I am a huge fan of buying local. I shop at the farmer’s market when I can get there, we used to buy a share of a steer from a (as local as you can get to Washington, DC) farm, and I’d much rather eat at a local restaurant or brewpub than a chain. So,…
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A tale of many surfaces – Altra Lone Peak Review
Do you have some running items that you love so much you’d buy them again? Or maybe you actually bought more than one because you were afraid that they’d stop making it. (Or like me, you bought more than one because you couldn’t find the one you had.) That’s our topic for Tuesdays on the…
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Heart Bars Review #hempheartbar
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Heart Bars were provided to me for review. All opinions are my own. Confession: I’m a snacker. In fact, I usually have two snacks a day. Depending on what I’m doing, I might have a morning snack and push my lunch later or eat a snack between lunch and dinner to keep me from…
iFit Classic Watch Review
When I was sent the iFit Classic to review, I have to admit my first thought was “wow, that’s big”, followed by “and white”. So, right there, you know my two cons to this combination watch, activity tracker, and calorie counter: I wish that they had a women’s size and I would have chosen black…
Nava Health and Vitality Center: Results {{Giveaway}}
Nava Health and Vitality Center offered me an opportunity to try their intake services and compensated me for this post. A few weeks ago, I headed over to the Nava Health and Vitality Center to meet with one of their staff and get blood drawn for a variety of tests. The experience as a whole was…
Nava Health and Vitality Center, Visit 1
Disclaimer: I received compensation for this post, but all opinions are my own. A few weeks ago, I got a chance to visit the Nava Health and Vitality Center for an evening discussion. Nava is an integrative wellness center “where clients can experience a rich blend of Eastern and Western wellness techniques to overcome a variety…
CyberMonday Deals + Planning my 2016 calendar: Serial Racing Review
You all know I love to race. I had no idea just how crazy my race schedule would be when I started this blog. After all, I just wanted to train for and run the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon. But somewhere along the way, I got bitten by the race bug and started setting all…
The Food Dare Review
Happy weekend after Thanksgiving! Did you eat your weight in sweet potatoes, stuffing, and pie like I did? (Note the lack of mention of turkey – I ate some, but I’m not a fan, so it was a small part of my meal(s).) I don’t know about you, but despite a couple of runs, I’m…
Holiday Giveaway Hop: Lotta Love Top
It’s not exactly a secret that I love Skirt Sports. I first fell in love with the Happy Girl (still my favorite of their products), then discovered their Lotta Breeze capri, and then moved on to tights and jackets, and tank tops, oh my. While I don’t intentionally wear an item from Skirt Sports every…
Altra Impulse Review
I run exclusively in Altra Running shoes. I began a few years ago with the Intuition 1.5 and have now transitioned to pretty much wearing the Altra One (2 or 2.5) for all of my long runs. Occasionally I throw in some runs in the Intuition 3, but the One has become my go to…
Healthy Snacks: Fit Snack July Box
I received the July Fit Snack box free of charge. Links below are affiliate links, which means if you buy through them, I might earn another box of their selection of healthy snacks. I am always on the search for healthy snacks for the kids and myself. I am a small meal/small snack person. I feel…
Headsweats hat review and giveaway
I ran 140 miles last month. Guess how many of those miles included a hat on my head… Yep, 140 of them. When I first became a runner, I had short hair. Too short to be put back in any way, but long enough to end up in my eyes. For a while, I ran…