I am blessed enough to have two sisters in my life. One is my sister from another mister, but we don’t bother explaining that to people anymore. Melissa is Stephanie’s and my half sister. Mel and I share our Mom, and she and Steph share their Dad. Steph’s Dad and my Mom used to be… [Read More]
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This Week In PT….
This week has been a real breakthrough for me in PT. (Knock on wood. Knock on my dresser, my nightstand, my railing, and the tree in my backyard.) I have “graduated” to more advanced exercises, and really started getting down and dirty with my strength training (as indicated by the soreness in my legs and… [Read More]
Week In Review
It's becoming a little bit difficult for me to get to all of the posts done that I've been wanting to do. Studying is seriously taking up like 75% of my time, so my apologies. I'm going to throw up some smoothie recipes this weekend or early next week, though, for sure. I made an… [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training Week 14 Recap
What an amazing week!! I ran my longest run to date with Ari and Nicole, and got a new bike! Isn’t she a beauty!? I haven’t named her yet, but don’t worry, I’ll let you know when I do . Here’s how the week went down: Tuesday 9/11: I ran 10 miles in 1:39 through… [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training Week 13 Recap
Week 13 was a cut back week to give our bodies a little bit of a break before the next increase in mileage. What a nice break! Here’s how it went: Monday 9/3: Ran 4 miles in 43 minutes with Ari and Nicole. Had the day off for Labor Day, and it was a really… [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training Weeks 6 and 7
Has it really been 7 weeks already?? Wow!! Time flies seriously! So we’ve been training in the blazin’ AZ heat for 7 weeks now, and probably have another 4-5 to go before the mornings start to get bearable again. (Hopefully!!) I can’t wait to see how we all improve once the temperature comes down! So… [Read More]