Yeah! Road Trip to San Diego! 🙂 The race is this weekend! Finally all that hard (ahem!) training is going to pay off… or something. Our SGV Team in Training team raised over $150,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! How awesome is that? At the Team in Training shake-out run – coach Erika and […]
It has been an amazing Team in Training season and I wish I would have shared more with you as we trained. We had some fun moments learning THE BIG RESET & sumo-style stretching. We had amazing fundraising heroes, who all went out of their way to raise money for a cause so much bigger […]
Wow! I didn’t think I could stay away from racing for a full year. But then it happened. My last race before my running sabbatical was the Austin Half Marathon in 2015. I took 3 straight months off from running and then slowly added short runs back into my routine. And when I say “short […]
The other day I found myself mostly bored and low on energy. As I was going through my Netflix queue I thought, what could I do to pick my energy up again? I thought of: going for a run (too much effort) going for a walk (still too much effort) cleaning the house (who […]
Wow! I didn’t think when I started that I would keep this up. But we are now in week 5 or 6 on the kale train. Now that I really like the taste and have fine-tuned some glitches (too little water, too much chia-seeds, too old kale, not blended long enough), I find it’s […]
I like my snacks. I really can’t help it. Here is one of my most favorite easy to make snacks that I keep in the freezer. Frozen bananas with peanut butter Pretty easy to make in three steps: Cut up bananas into pieces Add peanut butter on top Throw into freezer Just note that […]
This is actually hard. Really hard. The first few runs after my running sabbatical were easy and fun and I thought it would be easy to just go and work my way back up to real mileage. Read more: the 5 lessons I learned from my running sabbatical. But it’s not easy! I am […]
So I finally run out of coconut milk. And now I know you don’t need it! 🙂 This week’s kale smoothie recipe with cucumber, blueberries, and chia seeds. 1 cup kale 1/2 cup cucumber 1/2 cup blueberries 1 tbsp chia seeds 8 oz apple juice Just watch out: The chia seeds take on the liquid […]
What’s in my fridge and pantry? Answer: So much inspiration for another kale recipe. Who needs to go shopping and buy crazy rare ingredients for healthy snacks? Not me! I am a runner, so bananas and peanut butter are a staple in my house. And this kale smoothie tasted awesome! Here is the super easy […]
In February after the Austin Half Marathon I started my running sabbatical. I was exhausted from running and racing a lot in 2014. 14 races actually last year, 9 of them half marathons. I was on the verge of hating running. And as a devote runner that frightened me! I decided to stop running […]
There it is: My first Kale smoothie! I mentioned the I Hate Kale Cookbook yesterday and as I was slowly reading through some recipes I decided I would just open my fridge and see what I’ve got. I found some coconut milk and strawberries and apple juice. Why not start with this, […]
Most people trying to live a healthy lifestyle know of kale and the people really serious about a healthy lifestyle really eat it. I have been trying to get on the kale train. In all different ways: I bought kale (and didn’t eat it), I asked friends whether they eat kale (they said ‘yes’ those […]