by Sara | Nov 20, 2016 | Pregnancy, Running, Weekly Pregnancy Recap
This will be the first week where there is no running mileage included. To be honest, it hasn’t been easy. I miss my sweat, I miss my stress release, but I know my body is thanking me in so many ways. I’ve been able to get a lot more done this week and also been able...
by Sara | Nov 18, 2016 | Injury, Motivation, Running
While this post is titled 6 Common Running Mistake to Avoid it can also be called 6 Common Running Mistakes that I have personally made as a runner. As runners we all make mistakes. I’m not ashamed of them because in many ways a lot of those mistakes have taught me...
by Sara | Nov 16, 2016 | Injury, Recovery, Running
If you are reading this then most likely you are either injured or you have dealt with a running injury in the past. Injuries are never fun. We can go ahead and get that out there. No matter what the circumstances are surrounding it, whether it’s from your mistakes or...
by Sara | Nov 13, 2016 | Pregnancy, Recovery, Spinning, Weekly Pregnancy Recap, Weekly Recap
It’s hard to believe that I’m already reporting to you all on my recap of running and pregnancy at 36 weeks! As you all know things changed for me this week. It was a hard week both mentally and physically and while I wish it hadn’t turned out the...
by Sara | Nov 11, 2016 | Pregnancy, Running
Pregnancy running is hard. Period. This was a post that I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write. Of course, it fittingly has to come right after I celebrated hitting my goal of 1,000 pregnancy miles. As you probably already know, I’ve wanted to run throughout my entire...
by Sara | Nov 9, 2016 | Motivation, Pregnancy, Running
I finally achieved my goal of running 1000 pregnancy miles. It was not easy but I did it. 11:13 pace. That was the average pace that flashed on my watch during my Monday morning run. It’s a far cry from the 7:25 average pace I was training with prior to getting...
by Sara | Nov 6, 2016 | Pregnancy, Running, Weekly Pregnancy Recap
As my husband was leaving for work on Friday he said “can you believe he could be here in a month?” I knew it was happening but that really hit it home for me. One month. I can remember being in my first and second trimesters and thinking the time would never pass....
by Sara | Nov 4, 2016 | Boston Marathon, Marathon, Running
I’ve been thinking a lot about goals lately. This week has really slowed down my running. I mean not a ton, but it’s made it more difficult. I find myself getting discouraged and frustrated. To some looking in it may seem crazy that I’m discouraged – I’m growing a...
by Sara | Nov 2, 2016 | Pregnancy, Running
For as long as I can remember I always looked forward to the idea of running in pregnancy. I mean, why wouldn’t I? It always sounded like such a great goal and challenge to me that I didn’t think twice about. I wanted the experience of running with my child, even...
by Sara | Oct 30, 2016 | Pregnancy, Running, Weekly Pregnancy Recap, Weekly Recap
The countdown is real now folks. I am ending 34 weeks which means on Monday I will only have 5 weeks until my due date. 5 weeks! We are making progress and slowly getting things where they need to be. My husband started working longer hours this week (which will end...
