A Simple Way to Increase Your Running Potential/Fitness

A Simple Way to Increase Your Running Potential/Fitness

We made it to Friday! Three cheers all around! I hope you all have an awesome weekend ahead of you and a lot of fun planned! We have a low-key weekend up ahead (I am hoping for a nice and relaxing Mother’s Day with my 

A Typical Monday – Running, Sister Time and a Park Date

A Typical Monday – Running, Sister Time and a Park Date

  Yesterday, started off on a really good note. Benaiah slept in until 8:30 which was a small miracle. Almost like clock work, Niah is up and ready to go by 7:00, which is totally fine. However, having an extra 90 minutes to the morning, 

20 Month Old Birthday Celebrations + Sunshine + Runs (A Day in the Life of)

20 Month Old Birthday Celebrations + Sunshine + Runs (A Day in the Life of)

Hello there friends and happy Wednesday! I hope your day is off to a fabulous start and that you are soaking in some beautiful weather, wherever you may be. This week’s weather has been crazy gorgeous in Chicagoland and I am enjoying every minute outside 

My Fastest Mile in a Long Time + Friday Thoughts

My Fastest Mile in a Long Time + Friday Thoughts

Hello there and happy Friday friends! I am just coming off of recording a podcast and an amazing 7 mile run, which is making me feel all the Friday feels. < how’s that for a run on sentence? Anyways, I hope you all are having 

Motherhood and Running plus a few scenes from yesterday

Motherhood and Running plus a few scenes from yesterday

Hello there and happy, happy Wednesday! Have we made it to the middle of the week yet? Honestly, this week has gone surprisingly well (Landon just had a job change with longer hours) but it also has felt like two weeks packed into a couple 

Let’s Talk about Injuries…

Let’s Talk about Injuries…

Tuesdays running tips > let’s talk about how to take time off from running and when to know when to take time off. Make sense?   Maybe not, so let me explain.   As runners it is so hard to take days off. Runners are 

Found an Embarrassing Picture from my FIRST RACE ever + Spring Running/Racing Goals

Found an Embarrassing Picture from my FIRST RACE ever + Spring Running/Racing Goals

Some runners don’t love racing, but ever since my first 5k run, embarrassing photo below, I’ve craved the racing environment. Maybe it is the crowd of runners chasing after a common goal, or the supportive crowds, or the hilarious signs literring the streets or the 

10 Ways to Improve Your Running this Spring

10 Ways to Improve Your Running this Spring

As someone who has run multiple half marathons, 5ks, hundreds of miles and a full marathon, I identify as a runner. I am a runner, through and through. But what you may not know is that I used to HATE running. Back in the day, 

Weekend Recap: Running, Pizza Night and Family Time

Weekend Recap: Running, Pizza Night and Family Time

Oh this weekend was good for the soul. After quite a few weekends of back to back craziness (all good craziness) it was so refreshing to have two straight days of quiet relaxation. I hope you are all popping over to the blog this Monday