I love to run.
I feel like it's a drug and I can't wait to get my next fix.
Sprinting up hills makes my day ;)
I'd like to think I'm tough as nails, but don't we all?
Right now I'm on a marathon kick, I'm always looking for some kind of race. Recently I've gotten into triathlons, that's what I'll be chasing next.
Chrissie Wellington and Kara Goucher are my heroes <3
After a year of injuries in 2011 and finally recovering, I decided to take the leap and become a Personal Trainer. There's nothing more important to me than fitness and health. I would love nothing more than to achieve my goals and help others reach their maximum potential and achieve theirs as well.
My ultamite goal is to do an Ironman.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
New Year’s Resolutions!
Yes, tis the season to do so. I know a lot of people don’t see the point in making one, or evaluating a previous one, I mean why only strive to make yourself better and make a new start at the beginning of the year? You can do it at any time. I agree completely, but for me New Years Resolutions is something different, it’s a way for me to evaluate my year as a whole. You have your short term goals, then you have your long term goals. I’m a big picture kind of girl so I love them.
And without further adieu these are my New Years Resolutions for 2012:
1) Log 2500+ miles of running.
- In the short term that’s approximately 208 miles a month, 52 a week, and 7 a day.
2) Run 5+ races! At least 1 half-marathon, 1 full marathon, and then various 5K’s and 10K’s.
3) Sub 2 hour half marathon and s0ub 4.5 hour marathon.
4) Train injury FREE all year. Take precautions to make it so.
5) Go on a spontaneous adventure.
6) Learn to swim.
7) Full dedication into school and becoming a personal trainer.
8) Find a better job! Save some money :)
9) Work out every day (unless injured). Don’t get lazy, it’s too easy to get demotivated when lazy.
There you go guys! My New Year’s Resolutions.
It’s really important for me to follow the bold test most this year. I can not injure myself again this year, I had such a horrible ankle sprain (would have been better off had I broken it) and once I FINALLY recovered from that I tore my hamstring. And secondly I need to learn to swim, it’s a great form of exercise I hear and I want to do an Ironman eventually.
I’m probably not going to be on much if at all until the new year, so I hope everyone has a wonderful start to the year, I hope you all accomplish wonderful things, and I hope you do it without injury :)
Make it for February, my January is already packed tight thanks to facebook lol.
DUDES! It’s almost tattoo time :D
I promised my mom I’d wait until after Christmas to get it (why til after I couldn’t tell you), but I’m getting “No victory without suffering” written down my spine in Elvish. HOPEFULLY next week! I need to call my friend and set it up but I am stoked.
That is a Tolkien, particularly LOTR: Return of the King, quote, but it applies to so many aspects of my life. My struggle getting over my recent hamstring injury, the battle over the rape case, and every other victory I’m sure to come by. Not to mention I’m OBSESSED with all things Tolkien and LOTR.
I’m just happy.
I feel like this is my closure.
Court is already over, it was my greatest victory, but I have a whole year of victories coming. A whole year of suffering.
Before I run off to the gym for the next 3 or 4 hours of my life I must say something.
Life is not about being thin.
Life is not about a thigh gap.
Life is not about that stupid number on a scale.
I can’t tell you how fed up I get with people who are obsessed with numbers and being skinny!
You should want to be healthy and fit. You should eat right and get lots of exercise. Go fall in love with a sport. Go do something you said you could never do, prove yourself wrong!
My own mom always says “There’s no such thing as too skinny.” She barely (if at all eats) in an attempt to lose weight. Guess what, she doesn’t. Her body holds onto every ounce it can.
You say you don’t have time, go make time! Your 2 or 3 hours of video games or tv can wait. Remember, there is always someone busier than you finding a way to work out. Create a healthy balance in your life and you won’t be sorry.
Most importantly, respect your body.
You only get one in this life.
Why destroy it?
On that note I’m going on a 10 mile run then to my weight lifting class.
Reblog if you’re training for a marathon or triathlon!
I want to follow you guys!
FINALLY!!!!
My toe nail is FINALLY growing in normal. I’ve been missing a toe nail for 1+ month now. It turned black thanks to running, then fell off. It’s been growing in horribly slow and weird so I’ve been clipping it. It’s starting to grow in normal now. This pleases me! I’ve been dying to paint my toe nails!
I just saw the course for the Colfax Marathon in May. I’m so ready for domination!!!
Tomorrow should be a brutal gym day.
I have an hour long weight training class. You do 75+ bench presses, 125+ squats, plus all kinds of other shit. On top of that I’m doing some sprint intervals:
30 seconds at 6.0 x4 reps
30 seconds at 6.5 x4 reps
30 seconds at 7.0 x4 reps
30 seconds at 7.5 x4 reps
30 seconds at 8.0 x4 reps
30 seconds at 8.5 x4 reps
30 seconds at 9.0 x4 reps
30 seconds at 9.5 x4 reps
30 seconds at 10.0 x4 reps
And then I’ll end with some jump rope:
x100 jumps
x200 jumps
x300 jumps
x400 jumps
Sleeping in on a Sunday isn’t happening for me.
BRING ON THE TORTURE! :D
Brutal gym day make me HUNGRY!
I am SO glad my breakfast ended up being 735 calories.
I killed myself at the gym for 3 hours, but now I’m super hungry.
The most HYSTERICAL thing happened though.
I spend an hour on the spin bike doing intervals, it gets me sweating, builds great muscle, it’s great cardio, and burns the calories.
Well the guy next to me sounded like he was making love to the spin bike:
“*manly groan* *moan* *moan* YES! YES! *moan*”
I tried not to die laughing the entire time.
In his defense he was doing some intense shit and was pouring sweat. Still funny though.
