pandemic talk, I…

Happy Easter to everyone!

It’s hard to believe that it’s time for another my week in workouts wrap up. The days of the week went by fast before the Coronavirus Pandemic but now they seem to go even faster. Maybe it’s because I’ve lost all track of the days of the week. I’m still working albeit reduced hours and days but I’m still confused on what day it is.

In other exciting news: I…

Stay at home orders means being inventive with what you have at home for fitness. Here's 8 Home Fitness Hacks to help you out during this time at home.

With no gyms open, we are all scrambling about what to do for at-home workouts.  Bodyweight exercises are good but sometimes you want a little more weight to throw around. You could invest in an at-home gym but chances are the items are sold out or you don’t want to (or can’t) spend any money right now. Here’s 8 home fitness hacks with items that you probably have at home already to help you…