My Inspiration
As a fitness instructor, it’s easy to get caught up in your own methods, your own ideas, and your own fitness rules. When I’m in the middle of prepping for 10+ fitness classes a week, it’s easy to keep teaching …
Category: Fitness
Fitness Wishes for Students
I love teaching group fitness. I love the energy, the team-like atmosphere, the accountability, the joint feeling of accomplishment and success when we’ve completed a tough workout. I’ve been leading fitness classes for 5 years. In that time, I’ve learned …
Holiday Run Streak
December usually marks a running rest period for me. I run hard all year, multiple races, and spend December lifting weights, maybe swimming, focusing more on indoor workouts. That was the plan for this year. Then I wanted to go for …
Annapolis Ten Miler
Race #25 in the books! Five years ago, when I began my pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, I never thought I’d be able to write a post like this one. A runner? Running races? Multiple races in a season? And loving it? …
ZOOMA Chicago Half Marathon
The ZOOMA Chicago Half Marathon marks half #5 in my racing life. I’ve spent the better part of two years training hard for races like this, running almost every other day. A destination race for me, the inaugural ZOOMA Chicago …
Coffee Banana Recovery Smoothie
I’ve created a masterpiece. Behold: my favorite post-workout recovery smoothie to date: the coffee banana recovery smoothie. This popped into my head after a pretty intense workout session: 8 mile tempo run plus teaching an hour of Zumba. I love …
Walking the Appalachian Trail in Maryland
For my inaugural interaction with the Maryland section of the Appalachian Trail, I wanted to hike the full 40.9 miles. Easy by AT standards, Maryland is the perfect place to get acquainted with hiking the trail. In fact, there’s even …
Right Now
It’s been a little while since I’ve sat down and put fingers to keys. So much good is happening in my life and I find myself floating from one happy to the next. I’m still on a hiker’s high from …
And suddenly the race schedule picks up
After the Annapolis Half last weekend, I posted that I didn’t have a single race lined up until the full marathon in November. All of a sudden, I was presented with a number suggestions — Baltimore 10 miler, run the …
Pen Mar to Harpers Ferry
I’m getting ready to embark on an adventure. That’s a snapshot of my journey from Saturday-Tuesday on the Appalachian Trail (AT). Shane and I are hiking 40+ miles, starting in Pen Mar, MD/PA and ending in Harpers Ferry, WV. We’re …