Playing Running Tour Guide In Washington D.C.

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Coco

Last week one of my on-line running friends was in town for a conference. Her hotel was conveniently located near the Mount Vernon Trail, and she didn’t mind getting up early to run, so I ditched my regularly scheduled training runs to play running tour guide in Washington D.C.

At first the weather forecast called for cold rain, but it ended up being cloudy and almost balmy–great weather for running around the monuments.

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Five Ways To Reduce Stress

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Coco

I hinted at my stressful week last week in my Weekly Wrap post, where I shared the hotel gym workouts that got me through. In all honesty, it was more of a long and grueling week than a stressful week, because although I was working almost around the clock, I was working with colleagues I get along with and respect, and we all pulled together to get the job done. Still, when I got home, I treated myself to some self-care strategies with these five ways to reduce stress. 

Loving these items from the PopSugar MustHaveBox I was sent to review!

Five strategies? You know that means I’m linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for the new Friday Five 2.0!

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A Week Of Hotel Gym Workouts

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Coco

Last week I was on my longest business trip ever where I stayed at the same hotel the whole time, arriving Friday morning and checking out Friday morning. Running outside was not an option, so I had to come up with a training plan for a week of hotel gym workouts.

Hotel Gym Workouts
Luckily the hotel gym was well-equipped, with LifeFitness treadmills, a full set of free weights, fitness balls and medicine balls. I did four strength workouts and three treadmill workouts to stay on track with my training for the NYC Half in March.  Continue reading →

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Let’s Have Coffee

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Coco

Happy February! I feel like January was a rough month personally and politically, and I am ready for things to settle down. Punxsutawney Phil says we are in for another six weeks of winter, and I wouldn’t mind a snow day or two! Since today is the first Saturday of the month, Deborah and I are hosting the Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up, so pour yourself a cup, pull up a chair, and let’s catch up! The Ultimate Coffee Date

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Making Hard Happen

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Coco

Hard Is Where It Happens is the workout mantra I draw on when my muscles start whining and I want to quit–or at least skip those last few reps and take a breather. I remind myself that in order to get stronger I have to push beyond that point and do more than I’m comfortable doing. It’s only in challenging myself that I will reach my next goals.

Hard Is Where It Happens
But knowing that hard is where it happens isn’t enough. I have to make hard happen and take on challenging workouts. And that’s been more of a struggle lately. 

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