Hello and happy Thanksgiving week! It’s my favorite holiday of the year! In preparation for the upcoming feast, I have a great workout to share with you that’s high in intensity and sure to make some room for the turkey and pie! :) In addition to testing this workout myself, I also put several clients [...]
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Thunder Road Half Marathon Race Recap {PR + Sub-1:45}
November 15, 2014 { 38 comments }It’s a happy Saturday over here. I ran my first half marathon in four years this morning and not only PR’d but went sub-1:45 with a finishing time of 1:44:25. It was a seven and a half minute PR from my last half marathon in 2010 where I ran the same race I did today, [...]
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My New Pink ASICS + Weekly Workouts
October 19, 2014 { 13 comments }Good morning! You may want to put your sunglasses on because I’m about to share some bright shoes with you! :cool: Several weeks ago I posted about my new Brooks Ravenna running shoes. Well, I’m happy to report that I’m still running in them and they’re working out great. I also received another pair of [...]
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A Radio Appearance on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks to Talk Running!
October 16, 2014 { 9 comments }I arrived back in Charlotte at 5 p.m. yesterday and hit the ground running. I Ubered home from the airport (obsessed with Uber…) and was changed and on my yoga mat by 6 p.m. I got in 45 minutes of stretch before heading out for a girl’s night. My 4:55 a.m. alarm was a rather [...]
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Weekly Workouts: Halfway Through Half Marathon Training!
October 12, 2014 { 6 comments }Hey, hey! Time for the weekly workout round up. As I mentioned in my Half Marathon Hunger post, this was the halfway point “rest week” in my half marathon training plan. I have spent the last 5 weeks building intensity and will spend the next 5 weeks continuing to increase intensity until race day but [...]
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A Kinder Wake Up Call + Last Week’s Workouts
October 6, 2014 { 19 comments }I hope your Monday is off to an excellent start! As usual, I kicked off my week with a very early alarm to train clients. I had three in a row this morning starting at 5:30 a.m. Great start to the week! Speaking of alarms, I’ve had a revelation… Last week I changed the “sound” on my [...]
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Half Marathon Training: New Shoes & Socks
October 4, 2014 { 41 comments }I’ve completed five weeks of my half marathon training plan and there are six weeks (42 days!) left until race day! Up to this point I have not missed a single scheduled training run. I think that may be a training plan record for me! This morning my alarm went off at the early hour [...]
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The End of Hashtanga + The Yoga & Running Dance
September 30, 2014 { 27 comments }I finished Michael Gannon’s 30-Day #Hashtanga Challenge today. During the month of September I made my way through the ashtanga primary series through 30(ish) Instagram videos. I have been practicing ashtanga (on and off) for about five years now and this challenge gave me some new energy around not only my ashtanga practice but my yoga [...]
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Weekly Workouts + Half Marathon Training…Four Weeks In + Double Digits!
September 28, 2014 { 13 comments }Watch out! Half marathon training is getting serious. I entered into double digits on my long run this week! It was the first time I’d crossed into double digit territory in well over three years. And it felt great! I met my amazing running partners bright and early on Saturday morning. I have been all [...]
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3 Things I Love About My HM Training Plan + Last Week’s Workouts
September 22, 2014 { 12 comments }I have completed three weeks of my half marathon training plan and although it’s early days, I have to say this is probably my favorite plan that I’ve ever followed. For those of you who asked, I’m using Smart Coach through Runner’s World. You input a recent race time along with your upcoming race distance [...]
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Workouts: HM Training Week 2 + Back to BodyPump
September 14, 2014 { 8 comments }It was such a great week of workouts! First, I wrapped up week 2 of half marathon training feeling super strong. I am following a training plan that is challenging me, especially when it comes to speed and tempo runs. I go into them wondering how I can possibly pull it off and then it [...]
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Last Week’s Workouts: First Barre Class + First Long Run of HM Training!
September 8, 2014 { 25 comments }Good morning and happy Monday! Okay, first. Sorry that there are some blog related glitchy things going on. There have been issues with the comments not showing up (although I am seeing your comments on the backend and will respond to them so keep leaving them!) and also still with the mobile ads blocking text. [...]
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“Legs On Fire” Cardio Strength Workout
September 4, 2014 { 12 comments }I promise that I didn’t plan to follow the salted fudge brownie recipe with a workout but I think it works nicely with the whole theme of my blog…workout hard, eat well! :) I have a workout to share with you today that I did myself on Tuesday. I only had a 30 minute window [...]
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Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga + This Week’s Workouts
August 31, 2014 { 40 comments }This summer I’ve had two occasions to try stand up paddle board yoga. The first was on my beach trip last month. We had a board at the house and took turns going out and goofing around on it. I got a good feel for the board but fell in the water MANY, MANY times. [...]
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Meeting Matt Elliott: Runner’s World Cover Star + Olympic Hopeful
August 27, 2014 { 9 comments }One of the best things about working with Run Charlotte Run is that it’s getting me engrained in the running community again. I didn’t realize how much I had missed it. Since starting this position I have connected with local runners to share their stories, attended group runs, visited local running stores, participated in a race and [...]
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Weekend: Pampering, CrossFit Throwdown, Night Out + More
August 25, 2014 { 39 comments }The weekend was a whirlwind. It flew by at record pace but it was full of good things and fun times. (Whoa. Yes, that’s a lot of me up close and personal for the first photo of the post!) I trained four clients, taught a yoga class, went into the Charlotte Observer office for a [...]
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OrthoCarolina Classic 5K Race Recap: A New PR!
August 24, 2014 { 19 comments }On Saturday I woke up early, pinned on a bib, laced up a timing chip and made my way to the starting line of a race for the first time since December 2012. As most of you know, I am the content manager for a new running website, Run Charlotte Run, that is hosted by the Charlotte [...]
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Weekend: Baking, Long Run, Movies & More + Weekly Workouts
August 17, 2014 { 29 comments }I went into this weekend with no plans other than teaching my normal Saturday and Sunday yoga classes and a long run with a friend. I was totally okay with that since I’ve been out so much lately but then I ended up having fun plans come together at the last minute on both Friday and Saturday [...]
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Backbend Workshop + Workouts
August 10, 2014 { 4 comments }Hi everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. I have had a great one and will get a weekend post up a little later. For now I have the week of workouts to share including details on a backbending workshop I took over the weekend. Just because she’s so cute… :) Monday 3.5 mile run + Strength [...]
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The Best Week of Workouts: New PRs, New Distances
August 4, 2014 { 9 comments }Last week’s workouts were in one word…AWESOME! I have really been focusing on CrossFit and running lately and it’s paying off with results. I hit a new deadlift PR in CrossFit this week and ran the longest and fastest that I have in years. It feels SO GOOD! On my run this morning I was [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: Running Happy
July 27, 2014 { 9 comments }Hi and happy Sunday! I hope everyone has had a great weekend. I’m checking in to share this week’s workouts. It was a good mix that was light on the lifting, light on the yoga and a little heavier on the running. The road has just been calling my name lately so I’ve been going [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: Quality Over Quantity
July 20, 2014 { 7 comments }Workouts have taken a back seat since work has ramped up so I’ve relied on two of the fastest and easiest ways to get workouts in, CrossFit and running. I love that I can get both done in under 30 minutes and feel like I got a good workout in. I tell people this all [...]
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Summer Running Playlist + This Week’s Workouts
June 29, 2014 { 5 comments }I regularly post my yoga playlists for y’all but I received a request last week for a running playlist. Recently, I have been listening to TED Talks and audiobooks while running more than music but I put together a playlist for you with my current favorite upbeat songs that are sure to motivate you through a summer run! And [...]
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The New Rules of Running
June 25, 2014 { 19 comments }So…I have something exciting to share. Over the last few months I have slowly started to increase my running and much to my surprise (and delight!), it has felt 100% amazing and right. I like to post periodic updates on the status of my running since this blog is named Peanut Butter Runner and it [...]
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Continuing Education + This Week’s Workouts
June 8, 2014 { 4 comments }In the fitness and yoga world we are required to complete continuing education credits to maintain our certifications just like any other professional organization. One of the Y’s here in Charlotte was offering a health and fitness expo this weekend with a variety of different workshops and presenters so I decided to attend the Friday [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: Taking It Easy
June 1, 2014 { 11 comments }This week’s workouts were pretty much the opposite of last week…last week I CrossFitted 4 times, this week I CrossFitted ZERO. Last week I did yoga once, this week I did yoga three times. Last week I rested none, this week I focused a lot on rest. Just like my post on working so hard to [...]
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Weekend: Growth, Love & Transformation
May 19, 2014 { 26 comments }My weekend was full of celebration including the final weekend of yoga teacher training and graduation, a friend’s baby shower and the grand opening of Metro Fitness 51. My weekend was also full of reflection about how much growth, change and transformation is constantly happening around us (and within us). I stayed in on Friday [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + How I Plan My Workouts
May 18, 2014 { 15 comments }Every couple of months I find that I naturally have a “reset week” with my workouts where I dial it back and keep it simple. This was one of those weeks. In general, I don’t plan out my workouts. While I’m aware of my schedule and where I can usually fit in what, I don’t [...]
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Row, Run & Burn Cardio & Leg Workout
May 15, 2014 { 19 comments }Good morning! I awoke to pouring down rain, thunderstorms and a really loud alert on my phone that we were under a tornado warning. It’s looking like nothing but the same weather for the rest of my day. Always good for my productivity! Did you know that Thursday is typically the slowest day of the [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: CrossFit Love + Turkish Get Ups
May 4, 2014 { 26 comments }Time for the weekly workout recap! Similar to recent weeks, I’ve been heavy on the CrossFit. I’m not sure what it is about CrossFit but I’m super hot and cold with it. I’ve been CrossFitting for over 2 years now and I think this may be the longest kick that I’ve been on since I [...]
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Day in the Life: When Clients Cancel, A Good Run, My Book is Done!
May 2, 2014 { 28 comments }Happy Friday! Happy Friday! Happy Friday! I’ve got two big reasons to be happy today. 1) I turned in the FINAL draft of my book yesterday! 2) I’m celebrating with a trip to the beach to visit my parents. Flying out at 6 a.m. Saturday and can’t wait! So I thought I would do a [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: I Ran 14 Miles!
April 27, 2014 { 12 comments }Good morning and happy Sunday! I missed y’all yesterday but I spent Saturday afternoon sitting in front of the computer writing about the anatomy of the core muscles so I was ready for some fresh air after that. I took Sullie for a run/walk instead of blogging. One of the things I always tell friends [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + The Best Rest Day
April 20, 2014 { 8 comments }Saturday was the best rest day ever. I bounded out of bed at 7 a.m. after an awesome night of sleep and knocked out a blog post while I drank a green smoothie. I finalized my playlists and readings and then headed off to Om Yoga to teach my Saturday morning hot vinyasa class. I [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: My First Time RXing Fran!
April 13, 2014 { 12 comments }Thanks to my unusual midweek travel to see my grandmother, I’m still off my normal workout balance in that yoga has taken a backseat for the last few weeks. It’s okay though because I hit a major milestone last Tuesday in CrossFit…read on for more details! :) Monday Cardio/Strength 5 rounds: 250 meter sprint on [...]
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This Week’s Workouts: Lots of CrossFit
April 6, 2014 { 13 comments }Right on the heels of me blogging about the workout balance that works for me…I had a week with hardly any yoga and lots of CrossFit and running! The balance is definite an ebb and flow. Some weeks I’m all yoga, yoga, yoga and others it feels better or works well with my schedule to [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + 3 Reasons Why Women Should Lift
March 23, 2014 { 93 comments }I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’ve got my weekly workout recap for you today but first I want to talk about a subject I feel passionately about…why women should lift weights. I want to start out these weekly workout posts by discussing some sort of fitness topic. Let me know if you have [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + Learning to Love Deadlifts
February 23, 2014 { 17 comments }My workouts this week were really well balanced. Three strength training workouts, two good runs and lots of yoga. Furthermore, I loved the balance of my strength workouts with one big squat day, one deadlift focused day and one all over circuit training day. As I’ve mentioned before, I try to get in barbell squats [...]
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This Week’s Workouts (They Made Me Sore!)
February 16, 2014 { 19 comments }My workouts this week were kind of all over the place due to the snow but I was sore all week! First from a CrossFit WOD and then from the snow day home workout that I did. It’s been a long time since I’ve been as sore as I was this week. Monday Hot Yoga [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + Running Shoe Talk
February 9, 2014 { 25 comments }I have sad news. I have been running in the Mizuno Wave Elixir for about a year and a half now. I am so in love with this shoe. After running in Brooks Adrenaline’s for 10+ pairs, I was looking for a change when they updated the shoe and it no longer fit my needs. [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + Brady Bands Giveaway
February 2, 2014 { 138 comments }Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (Yesterday someone asked me what I was doing for the game and I asked them, “what game is even on tomorrow?” True story.) I’m checking in with my weekly workout recap but I also have a fun giveaway for you at the end so read on! Overall, it was a great [...]
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Five Ways to Beat Fitness Plateaus
January 26, 2014 { 16 comments }Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s already Sunday evening. This weekend flew by in a haze of yoga, yoga and more yoga. Literally, I was either practicing, teaching or assisting teacher training 10 hours each day. Needless to say that’s pretty much my idea of perfection and I am overflowing with gratitude and happiness that [...]
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Weekly Workouts: Back to Ashtanga + Last BodyPump Class
January 19, 2014 { 12 comments }Time for the weekly workout recap. This is a new weekly series that I’ve started in the last couple of months. I think it’s easier to give you a holistic view of the week and how I felt throughout than to sprinkle it throughout the week. I’m kind of trying to do the same thing [...]
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It’s January in the Fitness Industry!
January 11, 2014 { 13 comments }This week was…insane. There is no other word for it. January in the fitness industry is everything that it’s hyped up to be. I was booked solid with clients and classes and my inbox overfloweth with many other fitness and training related opportunities. I also have a list of things about a mile long that [...]
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Running Is The Easiest Travel Workout + This Week’s Workouts
December 29, 2013 { 15 comments }Even with the Christmas holiday this was a good workout week for me. One of my favorite things about running is that you can do it anywhere with minimal equipment and minimal time. No driving to a gym or yoga studio, you can just head out of the door and go. It’s always my default [...]
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Five Miles Never Felt So Good
December 21, 2013 { 9 comments }Happy weekend! Mine is a balance between hanging out and relaxing and running around trying to get the last of Christmas taken care of. This month flew by! It is a beautiful day here in North Carolina – 72 and a little overcast with peeks of sunshine coming through the clouds. It was too nice [...]
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The Week in Food and Fitness
December 8, 2013 { 26 comments }Please vote for my Chicken Marsala Mac and Cheese recipe in the Colombo Marsala Wine Challenge. It takes two seconds! My dish is today’s featured recipe on their Facebook page! Like ,share and help spread the word!!! Hi there! Hope y’all are staying warm. It has been such a wonderful weekend. I have a ton to [...]
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Working Out At Home And Away
December 1, 2013 { 15 comments }Hola! I’m in the Dominican Republic until Monday but wanted to check in while I wait for room service to bring my breakfast.Then I think I’m going to take a long walk on the beach followed by a massage and then laying on the beach reading. It’s a tough life here. The wedding was last [...]
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A Week of Workouts
November 23, 2013 { 29 comments }This week’s workouts were super diverse and a nice mix of yoga, cardio and strength. MONDAY Hot Yoga + CrossFit Benchmark WOD Elizabeth I am so out of the CrossFit loop. This was my first CrossFit workout in weeks. Cleans are my favorite movement and after coaching two classes through it, I couldn’t resist knocking [...]
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Happy Veterans Day + Weekend Part Two
November 11, 2013 { 14 comments }I have so much thanks and gratitude for all of those who have served and are currently serving our country. Both of my grandfathers served in the military (one was a West Point grad!) and my mom has been a social worker for the V.A. for over 20 years now. She has worked in multiple [...]
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#notrunning. And it feels good!
October 24, 2013 { 41 comments }I ran five miles this afternoon. I’m pretty sure this was my longest run since April when I struggled through five miles and had to stop for walking breaks every mile. The difference was that today’s run felt 100% perfect, empowering, relaxing and right. For so long a huge part of my identity was “runner.” [...]