Zen Running – leave your watch at home.

My dad and I joke about my Type A personality traits. I can count on one hand the number of times I have gone out for a run without my GPS watch.  I don't like surprises, especially when I go out for a run. I use my watch to track my speed and distance relying...

Self love isn’t always easy…

  Self love isn't always easy...thank goodness for my sister! We have a wonderful relationship, now don't get me wrong she may be younger by 15 months but she used to kick my butt.  Through the years we have become thick as thieves and I truly do not know where I would be in life...

Just eat another cookie…

I've heard this often over the past few weeks..."Enjoy. Just eat another cookie...you can run it off later."  If only it were that easy! For starters I cannot just pop a cookie in my mouth and not stress about the calories that it contains and what it would take to "burn" it off.    Mentioning...

Tips & Tricks – Hydration Vests

Being that I live in the middle of nowhere (not really, but Luxemburg is a VERY small town) I train for the most part solo.  This posses several challenges when my mileage starts to ramp up.  I was given excellent advice by a fellow runner (CamelBak Marathoner Review - Dane Rauschenberg) when I became to research...

Running is ALWAYS the ANSWER

It is amazing what happens when one witnesses love  and kindness.  Times are tough, the world feels like it is dissolving in chaos, but  there are individuals that prove the human spirit is alive and well.  Sometimes it takes one stepping back to see it, but love is everywhere.  The gestures may not be grand,...

Milwaukee Running Festival 2016 – Recap

I am stoked beyond belief to be a 2016 Ambassador for the Milwaukee Running Festival.  One of the items on my "must do" list was to participate in an inaugural event and then subsequently continue to participate as long as I can.  #MKERUNFEST fit the bill! In 2015 I had the pleasure of being part of...

An Open Letter

Recently I have been seeing this term "tribe" used a lot.  It got me to thinking about the meaning of a tribe. According to Dictionary.com a tribe is defined as any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.  As...

Death to Motivation (aka the Holidays SUCK)

I'm going to start with what may be a very unpopular statement - the HOLIDAYS SUCK!  I get that not everyone feels this way, but stick with me on this for a bit. Finding motivation to do anything other than jump on the hamster wheel of gift giving, decorating, baking, traveling, and all other mayhem...

Monday Motivation – Too Much Pressure

Why is it that we need a hashtag and a day to be motivated?  Reminds me of the compulsion to devise New Years Resolutions simply because the year is coming to a close.  Do we not need motivation everyday or all year long? The pressure is way to great to uphold these expectations and in...