Prego Ego Diaries: Third Trimester (take two)

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TAKE TWO!!! Here’s more info and less of my ramblings! If your just joining me in my 3rd trimester of updates please read Prego Ego Diaries #1, #2, #3 – to catch up! Obviously – I already wrote a post about my 3rd trimester exercise – HOWEVER – I feel that I left out some really [...]

Exercising Through Pregnancy: The Third Trimester

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  I had totally planned to blog WAY more about my exercising experiences through all of my trimesters BUT I found that this pregnancy was very uneventful. I also found that exercising this time was much easier than w/ my first pregnancy.   So, here I am at 30 weeks and not much to talk [...]

Where Has The Time Gone?

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    WOW! What a whirlwind the last four weeks have been…   So – we got all of our stuff packed out of Okinawa… …lived in a hotel for a week, had a farewell run w/ WOOP (so bittersweet), ate lunch with every girlfriend that was available before I left the island, jumped on [...]

Janet Hamilton’s “Half Crazy” Inspiration

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  New Year’s Resolutions: In January of 2011 I set a goal to end the year with a bang (the “start here link“ will tell the full story)! I was going to train all year and finish in December by running my very first marathon (Here’s the scoop on the marathon went: Part “ONE“, “TWO“, [...]

Prego Ego Diaries #3: Exercising Through Second Trimester

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Week 20 & 21 If you’re just now joining me in my journey to document my fitness through pregnancy journey – please read Prego Ego Diary #1 and Prego Ego Diary #2   Already in this pregnancy (baby #2 for us) my whole experience has been night and day in comparison to my first pregnancy. [...]

Prego Ego Diaries #2 – Nutrition

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  I’m currently 17 weeks pregnant – almost into month 5! I can hardly believe where the time goes…it seemed like my first pregnancy went sooooo s.l.o.w BUT this one is just flying by!   This is week 2 of my Body By You boot camp experience and I already had to miss Monday b/c [...]

Prego Ego Diaries: What I’m Learning About Exercising Through Pregnancy

Not my belly!

Today – I’m officially 16 weeks pregnant – and I’ve been slacking! Ever since the marathon (Dec. 11th, 2011) I’ve had a hard time staying motivated. I sort of went though, what I’m calling, Post Marathon Depression! I think that I spent all of last year being so super focused and goal driven that now [...]

I Made the Nomination List: 2011 #runchat Blog Awards

YES! Fist pumps! I'm so excited about this!

Oh My Goodness!         Thank you so much to all of my FB friends, to the wonderful people who read my blog, and to my Twitter followers who took to the time email in a nomination for me to the #RunChatBlog Awards. NOW – if you would please take another quick moment [...]

Part III: My First Marathon; The Finish Line

What a way to end 2011!

I think it’s so fitting that I’m recapping my marathon experience from 2011 just as we roll into 2012. This past year was all about my running goals, personal goals, and sticking to New Years Resolutions (for the first time ever!). If you are just finding this posting please see Part I and Part II [...]

Part II: My First Marathon

Oh shit...someone caught me looking miserable! lol!

  My legs feel great, I feel great, my music is energizing and the cheering crowd makes me smile. I had run passed the first aid station not realizing it was so soon… one thing that surprised me was that you start stepping on paper cups well before you ever see a table with water. [...]