Welcome to my Blog!!!!

Good evening everyone!!! I just wanted to try this out to begin with before I start officially blogging in the coming days. I am super excited to be able to share my journey with others. I hope to inspire others while they inspire me. Let's share with each other openly about out fitness, running, and weight loss ups and downs. I promise I am not perfect, nor do I even try to be. I am hear to share what I have learned since starting my own fitness journey in July of 2011 and my journey to becoming a marathon runner. I began running on March 17, 2012 and have truly found my passion. But I am by no means Boston ready. Running the Boston Marathon is on the top of my bucket list and I am going to work hard to reach that goal. So that's just a little bit about me for tonight. I will be back soon to post more about myself, the FB page I have created, and the training programs I am working on. There will be stuff about being a wife and mommy thrown in there as well. Hope you all will enjoy!!

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A trip to a local running store with a friend & A Training Update

Well, I finally did it! It only took me over 4 years to do it but I finally was properly fitted for running shoes!! (And it’s only taken me a month and a half to blog about it!! Darn Garage project and heading back to school! LOL (see previous post for more of my excuses!)) On Tuesday, July 26, my awesome friend Michelle and I traveled to Fleet Feet Sports in Middleton. Michelle and I work together at one of the middle schools I teach at. She is honestly the best co-worker in the world! We totally get each other which is awesome and makes going to work that much more enjoyable! We taught summer school together but I haven’t seen her since summer school ended. It was great catching up on things on the ride from Milton where she picked me up to Middleton. I honestly haven’t laughed that much in probably 3 weeks! It’s always great to hang out with my buddy! Anyway, we arrived at the store and looked around for a bit ...

When Life Throws You Lemons--My Comeback

I know I haven't’ been the best blogger as of late. Honestly, I haven’t felt like sharing much of what I’ve been going through the past year. Maybe I felt ashamed for struggling so much and wanted to continue to give off the persona that everything was perfect. I’m not perfect. Far from it. But that’s what makes me real and human. I think that’s what people want to see and read about. Not everyone is a fitness model or perfect wife and mother. So here it is! My comeback to blogging. It’s going to be real and raw and everything I’ve kept inside. Last year when we returned from our Disney vacation (June 2017), I started back into training for my 3rd Madison Marathon. I wanted a PR so badly for this race. I wanted so badly to be under 5 hours. My training sucked! With EJ starting peewee football and my class load at work (I’ll get into that later), every time I thought about this race, I dreaded it. Honestly, I was falling more and mo...

A Change in Mindset and Goals

Since reading The Magnolia Story and my experience with my wedding rings, I have changed my mindset about so many things. One in particular being my obsession with running and working out. I know that my running and working out is time-consuming and a lot of our free time revolves around my running schedule because I have set these lofty goals to run races and a certain number of miles in a year. This has also caused me to be ridiculously burned out from running. I have lost my love of it a little bit. So to gain that back, the first thing I am doing is to NOT set a mileage goal for next year. I still want to train and race, but I am going to follow my plans more and not overdo it as much just to chase a number. I am going to run more for feel and for the freedom it gives me. I am going to run with friends more. I am going to make running fun and enjoyable again. I’m going to concentrate on getting stronger with more stre...

Mom on the Run--Woman of Steele

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