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!!! 

Weekly Workout Recap 9/12/16 - 9/18/16

This past week was just a crazy busy week! Working, training, and my sons birthday!!

Monday: 5 mile run on the treadmill, and a light Shoulder circuit. ( I didn't get to finish because child watch called me for my daughter at the gym #momlife.)
Shoulder Circuit: (I normally do this 4-5 times)
Dummbell Lateral Raises ( 10-12 reps)
Dumbbell Front Raises (8-10 reps)
Overhead Dummbell Press (6-8 reps)
I repeat this sequence about 4-5 times depending on how I feel after my run. I take about a 20 - 30 second rest in between each set.
After I got home, I foam rolled!

Tuesday: Track Tuesday!!!! I'm not sure if I was tired, still recovering from my long run on Saturday or my body just wasn't feeling speed training that morning, but it wasn't my best speed work session. (I'm okay with that because hey, I still got a run in!)
But I did 400m hard run with 200m of recovery. I probably went about 85% with my hard run.
I only did it 4 times, instread of the 6-8 times planned... I then just lapped around the track twice.
BUT a big thank you to my good friend Helen for getting up super early to run. <3

SOOOO early!

Wednesday: Cross training on the Elliptical. My legs felt so tense and tight on Tuesday. Going on the elliptical always helps me loosen up some. I did 30 minutes on there then did some bicep work!!
Cable curls 10x 3, barball curls 10x 3, and hammer curls 10x3. my weight is normally about 20lbs.

Thursday: Rest. lol. Just felt like resting.

Friday: Well, for starters.... my baby boy turned 4!!!!

BITTER SWEET! 

We started out our Friday with a family run! Jason packed up the kids and the double jogger and we headed to the park to enjoy a hot, humid 3-4 mile run!
Jason pushed the double jogger because i'm training and he is sweet like that. He ended up doing about a 4 mile run. I did 3 miles, but I did a progressive run.
My splits were 9:51, 9:17, 9:13.

  We let the children run free after the run! They LOVE the park!

My son was running around and wouldn't stop for a picture!
We then continued the party at Green Acres. (mini golf, water wars with water balloon, bumper boats, games)

Saturday: Saturday was a BUSY BUSY day. Wedding in the morning, frosting cupcakes, cleaning, getting last minute party supplies and my sons party at the oh so lovely Chuck E. Cheese later that evening.
Saturday alone was a work out haha, A huge shout out to Jason because that mornings wedding couldn't have gone any crazier that it did. I ended up not getting home till after 1 when I planned to be home before noon!
But in the end, the day ended well with lots of pizza cupcakes and happy faces on the kids that came out to celebrate! I may not have ran on pavement, but I surely ran around Chuck E. Cheese! Hah!

Thats my grandma. Shes probably the coolest lady around!

In case anyone was wondering, my son choose a Spurs party, because we love our and believe in our Spurs. Ahhhhmen. haha. 

Sunday: Not going to lie, it was hard to get up and get out. I had 11 miles to dish out.
I traveled out to Cibolo to join a few friends on a run. It was beautiful, peaceful and a wonderful route.

I ran a total of 6 miles with Jennifer and Heather, then did my last 5 solo.

I felt great until I hit mile 8/9. The sun just peaked out enough and it got hot super quick!!

However, I tried a new fuel. UCAN. It works! Normally be mile 7, my stomach will growl and I'm just hungry. No matter how many chews, guus, gels, drinks.... I'm just flat out HUNGRY. 

UCAN definitely did the trick for me! YAY! haha. 

Sorry (but also not sorry) for the overload of pictures of my littles. This week was just crazy for us all! Hopefully everyone had a fabulous week!