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Why You Should Plan Rest After Goal Races

Why You Should Plan Rest After Goal Races

It’s been a month since I ran the California International Marathon… and in that time I’ve taken 16 complete rest days, cross trained twice, and run a total of 81 miles (ie. the same amount of miles that I ran per WEEK during the height 

Our Family Word of the Year

Our Family Word of the Year

Happy 2018 friends! After a wonderful (and long) break it’s back to normal around here today. I so enjoyed our time together but I’m definitely ready to get back into a routine. Yesterday was a rest day but I still wanted to kick the year 

My New Training Buddy + Training Summary: 12/25-31/2017

My New Training Buddy + Training Summary: 12/25-31/2017

Happy New Year’s! Do you have any fun plans for tonight? We’re having our friends over for a sleepover so our girls can go down to bed at their normal time and we can *attempt* to make it to midnight together. (#thatmomlife am I right?) 

2017 Year In Review

2017 Year In Review

At the end of the year I like to take some time to look back at the year that was. As I get older the years seem to fly by more and more and taking a breath to look back at the past 12 months 

Our Christmas (In a Sentence Per Picture)

Our Christmas (In a Sentence Per Picture)

Hi friends! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend full of good food, laughter and quality time with family and friends! We had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas in Massachusetts but this post would get really long if I recapped it in full 

Merry Christmas 2017

Merry Christmas 2017

Wishing you and your family a very, Merry Christmas!

Training Summary: 12/18-24/2017

Training Summary: 12/18-24/2017

Merry Christmas Eve from Boston! Lavinia and I flew out on Wednesday to be with my family and Henri joined us last night (he couldn’t take any time off from work this past week). We’ve been enjoying lots of relaxing family time and have gotten 

10 Instant Pot Recipes I Can’t Wait to Try

10 Instant Pot Recipes I Can’t Wait to Try

  This year my mom got me an Instant Pot for Christmas – and the benefit of living across the country from each other is that you get to open your presents when they arrive at your house in the mail. haha The past few 

My 2018 Running Plans + Goals

My 2018 Running Plans + Goals

As I’ve mentioned before on the blog, I’m not really one for New Year’s Resolutions but I do love taking some time at this time of year to look ahead and set some goals for the year ahead. The past 2.5 weeks have been a 

Life Update & What I’ve Been Up To Since CIM

Life Update & What I’ve Been Up To Since CIM

Happy Monday friends! I can’t believe that Christmas is just a week away, December has flown by and I feel like I’ve been scrambling to squeeze in Christmas activities this year and semi-failing. It’s been a long time since I just did a fun, life