There She Goes...Running in Okinawa
Chronicling the constant juggle of a Mother Runner, Marine Wifey, Eager Student, Lazy Blogger and First Time Marathon Training while living in Okinawa, Japan!
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Here are some Paleo guidelines from the Paleo for Athletes book on the week before a priority event. Eating the day before and eating the day of the event. All of this information has been taken directly from the book. Pg 18. Eating the Week Before: This is not a time for wholesale changes in [...]
Running Gets Complicated Sometimes…Especially when your Ego is Prego… So here I am…two weeks away from my very first marathon… I’ve been training since January of this year… and I just got confirmation from the Doc that I’m two months pregnant! (Which means I powered through that Kinser Half-Marathon at 3+ weeks pregnant! WAHOO!) [...]
As you all know – I am and have been training for the Honolulu 2011 Marathon – since January of this year. I have suffered from a few setbacks with injuries, a demanding college schedule, a husband being deployed and my own emotional roller coaster of doubt and rededication as the months have slowly [...]
BIG NEWS…good to be back on the path of completion! Those shin splints were getting me down physically and mentally! I took last week off from my blog to focus on what felt like a crazy out-of-control week! I had finals for college, a fundraising 24hr Jog-a-Thon that my running group participated in, my husband [...]
