Still hoping, still dreaming.
The dreamer in me is feeling a little bummed out this week. I received the official news recently that once again I did NOT make the registration cut for the Boston Marathon. For those of you who are confused by…
My take on being “fit and pregnant”
Having a background in personal training for 7+ years and having worked with pregnant clients (AND having numerous pregnant friends in the past years), I thought I knew exactly how this whole “staying fit and pregnant” thing would go for…
Confessions of a Crossfitter
NEWSFLASH: I love Crossfit. A LOT. I have been consistently going 3-5 days a week for three years. I still get jitters the night before a workout when it is finally posted. I still am challenged and never bored. I have…
Easy Does It
When I completed my most recent marathon back in September, I was relieved to give running a break for a while, to switch gears. I have maintained a consistent Crossfit schedule through every race I have trained for the last…
A look back at 2014
There was A LOT that happened in 2014…almost too much to handle. I got married to an amazing man and accomplished some pretty lofty goals I set out for myself. To see all the goals, visit my 2014 Goals tab. …
Boston Qualifer, Boston Hopeful.
I am going to be honest. I didn’t want to write about this. I didn’t want to post about it. But for the last month I have gotten similar questions quite often “When does Boston training start? Did you book…
Hopeful.
It has been a craaaaaazzzy week! This past week/weekend I had an awesome opportunity to go to the National Association for College Admission Counseling conference. This one is different from the IACAC conference here in the spring that I always…
Boston Qualifier.
They say that 87% of people let the fear of failure keep them from being successful. EIGHTY SEVEN PERCENT. Is that number not terrifying? So much untapped potential. So many people so close to their dreams that come up short. …
Just keep showing up
You know that huge goal I had last year? The goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon? Remember how I missed that goal by 3 minutes? And then AGAIN a month later by two minutes? Yeah, that was awesome. So…
Numbers.
It is has officially happened. The Crossfit/lifting world warned me about this and I have been fighting it for a year now. None of my jeans fit. Even when I do the “Locigno butt dance” to get them on… I…
