"Run a half marathon" officially got a check mark next to it on my bucket list. On Sunday I dragged my butt across the finish line of the Chicago Women's Half Marathon, got myself a shiny medal and immediately went home and signed up for two more half marathons before the Chicago Marathon in October. Was it because I loved it? Heck no. Sunday's race was one of the most miserable experiences of my life - being sick + running 13.1 miles + 85 degrees is one nasty combination. I had to throw all of…
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{ via Alba Love } What can I say, I'm a sucker for a good to do list. While these lists often cover the mundane - from groceries to every detail of my Saturday - I always try and make things fun with a seasonal to do list as a reminder to relax and live a little. A to do list was definitely in order to celebrate my first summer in Chicago, so here are some of the things I'm hoping to accomplish over the next few months while soaking up some sunshine: Kayak the…
I've hinted a bit about a big announcement and, here it is - I'll be running the Chicago Marathon in October as part of the American Cancer Society's DetermiNation team. I'm still a bit shocked at this decision considering the fact that I have declared several times (even during my half marathon training) and I never ever want to run a full marathon, but hey, go big or go home. While this is a rather lofty goal I've set for myself, but I'm looking forward to not only proving to myself I can run a…
I've felt relieved ever since I began seeing these posts make their way across the blog world - it's all to easy to get caught up in the pressure to be perfect that seems to come with blogging. It's hard not to start comparing yourselves to other bloggers (even when they are your friends) and wonder how they manage to do it and have it all. I love how with this one simple, but scary blog post, we've been able to help ground the blogging community again and make it clear that no one is…
{ Feet after my first Sunday "long run" of training } Well, I officially have completed two weeks of my half marathon training, which adds up to be about thirty five miles ran. As I've said before, I haven't been a runner in years - I have long hated exercising and was honestly more worried about getting into the routine of running five times a week than the actual miles. I wanted to pull together a little list of a few things I've learned/discovered with ten training runs under my belt: 1. Good music is key! I…