exercise

With spring here, it seems that exercise and eating right are on everyone’s minds, and I am no exception. Case in point–Kelsey’s topic this week: I wish’ …. I had the willpower to stay on one particular diet, and it would be The Zone From Medical News Daily: The Zone Diet aims for a nutritional […]

The end is in sight and I am really looking forward to it…I’m not sure how much more of this my body can handle–haha!! Let me cross that finish line and I promise not to complain any more until I decide whether or not to do this next year, although I’m already leaning towards YES!  With last week’s 9-miler behind […]

A mere 25 days until it’s time to put my running shoes on at the butt crack of dawn and run my heart out through downtown Nashville… am I nervous? YES! am I scared? YES! I have all these emotions racking my brain day in and day out, but I know I’m going to give […]

The number 13… not only is that my Mom’s lucky number, but it’s the MAGIC number in the world of someone training for a 1/2 marathon–13.1 to be exact! Tomorrow marks the 1 month countdown until the big day and my anticipation is growing… I can’t wait to bust a move and have all my hard work […]

It’s that time of the week again… another installment of any and all things running and workout-related–although my legs are hurting quite a bit today {for lack of stretching and my 8:45 pace last night–yea!!} but it’s well worth it to me because I think I have officially become a, dare I say, runner. After last […]

9 weeks in and I don’t think my body has ever felt better… it could be that I am on a high from all the adrenaline, but who cares–I am actually to the point where I feel like a “real runner” and my legs can kick it into gear when I need them to. this […]

Thank the lord–I am halfway through my training program!! My longer runs are getting easier, but it’s still difficult to get my booty to the gym with the wintery-weather mix… Spring is so close though I can taste it and I keep focusing on how much more I’ll get to train outside once the days […]