As you may remember from my post this February, I finally found an amazing mentorship program in which I could volunteer. Girls on the Run has been one of the greatest and most challenging learning experiences of my life. For those of you that don’t know me, teaching children is one of my greatest fears. Ironically, my mother is an…
You asked for it, I wrote it. Finally. If a trainer isn’t in your budget, or you simply don’t know where to start, and you find yourself wandering the gym aimlessly and intimidated, this post is for you: DIY workouts and how to make them actually useful, while avoiding this kind of circus entertainment: We have all seen them. We…
This isn’t the first time, and decidedly not the last time that will I rant about how much I despise the treadmill… Hell, I even hate on road races every once in a while. Someone put me on a trail already. You’ve been warned. In my world, running is an opportunity for me to get out and take advantage of the…
Every now and then I get a comment from a friend or gym or race random to the tune of “How on earth do you look so flawless? You just ran 50 miles. It’s just not fair.” First off: I definitely don’t feel like I look flawless. But thank you 🙂 Additionally, I am usually contemplating my favorite post workout…
We hear it enough: diet and exercise burn fat! While this is generally true, it doesn’t tell us just HOW to burn the fat we want to burn. I am in no way saying that we can spot treat our fat cells, because that is definitely not the case. What I am saying is the things you would think of…
