Well, it’s been a heck of a long time since I’ve posted on this thing. I’ve realized that without the ol’ blog, I have a really hard time remembering anything that we’ve done. On our anniversary last week, we had to scroll through our phone photos to even remember what we did to celebrate last…
triathlon training.
We’re training for a triathlon! Two triathlons, to be exact. One of which is approaching way too quickly for my comfort. We’re starting with a sprint triathlon in April, which is a 500-yard swim, 12-mile bike, and 3.1-mile run. Then we’ll have the big kahuna this summer: a Half Ironman. That’s a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile…
columbia gorge marathon.
Surprise! I ran another marathon. After the horrible, no good, terrible Portland marathon earlier this month, I kind of never wanted to run a marathon ever again. But, alas, I’d signed up for the Columbia Gorge Marathon months before, so I didn’t have much of a choice. The good news is, this one was SO…
portland marathon.
I finished my second marathon on Sunday. It was rough. I ran my first marathon in Eugene last year, and it went surprisingly well. And since I’m faster, stronger, and lighter this year, I figured this one would be even better. I even set a secret goal of cutting 10 minutes off my last marathon…
the eugene marathon.
Well, I can officially cross “run a marathon” off the ol’ bucket list. I ran the Eugene marathon yesterday morning. I know. I can’t believe it either. Eugene brought out the best running weather we could have asked for. After a week of beautifully warm, sunny days, I was a little nervous that it would…
homemade nutella.
Saturdays are my long run days. Yesterday’s long run was 9 miles. Nine miles, people. And the thought that I am eventually going to run almost 3 times that distance is mind-boggling. But I suppose that at some point in the future (hopefully within the next 3 months), that distance is going to seem attainable….
when in oregon…
…do as the Oregonians do. I’m running the Eugene, Oregon marathon on April 28, 2013. I signed up. I paid for it. Now I have to run it. 26.2 miles, here I come. -Ally
nutella cheesecake for two.
So, it’s raining. And unlike everything that Oregonians claim about the rain around here, it is not just drizzling. It is pouring down rain. I went on a run this morning, fully expecting to enjoy a light Oregon sprinkle, but it full out poured down rain for the entire run. I literally rung out my…
a little autumn in eugene.
It turns out that Oregon is pretty nice in the fall. It’s been a bit rainy lately, but the sun pops out every now and then, making for some lovely afternoons. The photo above is from a running trail down the street from our apartment. I enjoy running by all of the colorful trees there,…
zumba.
In the land of exercise, I’ve been in a pretty exclusive relationship with running. Sure, sometimes we’d go a while without seeing one another and I’d try something else, but I always came back to good ol’ running. At the start of 2012, I decided that I needed to mix it up a bit. Running…
sunday morning.
One of the things I appreciate most about running is the opportunity to see a lot of things that other people miss. Generally, this just means getting to enjoy the beautiful historic houses of downtown Lexington, which I might just pass in the car without a glance. Or it means getting to run down some…
oh, what a day.
Some days seem to last forever. Unfortunately, it’s never the super fun, relaxing days that drag on and on. It’s always the days when I’m exhausted, it’s too cold to play outside, and the kids just want to throw food on the floor. That was yesterday. After a long day of trying to keep a…
pasta with asparagus and pecorino cheese.
Our half-marathon is 7 weeks from Saturday. Back when we first signed up for the Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon, both Eric and I were super excited to start training. We searched for the perfect training plans that would get us in great shape to easily run 13.1 miles. We were even cross-training, fighting the…
30 healthy foods: spinach
Yesterday was a day off for me, which meant it was a day to catch up on all the things I’ve been putting off for days, or even weeks, like laundry, papers, group projects, reading (you’ll notice that most of these are school related…whoops), etc. Luckily, I was super productive in the morning and knocked…
blueberry-orange crunch muffins.
Happy Sunday! I love, love, love Sundays. Eric and I generally have a Sunday routine: church, grocery shopping, lunch, run/homework/relax, small group. But Eric was out of town this weekend for the SEC tournament, so nothing was quite normal. First off, there was the whole time change. I decided that the best way to handle…