Tis the season for girl scout cookies! Now- if you're like me and grew up on Tagalongs and Samoas but you now live in ABC baker territory where they try and sell you Peanut Butter Patties and Caramel Delights then yes you need something better. My mom used to make these cookies when I was … Continue reading Homemade Tagalongs
Blacksburg, VA | January 22-24, 2016 | We've had some dusting of snow and then boom we had 15 inches! Winter Storm Jonas came through Blacksburg a couple of weekends back and we got to spend three days indoors. Luckily the apartment gym was open so I escaped for a bit each day to run! … Continue reading Snow Days
So as we've embarked on January with fitness and healthy eating- I've been sticking to SkinnyTaste to feed Jon while I do my own thing. As he loves pasta and meat this seemed like a no brainer to fix! Recipe is below- make it and enjoy!! Ingredients: 1 lb 93% lean ground turkey1 tbsp olive … Continue reading Easy Macaroni Casserole
January Mileage: 70 Miles! | This has been my highest mileage month in ages. I've also kept up with my strength training as well as core work and yoga. I've been building back up my base while using the upper and lower body training to help strengthen the muscles I've injured before. I have a … Continue reading Training Update
Rehoboth Beach, DE | December 30-January 2, 2016 | We opted to spend our New Years at Dogfish again with Cara and Eric. After driving back from NC and dropping all our holiday goodies off in Blacksburg we headed up to Rehoboth. It was quite the foggy day but after some traffic we finally got … Continue reading New Year’s Beer Dinner
This recipe is a long time coming- and really super easy to make. Every new year you're supposed to start the year off with black eyed peas. Good luck and all. So here's a quick and easy recipe that I'm a big fan of and hope that you'll enjoy to- obviously anytime of the year … Continue reading Black Eyed Peas
Sorry for the long delay folks! I've been tinkering with my training and getting in all my runs has left me far from the blogosphere. My bestie, Kristi, and I are embarking on a year goal of together running 2016 miles for the Run The Year challenge. So we each have to conquer 1008 miles. … Continue reading Challenge- RunTheYear 2016
December 1-25, 2015 | After completing Oiselle's #chasethebird challenge in November- I got called out by my bestie Kristi to #chasethereindeer until Christmas Day. I did my best to keep it going and found it nice to be called out for another challenge- we're going to take on RunTheYear 2016 too- great to have running … Continue reading #ChaseTheReindeer
2016! Looking back 2015 was not my best year. We had some low moments (injury for 6 months) and high moments (moving to VA and working for VT). In the running world I had big goals- that I smashed one of (PRing my 10K time). Moving into the new year, I'm trying things differently. I've … Continue reading 2016 Goals!
North Carolina | December 19-30, 2015 | So we've gone coast to coast during our holiday visits. We started out in Wilmington for a weekend of xmas activities and visiting with family and ended up in Waynesville exploring breweries. Wilmington- Jon arrived via flight from Chicago and I came down with my parents from Raleigh. … Continue reading NC- from Coast to Coast
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