2017! What to Expect, Events, Will I do another full Marathon?

Welcome 2017!!
I realize its been about a month since I posted! So here is an update on what I have planned so far...


January is a SuPeR Busy month... no races, just working with Ragnar and promoting their up and coming Luckenbach race.

Ragnar 30 Day Challenge.. each week there is a new theme to follow! Stay active and stay encouraged!! Follow Ragnar's Blog each week to see new challenges and enter to win prizes!

The First week of January, I had the honor of working with Fleet Feet San Antonio (Quarry Location) to help host an evening run. #ChaseTheSun

This week Ill be working with Energy X Fitness for an #UncomfortZone challenge!

I will also be out in Austin later this month to help kick off the last week of challenges. <3

You can also find me at the Cocoa Womens Half Marathon Expo January Friday Jan 14th and Sat Jan 15th!!! Ill be with Ragnar. Pretty excited as I am a HUGE fan of this race!!!



Half Marathon Training:

Race Day: March 4, 2017
52 Days, 23 hours, 53 minutes

I kicked off training again this week. I will NOT be running the full Marathon... just the half!

Ill keep updates of my training! (Im hoping to PR and run this half in under 2 hours!)

Fleet Feet Spring Training will also kick off January 21, 2017!!! I'm SUPER excited! I love their training programs and give them so much credit when it came to training my full marathon!

Needless to say... January will be a busy rest if the month!

Will I ever run a full marathon again? Yes! Id most definitely would like to!

I don't have one planned or a date I'm looking at... but I do know that I will not be running one this year. Id like to get more longer distance running in... but without the pressure of actually training for a race.  (I'm open to any suggestions on good, well supported full marathons)
After this year of running and adding more speed training, Ill see how comfortable I feel about signing up for another full.

For right now, Ill keep enjoying my current victory!

It's soooo pretttttyyy!!!

Happy Running <3

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Weekly Work Out Recap 9/26-10/2

This week was a little more of an off week... and ill be honest. I strayed some from my regular routine. I was tired, so I took it easy.

Monday: I mostly cleaned and caught up on laundry. Also did a little Ragnar work. I also got an awesome package in the mail from Reebok/Ragnar with some cool gear. SUPER soft. Perfect for some cooler weather rolling in!

Tuesday: #TrackTuesday! Woke up and hit the track for some speed work at 5am with Helen!

16 times:
1 min hard, 1 min recovery

Testing our my new Ragnar Ambassador tank <3

Wednesday: Rested! And had my helper with some Ragnar work.

Thursday: A nice 5k run with my kiddos, enjoying the cooler weather .

AND SOME MORE RAGNAR MAIL!!! Pro Compresson Socks! 

I promise they make you run faster ;)

Friday & Saturday: Family stuff! 

Sunday: 9.7 miles! I really felt great!

Ran with Helen, Heidi and Lisa... Helen and Lisa 

split from us about a mile in.

Heidi finished with 7 miles.

BUT... check these splits! When I said I felt great... I surely ment it!!!

All this resting will help me have a successful running week!! Feeling great!

Happy Running!

Weekly Work Out Recap 9/19-9/25

This week was an interesting week. Its like I couldn't get in-sync with my own schedule haha.

Monday: I enjoyed a night run with a co worker and her sister. Her sister is wanting to get back into the running game. We did about 2 mile around my neighbor hood. It was a nice recovery run after Sundays 11 miler. No cross training.

Tuesday: Rest. No track Tuesday My body was tired.


Wednesday: 7 Miles on the treadmill, no cross training or work outs. Wednesday was a busy day after those 7 miles.

Thursday: I wasn't able to get any runs or cross training in. It was just a crazy day at work, then after work is was Pizza night at Maars Pizza to benefit my sons school! YUMM

Friday: 2 mile run along the river walk. Unfortunately, the route we wanted to take was closed off, so we settled for a 2 miles around the Pearl Brewery! It was packed! ( popular place to grab drinks on an evening )

Saturday: I had plans to go to the gym before Austin, but the kids and Jason were gone. Soooo of course.... I go in mom mode and clean, do laundry, try and organize. I also had a wedding that morning for a dear friend (and fellow runner). I was honored to be able to do her hair!

I was so excited.. I forgot to take after pictures before putting her vial on lol. Her hair came out beautiful!!!

I know my Blog is geared towards running, but just as running is a huge passion of mine, so is styling hair. Especially for brides. <3 

Saturday Evening: Drove out to Austin, TX! I got to hang out with Kilter Fitness and a fellow Ragnar Ambassador for a wonderful evening of trail running! 

(Excuse these next few pictures, they are blurry, lol)

The path ended up being super narrow and twisty so I couldn't take pictures. But it was a blast!! As soon as the sun set , it got dark in there quick!! Just to add... my headlamp died. Just my luck. 

OH and of course.... we had Torchys Tacos <3 Oh so wonderful way to end a trail run!

Sunday: Well, I regret not getting up early and driving back out to Austin, I was exhausted... but I should have done it. I planned to get a run in with a few girls from Cibolo, but that didn't go as planned... I wont get into details. By the time I got back home, I received a text from Jason saying Elaina didn't feel well, so I flew to HEB to grab some essentials for her instead of going on a run. SO of course her not feeling good meant I wouldn't be returning to Austin for their evening Trail Run. ( Weather conditions weren't so swell out there)  Sunday was a bust, but thats okay. This week will be better! (I hope, haha, as we have another busy schedule ahead.) 

All in all a HUGE Thank you to Kilter Fitness for letting me join in. Everyone was so awesome and welcoming. 

https://www.facebook.com/KilterFitnessGym/?fref=ts

If you are ever in the Austin area, check them out! They have few social work outs and/or runs weekly!

Missing my Saturdays mornings with my Fleet Feet Crew, but Ill be there hopefully next week, Happy Running this week!!! 

Ragnar Hill Country Count Down: Week 1

In 4 Weeks I will be running with my team in an amazing over night Trail journey!! (So excited!)

Here is a small recap of my Ragnar Austin earlier this year:

So glad I can call these awesome group my friends, and cant wait to share more adventures with them!!

BUT lets get down to business. My training season has mainly been consumed with marathon training.... which kind of helps me because Im heading towards higher millage now. This weekend I'm meeting up with some fellow Ragnar Ambassadors out in Austin for a mini Trail series. (there will of course be a full recap of that awesomeness!) Ill only be able to do the Saturday evening and Sunday evening. Lots of driving and too much of an early morning if I were to drive back to Austin Sunday morning.

I will catch a 4 -6 mile run with my Cibolo girls Sunday morning! :D

I'm keep my weekend miles what I would my long run. (13 miles)

I've never trained for two long distance races at once, so I'm basically listening to my body right now. I'm hopeing these next few weeks I can split up my miles and get some back to back runs in. My plan for the next three weeks is to maintain the miles my coach gives me, but split them up to help train for Ragnar.

Im sure it sounds crazy and messy and confusing... but in my mind, it some how makes sense! haha. 

Ill still keep one day a week for some speed training and of course cross train. Cross training really does help me!! 

I have a whole list of items to start packing and gathering. Most everything I have ( Jason and I enjoy camping every now and then).

Its getting real! Ragnar, Marathon Training and really setting goals out for next year. 

Ill make a blog every week until Ragnar. Lets see how this training goes, let hope my body feels good!

My crafty-ness!! Everyone will get one of these at the Trail Meet up this weekend!

HAPPY RUNNING! <3 <3