I Am Not Fearless (What’s Beautiful)

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote an update on my Under Armour What’s Beautiful goals. (I am working with Under Armour and Fitfluential to promote the Under Armour What’s Beautiful campaign to redefine the female athlete by setting epic goals and pushing past where we’ve ever been and where we thought we could go. If you haven’t visited the Under Armour What’s Beautiful site, you are missing out on some awesome inspiration and serious motivation!)

While my main goal is to
Run faster, get stronger, and remember to breathe.

Run Weights Yoga Collage

a secondary goal has emerged: learning to use clip-in shoes on my bike. Continue reading

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Father’s Day Cards

As many of you know, I lost my Dad suddenly to heart failure in March of 2011, so this is my third Father’s Day without my Dad. The first year was hard, of course, but last year I was more focused on my husband, and our soon-to-be empty nest. This year I am feeling sad again. Maybe it’s because I just ran the Lawyers Have Heart 10K and raised money for the American Heart Association in his honor, but I feel like I’ve been thinking about him more, and missing him more.

Lacrosse Granddaddy

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My Training Program For Summer Running

Now that the Lawyers Have Heart 10K is behind me (you can read my recap here), it’s time to figure out my training program for summer running. The next race on my calendar is the Go Fourth 8k, which is a very low-key event that I run for the post-race watermelon.

Watermelon

Summer race directors–take note!

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Sauteed Kale And Evolution Sweet Greens

Last weekend my Mom brought me a HUGE bag of kale from her garden.

I didn’t have time to make kale chips out of it all, so I did some crowd-sourcing and some Googling and found a simple recipe for sauteed kale at eatingwell.com. Continue reading

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Fitbloggin — It’s About The Friends

I had a blast at Fitbloggin’ last year, and was disappointed when Roni announced that it would be in Portland this year. Call me selfish, but why did it have to move from almost in my backyard to clear across the country as soon as I discovered how awesome it was?

Fitbloggin 2012

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