Sunday Run (Walk) Day

December 7, 2020slowlyrunningfast Workouts Tags: 26.2, fitness, goals, health, marathon, marathon training, moms who run, motivation, positivity, run, Running, running mom, Sunday Runday, training, workouts Leave a comment

5 miles this AM before soccer games and cookie decorating. It was the slowest 5 miles of my life but it’s done.

I talked with my mom the whole time. This helped me keep a conversational pace and I could connect with her all the way on the other side of the country for an uninterrupted hour. This time is precious!

I love my Bose Bluetooth headset! Anyone else have trouble with the AirPods staying in their ears? What headphones do you use and love?

Next up- 2, 3, 4, and 6 miles this week! Hoping I can get it in. Last week was an epic failure with my grad school finals, full time job, and being a Mama… but I’m going to try to stick to the schedule this week! Wish me lots of luck, good stamina, and all around kick-ass-ery!

Thankful

November 27, 2020slowlyrunningfast Family Time Tags: 26.2, believe in yourself, family time, fitness, friends, goals, gym, Happy, health, healthy, marathon, marathon training, mom, moms who run, motivation, positivity, run, Running, running a marathon, running mom, training, workout, workouts Leave a comment

I’m thankful for:

-My husband and children

-My health

-My job

-My extended family

-My Amazing friends

-My feet that carried me through a (very, very, very slow) 5K today

-The fact that this year is almost over! 2020 can suck it.

Next year I hope to get into my top PhD program, we stay healthy, my husband gets a job, we have our rainbow baby, that we enjoy family and live more/think less.

Love and health to all! ♥️

Listening to: Ben Rector, The Thanksgiving Song

Breaking the cycle

April 28, 2018slowlyrunningfast Rants, Workouts Tags: 26.2, anxiety, believe in yourself, fitness, goals, health, mom, not impossible, NYC Marathon, positivity, runner Leave a comment

How do you break the cycle?

I feel like I get trapped in these cyclical situations that I don’t even realize are repetitive until lap three.

Big one for me:

Stressed due to poor time management, stress eat, feel food-guilt, work out obsessively for a few days, get behind on items, soooooooo now I’m stressed due to poor time management. Hmm, this feels familiar…where is the Ben and Jerry’s?!

Or parents out there, how about:

Guilt because I was too hard on the kids so I let some things go, the 5 year old hits the 2 year old, you correct her, she does it again, you ask her why she didn’t listen the first time, she says “maybe if you spoke to me with a more assertive tone, I would have”, although impressed with her vocabulary- you give her what she asked for, then you feel guilty for being too hard…(solo on this one?)

Tomorrow- I’m breaking the cycles, every last one of them, and taking back control- I’ll just hide the cookie dough in the back of the freezer for good measure.

Happy Running!