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The Devil on My Nightstand

I love when I can blog and share my triumphs and things that I’ve overcome, but I also think it’s important for me to share the difficulty I sometimes have when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, because I never want to glorify myself or my habits. No matter […]

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Updates on All the Things

I know I’m a little behind on some updates, so here goes: Strength/Half-Marathon Training Update Monday: strength training–check! Tuesday: 3-mile tempo–check! Wednesday: 6x400s–check! Thursday: abs class before work Friday: rest (so good at that!) Saturday: 5-6 mile run (I ended up moving that to Sunday because of the weather…) Sunday: […]

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Some Things That Are Awesome

I called this post Things That Are Awesome, but as soon as I started uploading pictures, I realized it’s really more like “some awesome stuff that has arrived in my mailbox lately.” Whatever. Let’s start with the prettiest of things that have arrived in my mailbox lately: my new gym […]

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How Hard Will You Push Yourself?

Tonight, as I watched The Biggest Loser on the treadmill while doing a tempo run, I thought about pushing myself. [source] I think all the times I started down this path of healthy living before, I failed because of a self-fulfilling prophecy: I was afraid I would fail. I was […]

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Strong Sexy Spring Runner Challenge: Get Fast, Get Toned

I don’t know if it’s the dawn of a new year (cheese alert!) or being back on a training plan, but I’m just as motivated to stick to a sweat schedule and eat right as I was when I started down this crazy path almost three years ago. (Keep reading, […]

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