Fueled by Endorphins

Nothing is more motivating than accomplishing a goal.  Normally after I run a marathon or half marathon I give myself a week off, and by week I mean freshman year of college when I ran the NYC Marathon as a bandit runner in November, I didn’t work out again until June.  Moreover, I gained the…

This morning I woke up at 8:40AM to start getting ready for the half marathon.  It felt really strange that I was just waking up at a time that for half marathons usually would mean I’m at least three miles into the race.  I couldn’t decide how I felt about having this much time to…

Sticking to training right after you start over becomes a little bit more difficult when you wake up to the rain.  I knew it wasn’t the time to give up though considering I just re-started and Grete’s Great Gallop, the half-marathon that I registered for to complete my NYRR 9+1 program, is only a week…

For the past couple of weeks work has completely consumed every second of my life.  Whether it’s been due to working longer hours or letting cases and daily interactions consume my thoughts after hours, it’s just been hectic.   Unfortunately, I’ve let the craziness get the best of me and allowed my training to diminish…

I’ve never really appreciated the concept of a running buddy.  In fact, for the most part, I have hated running with other people.  So KtKark, forgive me for my apprehension over running the Fitness4Mile with you this past weekend!  For the sake of being cliche, I’m going to throw it out there and say, “It’s…

As I am getting more into blogging and working out, I have noticed that my obsession for Pinterest is growing.  While it’s no secret that I frequent my “You would think I’m Engaged” board, I can comfortably say that my “Running/Workout” board is a close second for pins/repins.  Through establishing my “Running/Workout” board, I continuously…

Sometimes when I get home from work it seems like it would be much more enjoyable to call it a day and plop down on the couch.  Now that it is unfortunately starting to get darker earlier in the evening, there is a pretty short window between getting in the front door and making the…

Tonight I retroactively appreciated my scenic runs from the weekend and from last week.  Most likely my retroactive appreciation stemmed from the fact that I just wanted to keep going and everywhere I turned there was a stream of traffic or mob of people preventing consistency in pace or direction.   On the bright side,…

I’m pretty psyched to say that when I left my apartment I planned to run 3 miles, and when I came home my GPS announced that I had completed 7 miles.  Not too bad for a Monday night.  At this point in my training, I would have been happy to do that on a Saturday…

So, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that when I ran by a group of guys and they clapped tonight it wasn’t because I’m on track to be the next gold medalist in the olympic marathon… mmm, not even a bronze medalist…fine not even in the race at all.I’m actually going to reel…