The daily life and the medals

Good afternoon everyone! I had this post planned today about hydration and I just wasn’t feeling it. That will probably have to come tomorrow because it’s important information. I’m not feeling much today. I’m feeling lazy and tired. I really didn’t take much time to recover two weeks ago from the marathon and then I went and ran another one. I’m a little off my marathon game. So here I am blogging to you today about…not much.

The @lrmarathon staff made sure we got new medals that weren't broken. Thank you so much! It's like Christmas at our house. That bling though! #racebling #littlerockmarathon #littlerock #marathonmaniacs #medal

Yesterday there was good news in the mail. We got our Little Rock Marathons in the mail again. This time I got my 5K medal and got an unbroken marathon medal. I was super jazzed that we received replacement medals so quickly and without any hassle. A++ to the staff at the Little Rock Marathon and Hasty Awards for being awesome.

Hung my new medal rack today. Now my #marathon medals have their own rack. Of course, a few medals are too big to be put on the rack. Those have another place. #marathonmaniacs #fitspiraton #instarunners #runchat #runlife #runaholic #runalltheraces
I got a new medal rack at the Mercedes Marathon back in February. I never hung it up until yesterday. I thought it was time because my other rack was overflowing. Now my marathon medals have a place of their own and aren’t mixed in with my half marathon and other race medals. I’m not being a marathons snob…I’m just on a marathon quest.

It’s so true though, it’s a lot of work for a free banana!  Most of the time, I can’t even eat the bananas at the end. Maybe I’m not getting free use of all race amenities?

Marathon medals

Granted, I can’t hang all my marathon medals on the rack because the wall would come down.

I don’t know if I blogged about it but I’ve been itching for new state. I think it’s being around all those people who are traveling every week state to state. My 10th state was supposed to be California in May, but guess what? I’m going to Kentucky to run the Horse Capital Marathon in Lexington, KY now! It was on a whim and requires a little bit of a road trip. I was nervous about making the trip by myself, but I found someone from my running group to go with me. It should be a really great time. I really had my eyes set on the Kentucky Derby Festival marathon but this will do too. Kentucky is all about the horses so as long as that’s included, it will do for my quest experiences.

Hydration

When I was in Kansas, I got a new water bottle. This is important because it’s getting hotter. I have big plans for the summer which means I’ll be running around in the heat all summer. I’m trying to drink at least three full bottles a day. It’s been helpful and I can take it with me everywhere. And it’s a pretty color.

Are some good marathons in your state?  I need to know about all the marathons so I can choose.

Five things on this Friday

Five things on this Friday

Happy Friday everyone!  I’ve been waiting for this day all week because I knew it would be a rest day for me.  I told myself that if I put in the work during the week, I could take today off from working out.  I was looking forward to sleeping in, but I still managed to wake up at 5:20am.  I got an extra hour of sleep so I’ll take that as a win. 1. I took it to the couch this morning to watch some Real Housewives of New York City and Married at First Sight.  I do love my…

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There’s always room for improvement

There’s always room for improvement

I haven’t been the best blogger lately and I’m going to make some changes. There’s always room for improvement, right? That’s why it important to write down your goals as that constant reminder of what you’re trying to accomplish. I use to be so big on goal setting and meeting those goals. The one thing I was always told people was to set goals, write them down and check them off the list. I use to live by this and then I just stopped. I’ve slacked off. I’ve kind of stopped working toward something and just have been working…I’ve been…

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I haven’t disappeared

I haven’t disappeared

You probably visited the blog a couple of times and noticed I haven’t posted anything.  I really haven’t been feeling well and the last thing I’ve wanted to do was blog.  I always start off with the best intentions but then it doesn’t happy. I’m still here.  I just don’t feel well.  I’ve gone to the doctor and been all checked out.  I really just think this is a case of dehydration. Blogging will return shortly but that doesn’t mean you can’t look at some great stuff on the site. I promise I will return to you soon with more…

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I had a good weekend

I had a good weekend

I had a really great weekend.  I know I don’t usually post stuff about my normal day to day on the blog, but maybe I should do more things like that. I spent Valentine’s Day being active with Willie and support my best friend at her school 5k.  Note:  it was a lot of walking on a soccer field. Totally not serious, but A LOT of fun! And someone showed me to to stretch because I wasn’t do it right! Then we headed to the expo to pick up our packets. Then I fought the ridiculous Austin traffic to hang…

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Things I’ve learned.

Things I’ve learned.

This week I turned down my dream job because in the end it wasn’t really my dream job. It was a great job and I’m honored to have been offered the job. In the end, I knew the job was amazing but it wasn’t my time for this job. It was a very emotional process for me and I learned a couple of things: 1. Ultimately, my husband will always come first. What he thinks and feels has always been important to me. I travel a lot but I do that because I want to do that. I control the…

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Now that I’m not running…

Now that I’m not running…

I have a little bit more free time.  Things have settled in our house.  Willie is officially a marathoner and I’ve run my last races of the year.  Those recaps will be coming soon but for right now there is something else to talk about. Now that I’m not running I have a little bit of time to clean shop around the blog.  It’s been a hard trying to find a balance in life.  I have my day job, my part time job and my blog job.  It’s been a whirlwind and I think I did a pretty good job…

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My weight loss gamer changer

My weight loss gamer changer

For some reason people are saying that Willie and I were on The Biggest Loser. I’ve been stopped four times in two days of people asking me about the show. Sorry folks, we weren’t on that show. The social aspect of the show would have had us voted out in the very beginning. But the lovely lady at Sam’s Club did ask me what the biggest game changer in losing all the weight. I didn’t even flinch when she asked because I know portion control was the biggest learning experience of it. Please pay attention to portion sizes. Read the…

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The fastest meal prep I’ve ever done

The fastest meal prep I’ve ever done

When I travel, it’s really hard to get the meal prepping done.  Guess what? I’m going to be doing a lot of traveling for the rest of the year so I’m going to have to learn to perfect the system.  I usually end up skipping a workout so I can get everything done but yesterday I tried something different.  I was very rushed. I had to make a plan and a list.  The most important thing this week was to make sure that I had things that could get done quickly.  The meal planning was a little bit difficult because…

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Energy bars and working out

Energy bars and working out

I feel boring lately because I haven’t really been doing anything exciting. I needed the change of pace though because I was on the move the entire beginning of the year. Plus, things are getting ready to kick into high gear for me. This week I’m going to Fitbloggin in Savannah, GA so I’ll be on the move. I thought I would let you know what’s going on in my boring life… I enjoyed a beautiful sunset after book club last week. This was an amazing thing for me because I’m usually in bed when the sun goes down. I…

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Saturday salad because I’m obsessed

Saturday salad because I’m obsessed

I’ve had a mild obsession with salads lately.  I think it’s because Willie and I have been listening to food podcasts and talking about food.  In our house, endurance sports and cooking are the main topics. So I’ve been trying to come up with some salad ideas. I’ve also been told that I’m having iron issues so I’m trying to eat more leafy greens because apparently I don’t eat enough of them. I do this though so I don’t have to take those nasty iron pills. I present to you the baby kale and spinach salad: 1 package baby spinach…

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