The 2012 Top Gun Triathlon
Saturday was quite the early wake up call, with my alarm blaring at 4:30am. Marcus and I had a goal to get out of the house by 5:00am, so we had to be up early! Luckily, most of our things were prepped Friday night for our race on Saturday morning, so we pretty much just [...]
Prepping For My First Triathlon
With everything going on lately, a certain race has definitely crept up on me. And I’m not talking about the Chicago marathon either. Tomorrow is my very first triathlon!! Marcus and I grabbed our race packets last night to avoid the big crowds tonight and tomorrow morning. We presented our id’s and signed our lives [...]
My Lululemon Ambassador Photo Shoot
Remember last month when the lovely Lululemon ladies surprised me by asking me to be their run ambassador?! Well the role of ambassador comes with a stiff requirement…. You have to participate in a photo shoot!! I have been looking forward to this shoot for a few weeks now – pretty much since the day [...]
My Favorite Post-Run Stretches
I was able to get in a solid 16 mile long run this weekend – 3 miles alone, 7 with my friend Brooke, 4 with Marcus, and then the last 2 miles alone. I can usually handle marathon training runs by myself in the winter, but the mental strength of the summer calls for back [...]
The Non-Tempo Tempo-Run
Thanks so much for all of your support for Nancy from my last post! She really is that awesome, and now you all know! On a completely different topic, I would love advice from all of you! I woke up Wednesday with a 40 minute tempo run on my schedule. Easy enough – I’ve done [...]
