I look at myself and my own programming as an ongoing experiment: how far can I push it? How much work can I do before I break down?
Category: Personal
Building my Running Base (for the first time)
A quick update on my own training It's been an eventful first half of 2020 to say the least. I've experienced a lot of transitions - leaving my job and working for myself full-time, isolation into full quarantine, then moving. I went from planning on doing another race (13.1) and a meet in the fall… Continue reading Building my Running Base (for the first time)
Eating Intuitively – How I Do It, and How Covid-19 Has Played a Role
I’ve been in eating disorder recovery since 2015, and over the past 3 years, I’ve been actively working towards eating intuitively - giving up all diet plans, calorie counting and food measuring to instead just eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. I tend to call it “eating like a normal person” and… Continue reading Eating Intuitively – How I Do It, and How Covid-19 Has Played a Role
Self-Isolation & Self-Reliance
Much of the world is deep into self-isolation right now. Personally, I’m on day twenty-three (not that I’m counting every minute or anything). When my shelter-in-place started, I was anxious about it but couldn’t really articulate why. I already spend a lot of time on my own (work from home, live alone), so self-isolation wouldn’t… Continue reading Self-Isolation & Self-Reliance
9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part Three
Read Part One: The Lead Up Read Part Two: Meet Day Finally, the marathon. I’ve told this story so many times in real life, and every retelling makes me want to do it again even more. To recap: The meet went well, but ran very long. We had to get from York to Philadelphia (a… Continue reading 9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part Three
Shift Your Mindset with This Practice
I want to tell you how my Sunday went. First, here’s how I intended it to go: Wake up at 7am, do some yoga, meditate, drink coffee. Shower and get pretty. Eyebrow wax at 10:15am. Some self-care, you know. Meet two of my closest friends at one of my favorite brunch places at 11am. Eat… Continue reading Shift Your Mindset with This Practice
9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part Two
The Meet Recap Read Part One here for the lead up. I’ll get into how I trained for this insanity in Part Three, but suffice it to say training went about as well as it could have. On Friday, Nov 21, I got in a minivan with my best friend and my dog and started… Continue reading 9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part Two
9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part One
The Lead Up In November 2019 I competed in a powerlifting meet (780lb total at 129lb bodyweight) and ran my first full marathon (in 3:50:xx), in less than 36 hours. This is my full recap. I split it into 3+ parts because I didn't want to constrain my thoughts about it in any way. I… Continue reading 9 Lifts / 26.2 Miles / 36 Hours: Part One