Archives for July 2013

Rock n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon 2013

Rock n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon 2013

I ran another race! It's so strange for me to be running so many races lately. I've only been running since 2011 and I've always trained for marathons and haven't run many shorter distance races. Since my injury and wedding coming up I decided to do … [Read more...]

Weekend Highlights

Weekend Highlights

1 anniversary celebration, 2 local races, 1 bachelorette party, 1 summerfest, 1 olympic triathlon and lots of time with friends made this an outstanding weekend!       After 5 days of waking up at 4am and … [Read more...]

Race for Fun

Race for Fun

Running is always fun. Racing is even better. When you haven't been training, just running for fun, there's no reason to put pressure on yourself to PR at a race. It would set you up for failure and disappointment and that's never … [Read more...]

Weekend Highlights + Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Weekend Highlights + Institute for Integrative Nutrition

I've got the Sunday night blues. Anyone else sad to see the holiday weekend end? The weather, holiday festivities and spending time with family and friends was just what a I needed. Tony, my Mom and I saw the fireworks at Gillson Park in … [Read more...]

Enjoy the Moment

Enjoy the Moment

Constantly pushing ourselves to do more and be more can be a great thing, but sometimes it's best to sit back, relax and enjoy the moment. For the next few days I'm going to be gentle with myself and I hope you can do the same. Since you can't take … [Read more...]