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An exciting Friday night

In the middle of last week, I started having pain in my shoulder and upper back on my right side.  I was in a car accident 6 years ago and I still have pain in my neck/shoulder/back on that side from...

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I can run!

Not that I’ve tried just yet, but I am allowed to! First of all, thank you to everyone for all the comments, tweets and Facebook messages of well wishes in the past few days.  And many thanks to my...

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Pretty shoes and a POPSUGAR giveaway

Just because I discovered that minimalist running is the right thing for me, does not mean that I don’t feel the need to try ALL the shoes.  I love my Altra Intuition 1.5s, but I keep seeing these...

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Can’t find the words

I started to write my race recap for the More Fitness Half Marathon yesterday. Then I read that there was an explosion at the Boston Marathon. I can’t find the words to write my race recap. I can’t...

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Race Recap: More Fitness Half Marathon

On Sunday, April 14, I ran the NYRR More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Half Marathon in Central Park – my first post-baby #2 race at almost 4 months postpartum.  I knew I was in for a tough race because of...

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And I’m not running again…

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know it goes something like this “Yay, I love running!” then “I’m not running” then back to “Hey guys, I’m running again!”  Usually that’s due...

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Health update and a Kona Kase review

I had an appointment yesterday with a pulmonary specialist.  He couldn’t really give me a reason why I have pleurisy.  Usually, people have pleurisy because of a serious illness like pneumonia or...

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Quinoa and Black Bean Stuffed Peppers

I don’t often post recipes on my blog, except that one time I posted a play dough recipe, but that doesn’t really count . My husband and I became vegetarians nearly a year and a half ago.  That has...

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What’s Beautiful

Do you have a goal you want to accomplish this year? I do. I’m working on a campaign with FitFluential and Under Armour to help redefine What’s Beautiful. My goal is to get my body back into better...

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Race Recap: Musical Madness 5K

Last Thursday, my husband asked me if I wanted to run in a 5K in our neighborhood on Saturday.  My immediate answer was “Hell no, I’m too slow for a 5K.”  I’ve been wanting to hold off on running a 5K...

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(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday

Minimalist shoes for Zain! He calls them his “strong shoes” Rolling around trying to keep up with his big brother

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Double Stroller Running

You may remember from my previous stroller running posts that I am quite a stickler for the rule of waiting until baby is 6 months old to take them out on a run in the jogging stroller.  I had planned...

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Racking up the double stroller miles

I just posted last week about my introduction to double stroller running and how it hasn’t been easy. Since I know it’s not easy, you’d think I would plan better than to do a silly thing like go for a...

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Heart Rate Training

Just when I thought I couldn’t get any slower… Up until recently, I’ve been totally oblivious as to how to do any sort of heart rate training. I read things about zones and percentages of heart rate...

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Heart rate training update

It’s been about 3 weeks since I took the plunge into heart rate training with the Maffetone Method.  The beginning really sucked.  It was hard for me to figure out how to run slower than I was already...

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More heart rate training and a new chapter

My heart rate training is continuing to go well and I’m finding that I really love this method.  Before I started the Maffetone Method, I felt pretty disappointed in my running shape.  I struggled to...

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Vacation and back to school

Zain is back in preschool so that means I have a tiny bit more time to actually blog.  This summer really flew by.  We wrapped up our summer with a trip to St. Thomas.  We weren’t planning on going on...

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Play with your food

I’m not going to lie and say that my 3.5 year old loves eating his veggies.  I hoped my kids wouldn’t be picky eaters, but somewhere between the ages of 18 to 24 months, Zain’s list of acceptable foods...

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Heart rate training, shoes, and veggies

This weekend I did something I haven’t done for months – I ran without my heart rate monitor.  It was liberating and it was glorious not to hear my Garmin’s obnoxious chime that my heart rate was too...

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Single stroller running and my first obstacle race

I thought I’d find more time to blog once Zain was back in school, but it turns out that this little guy keeps me quite busy in the mornings. Usually he takes a morning nap, but it doesn’t give me much...

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