Chicago, IL | July 17-19, 2015 | On our move from the Midwest we had planned to stop in Chicago for the weekend to run the Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon. It was kind of our last Midwest hurrah before heading back to the East Coast. We headed to town on Friday midday after … Continue reading A last trip to Chicago
Chicago, IL | July 19, 2015 | Time: 3:02:19 | Well, chalk this up to be my absolute worst race- but the one I fought the hardest for. Going into the race I hadn't been able to do my normal training and so I was planning on run/walking. But then it decided to be super … Continue reading Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon
Super delicious- so much so that I want to make cauliflower pancakes and anything breadlike out of cauliflower. It really had me fooled thinking it was bread. I looked over the internet to find a good recipe and kind of combined a bunch of different ones to make what I thought would be good. Jon … Continue reading Cauliflower Crust Veggie Pizza
Chippewa Falls & Wausau, WI | July 12, 2015 | We made it! One year and no one died! Victory!! Originally we had thought we'd celebrate in August with a trip to Vancouver (I'm still going on said trip for a race) but with Jon's new job starting on August 1 he couldn't come and … Continue reading A Paper Anniversary
Stevens Point, WI | July 5, 2015 | As we were winding up our time in Point, there were a few things I really wanted to do before we left. One was to bike the entire Green Circle trail- 26 miles around the entire town. We had a blast!! We rented bikes from Nature Treks … Continue reading Green Circle!
Raleigh & Nags Head, NC | June 17-28, 2015 | I'm alive!! Promise. Life has been crazy with our move and unpacking but now that I'm finally settled I'm going to be catching up on the blog posts! Before we knew we were moving from WI and where we'd be going, we had planned to … Continue reading NC & Beach Week!
Green Bay & Door County, WI | June 12-14, 2015 | So with running one of the USA's largest 10Ks we also got to explore Green Bay and spend some time up in Door County. I had heard a lot of good things about DC and was looking forward to visiting the area- and of … Continue reading Green Bay/Door County
Sorry all for the missed week of posts! Been a little busy with returning from vacation, training a new employee and packing up everything in our apartment to move to Virginia. But I still have managed to get some decent training in! Since I last updated, I was hoping to break my PR record for … Continue reading Training Update
One of my favorite desserts to make- especially in the fall after apple picking! Any apples will do but if you want it to bite you back then try for a tart apple like a granny smith. Adapted from Kraft! Ingredients: 1 ready-to-use refrigerated pie crust (1/2 of 14.1-oz. pkg.)4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) … Continue reading Apple Tart
Green Bay, WI | June 13, 2015 | Time: 58:03 | Finally a new PR at a 10K for me!! I wasn't sure how this race was going to go at all. I had been sick with a cold or allergies for the week and hadn't done much running. And of course there's the whole … Continue reading Bellin Run 10K
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