An Active Mother's Day, in pictures

Happy Mother's Day Weekend

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Marathon Training with Jeff Galloway

As a Galloway Blogger, I get these awesome tips to share with you every couple weeks. Galloway is the plan provided by Disney for all of their races, and it is how many people finish distance races! It is how the teenie and I will finish Princess in February and how I will most likely finish the NYC Marathon!

I have been working on running faster during shorter distances. My Tuesday runs with my friend Denise have been considerably faster and I am hoping that it will affect my long runs as time goes by.

I ran a very hilly 5k last weekend and it was a bit faster. I cannot wait until I start running them more frequently to see how I improve.

I have never really done hill repeats, but I plan to do them as my training calls for them, to prepare for NYC. I don't plan on letting those hills beat me!

As far as long runs, I haven't decided yet if I will run more than 20 in my training runs, other than the Delaware Monster Mash Marathon, which has become a sort of last long run before tapering. I plan to run at least the first 20 before I decide how to handle the final 10k. I may do a shorter run walk run for the final miles.

Do you Galloway?

Wordless Wednesday, 20th Anniversary Edition

Happy 20th Anniversary to me and the hubs!

Marathon Monday, week two

Week one was so great, I went into week two hoping for a repeat! After my race on Saturday, we went to visit my dad, who is finally out of the hospital! It's over three hours each way!
Sunday... we walked the dogs. It's a two Mile walk total.

Monday... I ran errands all day, and had just enough time to get to the park and run for 20ish minutes before Girls on the RUN started. I ended up doing 2 Miles because when I finished my 29 minutes I was at 1.86 Miles and I just can't stop there. It's too weird. Ya know? At GOTR we played capture the flag, so I got in some extra sprints. Teenagers are fast.

Tuesday... 25 minutes at the boardwalk was the plan, but since I did 24 the night before. I was going to sweat the time. Out and back is just over 2 miles, so I was going to stick with that. My friend Denise came again, and trying to keep.up with her, I ended up being faster than last week! After our eun, we walked two miles and then I walked to work and back, for a total of 5.5 Miles for Cinco de Mayo.

Wednesday was a day off. I did a lot of walking, though!

Thursday was supposed to be a 30 minute run but I swapped it with Saturday's run and did 40 minutes instead. It called for medium pace, so I decided to go for a 12 minute pace. Laughable, though, because I used the Nike app, on my phone, tucked into my Running Buddy. I decided to run to the ocean and back, with a few side roads to make up the distance. When I got to the ocean, at the 1.5 mile mark, I paused the app to take some pics and saw that my pace was just over 11. I had felt so sluggish and slow, do I was surprised. The rest of the run pretty much stayed the same. Even with the bridge in both directions. Totally shocked me!

Friday... I had three miles of intervals planned, but we were having pavers delivered, and I had to wait for the delivery guy to bring them. This of course took all day long because the window was all day long and by the time he delivered the pavers is it was time for me to pick up my son from school and run some errands.

Saturday, after a Mother's Day brekky with the inlaws, I finally did my intervals. It was rainy and I had a headache and a runny nose, but I got it done.

week two, over and out.

#fabfitgearswap April Edition

For April, I was swapping with Ashley, who has a Spartan Race coming up. I sent her a post race survival kit. A shiny new towel and some baby wipes for cleaning up when she gets done being a badass.

Ashley sent me Flapjacks, which were yummy. I burned the first 3, but I managed to not burn the rest. Chef fail. She also sent a fun colored headband and a sample of Deep Blue Rub which I put in my running bag for future use. I have heard good things about it, I'm excited to try it!

Have you done any swaps lately?

#REALWomenMove with #SkirtSports

I LOVE being a Skirt Sports Ambassador Captain. It's not just about the cute skirts, although we all know how much how I love a cute skirt. It's about the women I am meeting along the way. All ages, all shapes, all sizes, all colors. Fast runners, slow runners. Front of the pack, back of the pack.
#REALwomenmove

The Skirt Sports #REALwomenmove mission statement is

We seek to change the perception of women and fitness by showing the world that being fit comes in all forms.

How perfect is that?

Real women. Real bodies. Real INSPIRATION.

A REAL woman is PROUD of who she is. I began running almost 4 years ago. Someone who was in my life at the time made me feel bad about myself, but I took back my life and began running to lose weight and to feel good about myself.

my teenie is proud of who she is



A REAL woman is CONFIDENT. This year I am training for the NYC Marathon, something I never would have imagined 4 years ago! Now I know that I can do it!


a very Confident group of women! And Tim.

A REAL woman does not JUDGE other women! No body shaming, either. We build each other up, not tear each other down. I surround myself with people who build me up.


my most supportive running buddies.

 

 



She is COMFORTABLE in her own body. It's amazing what that body can do. My body has carried me through 36 half marathons, 2 marathons, a dozen mud runs, and countless 5Ks.

She ACCEPTS and LOVES herself as she is. You have to love yourself in order to change yourself. Love the body you are wearing, and if that body needs to change, love it enough to make that change.

fellow Ambassador Captains

An ACTIVE life is important to her HEALTH and HAPPINESS. Get moving! Your body will thank you. The more you move, the better you will feel. After all the muscle pain and fatigue wears off, that is. And it does wear off. I promise.

#REALwomenmove proves that everyone can be active, regardless of your size, shape, color, age, fitness level. or ability.
#REALwomenmove empowers women to make fitness #1 in their lives, no matter how busy or demanding that life may be!
#REALwomenmove GIVES BACK. For every 5,000 #REALwomenmove hashtags, Skirt Sports will donate a Get Started Kit to a deserving woman! It will include a bra, top, bottom, socks, headwear, and possibly a surprise thrown in.

Drop by the Skirt Sports website to see how the Ambassadors move!
Check back next week for an exciting giveaway! Details to follow!

How do you move?