Archives for November 2013

Black Friday: Runner Edition

November 29, 2013 by Lisa 5 Comments

I hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving. With three short weeks until Christmas, I thought I would share a couple of holiday gift ideas for your favorite runner. First up, is the electronic love of my life, the Garmin 610. Now, this is definitely on the pricey side. But, you will find it worth the cost once your runner talks about how amazing it is to use for speedwork and races. Plus, it has a very user friendly touch screen and {Read More}

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Black Friday, Discounts, Endorphin Warrior, Garmin 610, Nuun Hydration, Ruffles with Love, Shopping, Tough Chik

My First Marathon

November 15, 2013 by Lisa 20 Comments

Back in March, I locked myself in my office for two and a half hours. With sweaty palms and a nervous pit in my stomach, I refreshed the internet browser over and over again. Little did I know that the the moments following the frantic typing of my credit card information, I would officially be registered for one of my biggest undertakings of 2013, my very first marathon. I think some of my family and friends thought I was bonkers. {Read More}

Filed Under: Races, Running, Training, Travel Tagged With: first marathon experience, Hood to Coast with Nuun Hydration, Marine Corps Marathon 2013, Marine Corps Marathon weekend, MCM, MCM '13, Nuun, Nuun HTC

Optimism

November 12, 2013 by Lisa 10 Comments

Fresh out of graduate school, I was overly optimistic that I too could change the world. Receiving your master’s in social work has a way of doing that to you. Yet, one year later, I was burnt out. I barely felt as though I knew who I was or why I went into the field of social work in the first place. But, my last day working at Child Protective Services was also the very day that I found out {Read More}