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Chicago VZW Voices Health and Fitness blogger dinner
Official results are posted now and I ended up PR-ing with a time of 39:46 and my 5K split was 24:35! Last night was an absolute blast. After a lovely afternoon of shopping and getting a blowout (I...
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Last day in Chicago + VZW Health and Fitness Voices program
So I’ve shared the exciting news about being selected to participate in the Verizon Health and Fitness Voices program — but what exactly does that mean? It means that, along with about 16 other fitness...
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Weekly Wednesday Ragnar post: Meet Jesse (AKA the husband)
My hubby and dog-child. Name: Jesse N. Location: Minneapolis How long have you been running? I’ve been running for approximately 7 years Why did you decide to do Ragnar? I thought Ragnar would be a...
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It’s my anniversary!
Just wishing myself a happy one year blog anniversary! Hope you’re all having a great week!
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Life changing ice cream
I’m racing (again) tomorrow! Even though I feel like I recovered pretty quickly after Sunday’s race, I’m still not planning to go all out for this race; rather, treat it as a (hopefully) quality long...
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Goldy’s Run race recap + Ladies Night Out
Race #6 of the year — done! Yesterday, I ran the Goldy’s Run ten mile race — my first double digit run since last October! As compared to last year’s nearly perfect running weather (I’m pretty sure it...
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Boston.
I’m in complete disbelief over what happened today in Boston. I’m horrified but so thankful that everyone I knew that was in Boston is safe. I really have no words so I will leave you with this:...
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Run less, run faster
I’m taking a new approach to my half marathon PR goal. I’m going to try to run less while running faster. You’ve probably heard of this book. I had not. But as soon as I did hear about it, I’ve been...
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Weekly Wednesday Ragnar post: Meet Mandy!
Name: Mandy Location/hometown: Minneapolis How long have you been running? About 5 years Why did you decide to run Ragnar? Wanted to run it one more time since although it was exhausting the first...
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Recap: Fall Great Lakes Bird Camp (AKA the greatest weekend ever)
Man, I’m coming down off of my bird camp high and it’s not pretty. So I stayed up late last night to write this and relive #allthememories. Sorry in advance that this is so long: Friday I rushed around...
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2017 Great Lakes Bird Camp (WI) Recap
HELLO!! I took almost one year off from blogging (my last blog post was a recap from Bird Camp last year). I’ll go into this more in a future post, but I’m in a much different place these days when it...
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Race Recap: 2017 Ragnar Great River
My alarm went off at 1:45 a.m. and I was out the door by 2:30 a.m. We met at Volee teammate Kaitlin’s place and was on the road to Winona by 3 freaking a.m. After a slight detour due to road...
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Weekly Workouts: 8/28 – 9/3
I came off of two weekends of more running than my body was probably ready for (Ragnar and Bird Camp), so I took the past week easy. I’m feeling re-energized about my running, getting strong again and...
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Race Recap: 2017 Twin Cities 10 Mile
I ran with a charity bib, in honor of my dad and Charlie and to represent team Miles with Maeve This was my 7th 10 mile and 2nd TC 10 Mile. And was a great reminder why I love the distance and this...
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Post-injury running update
Hello! Wanted to pop in quickly to do a little update since I am officially running again! Not much and definitely sloooooow, but I’m happy to be pain free, finally! Dr. Travis McCathie (who is a...
View ArticleI’m starting the AIP on Jan. 1 AKA I will not be fun to go out to eat with
According to the fantastic online resource Autoimmune Wellness, the Autoimmune Protocol, or AIP, is an elimination diet that has been specifically designed to help those suffering from autoimmunity...
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Festive Fitness
Since our house got hit by strep right before Christmas, and I took about a week off from working out, I wanted to take advantage of working from home and the long holiday weekends off from work to...
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Weekly workouts: 1/8 – 1/14
Monday, January 8: REST Life got in the way and I opted to skip Monday’s run for my own sanity’s sake. Tuesday, January 9: Strength Hit up a weight training class at Northeast Fitness. It was a...
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Race Recap: Pettit Indoor Marathon Relay
Third time’s a charm, right? After putting my hat in the ring and then withdrawing twice (because…pregnant), this year, I finally participated in the Pettit Indoor Marathon Relay. Friday Andrea,...
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