List of Races

Alright, I'm hearing a lot of talk about races for the fall ... what's everybody running?

Ready to Glisten

This year, I'm ready to glisten.  OK, I'm ready to sweat.  I'm just trying to make it sound a little more glamorous.  ;)

I guess it took four years living in North Carolina to adjust to the summer's humidity, its heat.  I don't mind "glistening" in the early morning on a run.  In fact, I love it.  I am so relieved to be perfectly honest with you.

My marathon training starts next Saturday.  4 miles and then we move from there to November 6 when I run the City of Oaks Marathon with Kaylynn (and anyone else who wants to join me).  With wedding season, my baby, my family, yoga, and life, I know training for a marathon will be less than convenient, but oh so necessary and I am ready.  Ready to glisten. ;)

PS: Molly ..................................... a huge GOOD LUCK from me this weekend.  I will be thinking of you in Tahoe. xoxo

National Running Day

Happy National Running Day!!

Here are ten ways to celebrate ... :)

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The Race

This popped up in my inbox yesterday from Miss Kaylynn.  Thought it was definitely worth a share.

Our Inner Dialogs Part II

Fast forward almost one year from this post ... I've had a baby and have dedicated a lot of time to running and continued to spend hours on a yoga mat since my Quin has been born.  I feel like becoming a mother has transformed me into a different kind of runner and paired with my new found yoga mind, I feel like I am in such a better mental place.  Physical?  We're getting there.  That's a whole different post. ;)

My half marathon in April in the Outer Banks was incredible.  I felt such a good, strong, consistent pace throughout the entire race.  My mommy muscles (as I now like to refer to them as) slowly began to fail halfway through and from mile 7 on, putting one step in front of the other continued to require more and more effort.

Before Quin, before yoga, it would have been very easy for me to look at the 6.1 miles ahead and feel so discouraged knowing that my body was different postpartum and much weaker.  It would have been so easy to anticipate the pain and the extra effort that the last half of this race would require.  But now, with a new mind set, I was able just to be at mile 7 and enjoy mile 7 for what mile 7 was.  To acknowledge that my inner dialog was there ("Wow, 6 miles to go, I am so tired.  Will I make it?  That finish line sounds soooooo good right now.  That summer break I've scheduled for running season is looking soooooo good right now.") and then to let it pass.  I loved that mile 7 more than I've ever loved a mile 7 and then 8, and then 9 and then 10.  I was in the moment, listened to my body and enjoyed just being.  Being in nature, being a momma, being weaker, being stronger, and being a runner.  And then, the finish line arrived and I was happy.  So, so happy.  While the race wasn't my fastest, or wasn't my strongest, it was one of the most enjoyable races I have ever run.  Accepting who I was in that moment, for those 13.1 miles made me feel whole.

I'm A Runner

Thanks to Linds for this share. Bahahaha!!

3 Months, 4 Weeks Postpartum

... and I'm running a half marathon this weekend.  Ladies and gentleman, I never thought it would be humanly possible, but with the help of an incredible husband and some goal races along the way, we're back to 13.1 and I'm feeling so confident.

It's so empowering to truly know what your body and mind are capable of.  Makes you feel like you can really do anything.