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Thoughts on This Training Cycle: 11.5 Weeks In

Thoughts on This Training Cycle: 11.5 Weeks In

Hey guys, happy Wednesday! My morning was a little more eventful than planned – I woke up 1.5 hours after my alarm was supposed to go off and 15 minutes after I was supposed to be at work. I flew out of bed and was 

Banana Chocolate Chip Protein Breakfast Cookies

Banana Chocolate Chip Protein Breakfast Cookies

A few weeks ago Vital Proteins offered to send over some new-to-me products to try out. Henri and I have been using their Unflavored Collagen Peptides since August and really love it so we were super excited to try out some of the things we’d 

A Wonderful, Lazy Weekend

A Wonderful, Lazy Weekend

Happy Monday! I’m enjoying a rest day today to kick off race week! I’m racing a track 10K this Saturday and I’m excited, nervous and everything in between. I’ve never run a 10K on the track and it’s been a looooong time since I raced 

Training Summary: 2/26/2018-3/4/2018

Training Summary: 2/26/2018-3/4/2018

Happy Sunday Friends! The weekend is drawing to a close and it couldn’t have gone by faster. We’ve had an equally productive and lazy weekend over here and we’re excited to finish it off with some popcorn and Oscars viewing tonight – although we probably 

2018 Family Goals: Check In #1

2018 Family Goals: Check In #1

How is it already March?! 2018 is seriously flying by, which is interesting to me because the days and weeks feel long.  I thought that the beginning of a new month would be a great time to do a little check in on how the 

Balancing Family Planning + Running as an Elite Female Runner

Balancing Family Planning + Running as an Elite Female Runner

Happy Thursday friends! We’re almost to the weekend!! And there are no house construction plans on the agenda this weekend OR next so I’m looking forward to some quality family time. Yay! Today I have a really lengthy post on a topic that’s been weighing 

Chocolate PB Energy Bites

Chocolate PB Energy Bites

Happy Tuesday friends! Today I’m doing something fun and taking over the Instagram account of These Mothers Can Run – it’s an awesome community of running moms that Angela from Run Like Kale started. If you’d like to follow along with my takeover go to 

A Typical Day: Track Season 2018

A Typical Day: Track Season 2018

Happy Monday Friends! I hope you had a great weekend. Ours felt super short because I worked on Saturday (track meet) and Henri and his dad worked on the upstairs bathroom most of the day yesterday so we didn’t get very much family time. It’s 

Training Summary: 2/19-25/2018

Training Summary: 2/19-25/2018

This week was the first week since November that I hit 70 miles! It’s been a long time coming but I’m thankful that my coach has built my mileage up slowly since CIM. Since I’m currently focusing on training for shorter distances my workouts have 

18 Month Favorites

18 Month Favorites

Hey friends – happy Wednesday! This week feels like it’s flying by… before we know it it’ll be the weekend! And I’ll be working on Saturday… whomp whomp. Actually, I’m really excited about working this weekend because it’s our first track meet of the season!