Wednesday, the alarm:5:30 a.m. The Workout: 3.11 miles at an easy pace (8:59 per mile) and then 1 mile at faster than 5K pace, which ended up being 6:24. Total of 4 miles for the day.6:20 a.m. Musical beds was played at our house last night. Sometime during the hours of ...
Week in the Life: Tuesday words + photos
6:10 a.m. Alarm goes off for me to get up and start getting ready.6:15 a.m. Roomba starts. This thing really makes my life so much easier. It's scheduled to run every morning at 6:15 and gets my floors all clean. Makes me happy :)6:45 a.m. Wake girls up. ...
Week In the Life: Monday photos + Words
Monday alarm set for 4:40 a.m. for a 3.1 mile recovery run.The only way I make it out the door that early? Having all my running gear out and ready to slip on, in the dark.6:20 a.m. Breakfast for the girls. Waffles with butter, fresh peaches on the side, milk to drink.6:50 ...
Weekly Workout–Stepping Up my Half Marathon Training
Half marathon training really kicked in this week. After weeks of running 3-4 miles, 4-5 times a week to build my 'base', I started stepping it up with distance and speedwork. If you care absolutely nothing about running, and don't want to read about my training, go here and watch this ...
Wakeboarding, Inner-Tubing, Knee-boarding, and Sunburning
We went to the lake this weekend. Justin and I used to go EVERY weekend when we were first dating, but those trips have gotten fewer and farther between in the last few years. Both girls are complete water rats, so taking them to the lake and/or river is always lots of fun. They ...
Week in the Life 2013: My Pre-Project Thoughts
I'll be joining in with Ali Edwards next week (September 9-15) for A Week in the Life 2013. I did this project a few years ago and it's one of my favorite albums ever. It's so neat to go back and see what our lives were like then, and how much has changed.To me, a week in the life is all ...