It's almost 2019, which means #newyear #newme. I'm a big fan of setting goals, and I am an especially a big fan of planning out my goals for the upcoming year. For me, it's more than just being able to tell people I have a new year's resolution. It's the fact that the new year always seems like a fresh start and the absolute perfect time to attack some of the goals you've put off for a while. However, if you're anything like me, setting a goal is a little more difficult than it seems. I want to ...
Five Fast Facts – Shawanna White
This week I am super excited to have fellow Georgia native Shawanna White as my guest for Five Fast Facts! I remember one of the first few times I met Shawanna. It was at a small race in Anderson, NC called Midnight Flight. The race didn't start at midnight, but it started at 10 PM (which might as well be midnight for me!). I was pretty tired from driving, but I remember the positivity and excitement Shawanna brought to the people on the starting line with her. It really made me rethink my ...
Dallas Half Weekend
This weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Dallas for the BMW Dallas half marathon. I was excited about this weekend for two reasons. The first was that UCAN was the official pre and post race nutrition sponsor. The second was that I won the BMW Dallas half marathon in 2016. I arrived in Dallas on Friday morning and headed straight to the UCAN booth at the Dallas Marathon expo. They had a seriously sweet setup! They were close to the participant signature wall and in a central ...
5 Fast Facts – Francesca Frasco
It's no secret that I absolutely love motivational quotes. It's also no secret that I consistently incorporate them into my training. I use them for every day runs, races, interval training, you name it. As I've mentioned before: there is something about looking at a quote or saying that makes you internalize, relate, and apply it to your life. I find it incredibly intriguing that a single quote can have multiple interpretations by different people, all depending on what is going on with their ...
Five Fast Facts – Bart Yasso
Okay I am so so so excited to have Bart Yasso, as my guest for Five Fast Facts this week!!! For most runners, the name Bart Yasso immediately rings a bell. Yasso is a household name in running and has a lasting impact on the running community. For a brief refresher, Yasso was the chief running officer of Runner's World magazine before retiring in 2017. He has been named the unofficial "Mayor of Running" and has been inducted into the Running USA Hall Of Champions. Yasso has completed a ...
Saturday Snapshot
Okay so I've decided to include a section that recaps my week of training and what I've learned about myself during the week! I'm going to do my best to make this a weekly thing - but I may be a little spotty once I start my racing season again. Recap Of This Week This week was another 100 mile week for me!!!! This is a big deal to me. I was always a low mileage runner in college. I never got over 70 miles a week and my average mileage was 45-50 miles a week. I was also running 5ks and 10ks - ...