Since today's Tuesdays on the Run is a free topic and there's not a lot going on in my world right now, I asked my friend Chavet to write up a post about her experience at Badwater 135. Badwater 135 is 135 mile race from Death Valley to Mt Whitney, CA. It is known as the "world's toughest road race." I met Chavet a few years ago at one of the Mainly Marathons series that I did. I knew that since then Chavet had become an amazing ultra runner, but I did not know she was aiming for Badwater. She went from hearing about the race 5 years ago to picking challenging ultra marathons to prove she was capable of finishing to actually getting chosen to run the race this year. This is a shorter version to wet your appetite, but if you'd like to … [Read more...]
How to PR a race in 3 easy steps!
Life has been a little crazy lately, so I decided to take my buddy Courtney up on her offer to fill in for me. I got to meet Courtney in person this year when we ran ZOOMA and the Fit Foodie 5k. I LOVED hanging out with her and am already scheming to find another race we can drink at, I mean run, together. So, here she is, Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC. Please make her feel at home! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi y'all! I'm so happy to guest post for Erika since she posted for me while I was off getting married. She's one of my favorite bloggers and I've been lucky enough to spend some time with her recently in real life and she's just as awesome as she appears on her blog. Anyway, I thought I'd share my tips on how to PR a race in 3 easy … [Read more...]
Wine’d Down Wednesday
Life is a little crazy here. Temps in the high 90s, school picnics (outdoors!), spending all of my free time trying to get my car fixed... I did manage to run on Monday and lift weights on Tuesday. Now I just need to figure out what I can cram in today! All I know is I'm in desperate need of a glass of wine (or a really good beer), so I partnered up with the ladies of Wine'd Down Wednesday for a little something different here today. I hope you all find it fun! Welcome to the 40th Week of Wine'd Down Wednesday!! 40?? Whaaat?? Thank you SO MUCH to everyone that has been linking with us so far, we are beyond thrilled to have you coming back week after week and just love reading all of your posts! We were all so excited and overjoyed that … [Read more...]
How to live with a Crossfit spouse (guest post)
Today, I'm handing over the controls to a new friend from Elf for Health. She's going to share her expertise about something I know nothing about: living with a crossfit aficionado. Enjoy! (And stop on by Pavement and Pixie Dust to hear me share my expertise... on beer and fitness.) Hi,Becki from Pavement and Pixie Dust here. I’m fairly new to the run blogging community and I’m excited to be participating in the Elf4Health blog swap. Thanks to Erika for hosting my blog and make sure to check out her post over at my spot (rkjalernpan.blogspot.com) I am good at a lot of things. But when it comes to being an expert, I really had to stop and think. The first few things that came to mind were eating dessert for breakfast, talking to my … [Read more...]
From Washington to Washington
After 11 hours on my feet yesterday, I'll shortly be heading back into that fray. I have moved boxes, directed people, and talked until I'm nearly hoarse. I am having so.much.fun! While I'm out having a blast and working my butt off (seriously, I got both a weight workout and cardio yesterday), I'm handing over the reins of my blog to Meg from Run.Fit.Kin for a day. Please make her feel welcome! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MCM Mama is currently working tirelessly to help thousands of runners get their race packets and have a great time at the Nike Expotique in downtown DC, so I'm filling in for her today! I'm Meg and I blog at http://RunFitKin.com where … [Read more...]
