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Post Marathon… What Now?

It’s fairly common to take a short hiatus post marathon. I don’t know about anyone else but I spent the last 5 months waking up at 5am, putting in grueling mileage, missing friends/family, being hungry (constantly.. aka runger), dealing with pain, and ice baths all to conquer this behemoth of a race. Well now that it’s done, now what? First I spent a solid 3 weeks and didn’t run. That had more… Read More

Category: balance, barre, Biking, Blogging, Crossing Training, cycling, fitness, Marathon, marathon training, Training Tags: Barre, bicycling, Goals, Marathon training, Spinning, tone it up, Training Goals

2 week recap: Mid May Training = Barre & Champs!

Who’s ready to get crazy with a 2 week recap? 2 weeks ago I planted a garden. Yes that’s right. Early this May, I decided to finally plant that herb garden I’d been talking about since we moved in almost a year ago. Well herb garden turned into backyard makeover. We have a fantastic space and weren’t taking advantage of it until now. I really just wanted to share because I’m obsessed… Read More

Category: barre, cross training, DC, DC Summer, half marathon, Training Tags: Barre, Cross Training, DC Summer running, Half marathon training, Marathon training, training, Washington DC

Am I a Barre-bie yet?

For the last 8 weeks, I have been taking barre classes. I’d heard amazing things about them so my interest had been piqued. I was told barre classes were challenging, a great workout, and fun. So after signing up for classpass, I figured why not give it a chance. Well…. I’m totally obsessed. However, those who have taken barre know, there’s several stages you go through in class. So I figured why… Read More

Category: Classpass, cross training, Spring, Training Tags: Barre, Classpass, Cross Training, Half marathon training, training

Weekly Update: April 26 – May 1- Getting Stronger!

Last week was a success training wise. I’m still learning to listen to my body and still push myself, so training is a work in progress, but I’m very happy with the results thus far. I’ve structured my training to push my through Marine Corps Marathon in the fall. Until then I am very exciting to be training for Zooma Annapolis on May 30th. (Also if you haven’t signed up yet use… Read More

Category: barre, cross training, spring training, weekly recap, yoga, Zooma, Zooma Ambassador Tags: Barre, Cross Training, Half marathon training, weekly recap, Yoga, Zooma Annapolis