January 10th Check-In

When December 31st rolled to January 1st did you vow to eat better, drink less, move more?  Did you promise to hang up your clothes instead of dropping them in a heap at the foot of your bed or to stop yelling at your kids? We'll we're 10 days in to the new year.  And …

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Utility Runs – Get One

Having 2 or 3 “no need to think about where you’re going” runs are what I call Utility Runs.  I can literally walk outside my door and do a 3 mile, 4 mile, 4.5 mile, or even just a 2 mile “I don’t have time but can’t imagine my day without going for a run” …

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New and Improved

The other day I mentioned goals and what I was hoping to accomplish in 2015.  Here are a few things I've been thinking about. Get My Race On I've joined a team to do a Ragnar Relay that goes from Huntington Beach to San Diego in April and the BMO Vancouver Marathon in early May.  …

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I Knew I Forgot Something!

in 2014 I ran a Mud Run, a Color Run, a12k, a trail half marathon and started running trails with my 15 year old daughter.  But to be completely honest, I was unfocused and not very motivated. So looking back over the year and doing a bit of introspection, I realized that I failed to …

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Vacation workouts rock!!

I don't know about you but I'm kind of ready to be back to my normal routine. However, I'm at the beach through Jan 1st which means vacation workouts! I've got a few short beach boot-camp workouts planned that will be only about 30 minutes long an easy 4-mile loop mapped out for 2 runs …

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And then there was 1

Finally we've worked our way back down to the 1st day of Fitness!  Great job for hanging in for this holiday challenge 🙂 *********** On the first day of fitness, Keli gave to me... A One Minute Plank *********** For the full 12 Days of Fitness, click here.  It's a great workout that you can …

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Merry Motivation

Home stretch, my little elves!  Presents to be wrapped, Christmas Eve and Christmas Dinners to be planned, shopped for, or ordered.  Baking to finish or start, final touches on the decor and of course those last-minute "oh my gosh, I forgot to get a gift for so and so" dashes to CVS (no judgement please, …

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