I am a broken record on Tuesdays. I’m exhausted. That’s all going to change soon though as I get back on a more normal schedule. Although I love everything that I have done today, I’m definitely looking forward to being a bit more focused and not all over the place all day, every day. The [...]
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Eleven Useless Facts About Me
February 9, 2012 { 64 comments }Morning! Sullie and I are up and at ’em. My Thursday is jam-packed so I’m taking advantage of the early morning hours to get some computer work done before it’s go, go, go for the rest of the day. I’m hoping to brave the 28 degree temperatures to get a quick run in if I [...]
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Random Cravings
February 8, 2012 { 44 comments }Good morning! I was up before the sun this morning to make sure I could fit in a blog update before I tackle my busy day. I love the quietness of early morning hours. It’s one of my favorite times to get writing/reading work done. I also love sunrise runs and hope to get back [...]
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Playtime + Downtime
February 5, 2012 { 12 comments }This weekend has been exactly what I needed it to be…relaxing. It’s been a nice mix of playtime time with friends versus downtime tackling “operation organize my life.” On Friday night I met up with some friends for dinner at 131 Main. I was coerced into ordering a Poma-tini while we waited for a table [...]
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So Much Yoga
February 2, 2012 { 15 comments }It’s been a yoga-rific week. Over the past three days I have taught ELEVEN classes/privates. While I love yoga with all my heart, I do not even want to say the words “inhale upward facing dog, exhale downward facing dog” right now. And I’ve only been able to personally practice one day this week and [...]
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Happy To Be Here
January 21, 2012 { 17 comments }Hello from Georgia! Sullie and I arrived at my grandmother’s house around 1 p.m. and she has been glued to Mema’s side ever since! Backing up…I made it out of bed around 6:45 this morning and promptly made breakfast and worked on some blog stuff. I have been on such a bagel kick lately. I [...]
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Unusual Weekend Activities + Eats
January 8, 2012 { 27 comments }I have been in such a weird place lately with my workouts and eats. My body is all off. I woke up sick on Saturday morning and ended up spending a chunk of my day at urgent care. The wait was 2.5 hours! The good news? They will let you leave and call you when [...]
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Out With The Old…
January 7, 2012 { 35 comments }And in with the new… Running shoes! I looked back at an old post and discovered that the last time that I replaced my shoes was early April. That is not good! One of the reasons that I delayed getting new shoes (other than not wanting to drop $100 on them) was that I knew [...]
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23.75 To End 2011
December 31, 2011 { 6 comments }So… I’ve been running. And I just totaled up my mileage for the week and it was 23.75. Trust me, I’m just as shocked as most of you probably are to hear this news. Sunday: 5 outside on Christmas :) Monday : 4 treadmill Thursday: 5.5 outside Friday: 3 outside Saturday: 6.25 outside on New [...]
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2011 In Review: The Top 10
December 30, 2011 { 19 comments }I am not even sure what to think about 2011. I have said this at least 100 times but it has been a year of complete transformation. When I look back at January 1, 2011 I was working full-time in advertising, teaching two BodyPump classes per week and had just made the decision to go through [...]
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Holiday Recovery
December 27, 2011 { 31 comments }Monday was spent in what we’ll call “recovery mode” from Christmas. It started with laying in bed until 9:15 followed by a long and sweaty workout at the gym. I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. The first mile was a warm up. For miles two and three, I alternated between inclines and speed every [...]
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Scenes from Christmas 2011
December 26, 2011 { 8 comments }I’m a little late getting my Christmas recap up. Please forgive! I left my camera at my in law’s last night and then slept until 9 this morning and spent a big chunk of time at the Y trying to get myself out of my sugar coma and back to normal. I’m just getting settled [...]
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Break from Normal
December 23, 2011 { 10 comments }I have been a little out of my regular routine this week…eats/workouts/etc. First, I’ve been on a bagel eating roll. I never crave bagels. I’m usually all about oatmeal or Greek yogurt in the morning. A whole wheat bagel with honey almond cream cheese and coffee with a friend Thursday morning. And a honey whole wheat [...]
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A Pretty Worthless Day
December 21, 2011 { 10 comments }I have been relatively worthless today. I subbed out my classes so as not to spread my cold germs and proceeded to sleep until 9 a.m. Once I rolled out of bed, I immediately started on breakfast and coffee. I made a bowl of Silk Nog Holiday Oatmeal and topped it with TJs pumpkin butter [...]
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All About Ambiance
December 18, 2011 { 12 comments }When we went to bed on Friday night the plan was to get up and drive to the mountains on Saturday morning to spend the day shopping and hanging out. Well, Saturday rolled around and I procrastinated working out/getting ready and sat around in my PJs and Brandon didn’t wake up until 10 so we [...]
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Run It Out
December 14, 2011 { 35 comments }Loved all of you suggestions for ice cream toppings. Especially loved how many of you suggested peanut butter-based toppings. You know me too well! Today was one of those days that required a run. A long, fast, sweaty one. Y’all know I have been off the running train lately but running is still the thing [...]
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My Must Haves for Kitchen, Workout and Yoga
December 10, 2011 { 14 comments }I wasn’t planning on doing a “favorite things” post for the holidays but a few people have inquired about my favorite fitness and yoga gear and kitchen tools so I thought I’d put together a quick list of some of my must haves. KITCHEN Kitchen Aid Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Mixer. My baby. Seriously the [...]
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The End Of Atlanta
November 26, 2011 { 5 comments }We are back in Charlotte and I am happily planted on the couch working on the blog and planning for my hot class and bootcamp tomorrow. I really enjoyed visiting with my family but being home feels really good. And now, time to catch you up on the remainder of our visit to Atlanta. We [...]
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7 and 20 on Thanksgiving Morning
November 24, 2011 { 9 comments }Happy Thanksgiving! I kicked off my morning with a seven mile run. It was a beautiful morning and the miles felt effortless. I felt so much gratitude to be out in the sunshine and fresh air and able to run without pain. After my run I unrolled my yoga mat in my parents front yard [...]
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Fridays Are For Frites
November 12, 2011 { 5 comments }I am really enjoying my new schedule although it has been a bit of an adjustment. Instead of knowing that I’m going to be working between the hours of 8:30 and 5, I now find myself busy and free at random times and on random days. Thursdays are slow, Sundays are busy. I try to [...]
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Status Update: My Running
November 9, 2011 { 10 comments }Wow, look what happened this afternoon! I ran. Don’t get too excited though…it was only two miles. It was a beautiful fall day and I couldn’t resist the urge to get outside and run. The bonus was that my friend Sarah joined me so the run was more about chatting than pounding the pavement. We [...]
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I Made The Switch!
November 2, 2011 { 29 comments }It’s been an awesome day! I kicked it off at Y2 with a yoga practice to knock out day 2 of the 62 day challenge and then taught a 90-minute hot vinyasa. Class was full of planks and chaturanga pushups today! ;) I finally broke my 10-day no run streak and took Sullie out for [...]
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Sprint to the Finish
October 22, 2011 { 47 comments }I have a love/hate relationship with 5Ks. Running 3.1 miles seems easy enough but I just can’t run them without going into total race mode and basically taking off in a full of sprint like a bat out of hell. I ran the Dowd Y “Rocktoberfest” 5K this morning. The Dowd Y Half Marathon & [...]
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It’s Run-tober!
October 19, 2011 { 19 comments }I am a firm believer that there is nothing better than fall race season. Here are my primary reasons. Conditions. Even though the training requires you to run through the heat of the summer, you don’t have to train through the dark and cold days of winter like you do for spring races. I will [...]
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Sunday Recovery
October 16, 2011 { 12 comments }How am I recovering from an amazing wedding with amazing friends? 1. 9 hours of sleep. 2. Starbucks + bagels and cream cheese. 3. Breaking up the six hour road trip with a stop in Athens to pick up the pup and squeezing in another glorious run. Four miles done on a beautiful day. (And [...]
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A Perfect Stop in Athens
October 15, 2011 { 18 comments }We’re already on the road again but our quick stop in Athens was wonderful! We stayed with our friends Natalie and Drew. We went to college with them and they still live in Athens. Natalie is in her final year of vet school and Drew started an awesome pizza franchise, Your Pie. It’s so much [...]
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Dressing for the Race
October 13, 2011 { 5 comments }How’s your week been? Mine has been really great but it’s been rainy and gross in Charlotte. I am so ready to see the sun again. One or two days gray rainy days are nice but it begins to wear on me a bit after it goes on for multiple days. That said, I do [...]
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A 10 Year Vision
October 9, 2011 { 12 comments }My weekend ended on an inspirational note…with a Lululemon community goal sharing meeting. For newer readers, I am an ambassador for the Charlotte store. Tonight we had a gathering of Lululemon employees, ambassadors and community fitness pros to discuss our personal goals as well as our collective community goals. Lululemon has a huge goal setting [...]
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Highlights
October 9, 2011 { 15 comments }Hi! Hope you are enjoying the weekend! Rather than give you blow by blow details on mine, I thought I would just post the highlights. The weather is beautiful in Charlotte so we’ve been trying to cram in all the outdoor activities that we can. Trail Run + Happy Hour Friday afternoon Brandon, Sullie and [...]
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It’s All Good
October 3, 2011 { 27 comments }Hi and hope that Monday was kind to you! I know I sound like a broken record but my Monday was so good. With each day that passes I feel more and more confident that I made the right decision to take the leap of faith and change careers. The big news of today is [...]
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A Really Good Saturday
October 1, 2011 { 19 comments }Happy weekend friends! I hope it’s been a nice Saturday for you. Mine has been really good. I slept in this morning and skipped yoga. Nine hours of sleep will make you feel like a champion every time! After spending the morning lounging around and drinking coffee, we met our friends Ashley and Lee for [...]
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It Takes Work, Not Shoes
September 28, 2011 { 29 comments }I have to start this post by sharing some very interesting news that I read today. The FTC announced this morning that Reebok has to pay a $25 million dollar settlement over their toning shoes. “The FTC wants national advertisers to understand that they must exercise some responsibility and ensure that their claims for fitness [...]
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About That Downtime…
September 27, 2011 { 12 comments }I take back everything I said about having too much downtime this week. Today was busy, busy but I loved every minute of it! I taught four classes (three yoga and one BodyPump) and also shadowed a few personal trainers. It was really fun to hang out with different trainers and see each person’s training [...]
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Hit the Brixx 10K
September 17, 2011 { 9 comments }The Hit the Brixx 10K went much better than I expected! The cool weather was actually refreshing and the company was great. And since I went into it with the mindset that I was not racing and just going to have fun, the six miles flew by! I ran the race with Nicole and Caitlin. [...]
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Race Prep…It’s Questionable
September 16, 2011 { 23 comments }Well, we’ll just see how tomorrow’s 10K goes. #1. It’s kinda cold. We’re having a little bout of chilly weather here in North Carolina. It’s not hear to stay…it will be 85 degrees again by Tuesday…but tomorrow’s race conditions are temps in the 50s with a chance of rain. Typically, I would be a-okay with [...]
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Happy Friday Updates
September 15, 2011 { 20 comments }Hello, hello! Long time, no update (well…2 days feels like a long time these days!). I wasn’t able to post last night so I planned on getting something up at lunch but the day got busy. Here it is 10 p.m. and I’m just sitting down to blog. I had a great morning. I set [...]
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When It’s Good, It’s Great
September 12, 2011 { 28 comments }I taught my normal Monday hot class this evening but it was one of those classes where everything seemed right. I felt instantly engaged and connected. The moment I walked in the studio door after a long afternoon at work, I knew it was going to be good. This is in stark contrast to last [...]
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Big Red Shoes 5K and Salutation Nation
September 10, 2011 { 28 comments }It’s a beautiful Saturday in Charlotte. The sun is shining and I’m having a great day full of my favorite things – running, yoga, Starbucks, farmers market, cooking and Georgia football. I set a new 5K PR (which admittedly was not difficult given that it was only my second 5K ever). I ran my first [...]
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It’s Been A Year
September 9, 2011 { 8 comments }Hello and happy Friday. This short week has kind of thrown me for a loop but I feel like I’ve definitely crammed five days’ worth of activities into four. Though my week has been busy, busy I cannot complain because it’s been full of really good things…that I’m looking forward to sharing with you soon. [...]
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Bake, Cook, Yoga, Run
September 6, 2011 { 11 comments }It’s been a good two days of eating. Expect lots of recipes to come on Bakin’ and Eggs. I spent my Labor Day afternoon baking, drinking hot tea and blogging while rain was coming down outside. It was perfect. I baked Zucchini Banana Bread with Walnuts and Dried Cranberries. It’s a good quick bread for [...]
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Gameday Returns
September 3, 2011 { 34 comments }Happy GAMEDAY! College football kicks off this weekend and we’re heading to the first Georgia football game of the season today! When you grow up in Georgia, it’s pretty hard not to become a University of Georgia football fan. Bulldog football is literally a religion in this state and engrained in you from a young [...]
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Are You Overtraining? Two Easy Tests
August 25, 2011 { 40 comments }It’s no secret that I’m not currently in intense training mode for anything (although I definitely have the itch now that I’m running pain-free again) but I know there are many of you training for fall races. I am a huge advocate of following training plans when preparing for races – anything from 10Ks to [...]
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PBR – Certified Personal Trainer
August 22, 2011 { 73 comments }First things first, I apologize for waiting so long to get this post up but this is literally the first moment I’ve had to stop and even think about my blog since Saturday. So…the big news is that I am a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine! Let’s back up. Getting [...]
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About this week…
August 16, 2011 { 7 comments }Alright, as much as I hate to do this…I’m going to have to back off of the blog a little bit this week. Don’t despair, I have a few guest posts lined up for you (and they are awesome!) but I need some time off to focus on other things. I will try to pop [...]
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Saturday and Panthers Pre-Season
August 14, 2011 { 18 comments }I love Sunday evenings. I don’t spend them dreading Monday and all the things that the week has to hold but instead enjoy the opportunity to relax and decompress a bit from the weekend. But enough about Sunday – since I’m running a day behind, I owe you the Saturday recap. I taught the complimentary [...]
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A Much Better Day
August 11, 2011 { 19 comments }Today was a much better day. Eight hours of sleep was just what I needed to get my day started right. Sometimes it’s nice to give myself a break from the 5 a.m. wake up calls and sleep in a bit.I finally rolled out of bed and got ready for work at 7:45 this morning. [...]
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Born To Run?
August 8, 2011 { 143 comments }This is a difficult post for me to write but it is something that has been on my mind recently. I am not so sure that my body was made for running, especially distance running. This is not something that is easy to admit, much less accept, but all signs clearly point in this direction. [...]
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The Patience to Heal
August 4, 2011 { 29 comments }I’m not very good at slowing down. In case you haven’t noticed, I have a tendency to pack my days full of as many activities and commitments possible. I like to stick to a schedule and have a routine. And to be completely honest, I get a little anxious if something gets in the way [...]
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Beach Bums
July 30, 2011 { 20 comments }We’re having a great time at the beach with our friends! Lots of beach time. Bocce ball, boogie boarding (= awesome!), naps, chats. Blackened fish sandwich for lunch Friday. Beer-garitas = also awesome. Have you tried these? They are surprisingly tasty! One can of lemon-lime concentrate, one can tequila, two light beers and ice. Perfect [...]
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My 7 Links
July 22, 2011 { 10 comments }Happy Friday! :mrgreen: There’s a “My 7 Links” challenge going around the blog world right now. The idea is that you link back to seven old posts that deserve to be remembered and then tag five other bloggers to take on the challenge. I got tagged by Jen at This Runner’s Trials. One of the [...]
