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Phone Dump Friday #11

Monday: Rest
Tuesday: legs- front squats 3 x 5 @ 135#, 4m run 9:50/pace
Wednesday: 6m easy 9:45/pace
Thursday: 1 hour Corepower Yoga, 5m run 8:22/pace, Crossfit

Happy Friday! I will be recapping the weekend of Ragnar & the crazy hot St. Mary’s Historic 1/2 I did in 36 hours next week. I also have a Spartan Race to giveaway, so stay tuned, enjoy some of the random pictures that didn’t make a blog post and get some miles in this weekend!

Pretty Maryland…

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From Ragnar DC last September, always loved this sign.

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Exhausted from a hot run a few weeks back.

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One of my favorite pictures of this girl…

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heart shaped sweat…

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Got this beautiful sports bra at the CorePower Yoga studio in Bethesda.

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Eggcellent.

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Rock Creek Trail

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Capital City Cheesecake (Takoma Park) Funfetti mini cheesecakes!

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Arm raspberries from sandbag cleans #Crossfit

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Follow Mimi on Instagram, she’s the one who makes my hair beautiful

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And just another beautiful Maryland shot to sandwich this phone cleanse.

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Last Week

Monday: 8m easy 8:57/pace

Tuesday: Crossfit, 5m easy 9:00/pace

Wednesday: 5 rounds of 25cal row, hang snatches 3 @ 65#, handstand against wall + 5m easy run 8:47/pace after workout.

Thursday: Crossfit

Friday: 1st leg of Ragnar 4.3m 9:30/pace

Saturday: 2nd leg of Ragnar 5.4m 9:28/pace, 3rd leg 5.7 (Garmin didn’t work)

Sunday: St. Mary’s Historic 1/2 13.1m 2:10:32

Total Miles: 46.5


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Phone Dump Friday #10

Tuesday: 10.5m intervals (4 x 1.5m @ 7:03/pace)

Wednesday: 6m easy 8:29/pace,  20min shoulders/lats

Thursday: Crossfit

More from Shenandoah:

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My life: sweatpants, confused, on the floor with the dog, blogging.

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This is also pretty normal.

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And one more set of oldies- I found Le’s adoption photos from the website. Look at how small and scruffy she was!

Okay, back to more current pics: Rehoboth, DE – gotta document the abs when they decide to hang around.

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And a few leftover from the wedding…

Got the Altra Torin 2.5 & Brooks Launch 3s. Went based soley on feel and not what I’m used to. I’m still gonna rotate my Saucony Kinvaras in the mix, but it should be interesting switching up brands. I’ll let you know how it goes!

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Shout out to Van 2 Crew #HustlinHookers RaganarDC 2016

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And another BIG THANK YOU to all the friends and family who donated to the 50K ultra I did over the summer. I got a very nice letter in the mail, so I thought i’d let you guys see that your donations help make a difference. Thank you all again!

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OH and it’s Friday people. Here’s a virtual cheers to beers as big as my head!!

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Ever switched shoe brands in the middle of marathon training?

What are your weekend plans, running and non-running!?


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Phone Dump Friday! #9

Tuesday: 7.5m intervals 12 x 400s @6:07/pace, 25 min core

Wednesday: 7m easy 9:40/pace

Thursday: Rest

Quick check in! Saw the orthopedist yesterday and my knees look fantastic. No major issues. He thinks i may have either a small bone bruise on the lateral side, or a possible minor tear of the meniscus. He wasn’t worried about either because I wasn’t in pain and said I would have experienced a lot of swelling and pain if it tore (which i did not have any swelling.) He gave me the go ahead to marathon train and prescribed ice to the knee after running for the next several weeks as precaution. Yay to that!

And cheers to the weekend! I’m so excited to finally get back to a long run! Wish me luck and enjoy the picture dump below.

OH and thanks again for everyone who has donated to my fundraising page for the National MS Society–exceeded the goal of $500, so i’d like to hit a new goal of $1000! https://fundly.com/run-for-ms

Gotta appreciate the attempt to smile while carrying a heavy weight up and down hills… #IneedtodoanotherSpartan

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One from the Chicago wedding…If only all bathroom mirrors had this cloudy texture to it…

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Baby deer in our neighborhood.. they’re so tiny!

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After run donut…

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This pup…

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This sky…

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This game

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Missing Colorado…

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And taking selfies…

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How long are you running this weekend? And how is the humidity near you?
Favorite post long run indulgence?


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Phone Dump Friday! Vol. 8

Wednesday: 4m easy 9:30/pace 2m walk/run w/LE.

Thursday: 6m interval (2m warm up 10:00/p, 3 x 1m @ 6:53/p, 1m cool down)

Friday: Rest 

I’m headed to OHIO for the Spartan Beast–wish me luck as I attempt a brand new type of race this weekend! AROO!!

This was from last weekend when I was trying to get a nice picture at the beach with my dog and race award. I didn’t notice LE was peeing behind me. Hahaha.

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Springtime walk!

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Outside beers @  Denizens

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After work sunsets 🙂

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Colorado/Utah trip
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Le’s favorite spot on our walk.

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Gotta love rowing…

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LE got a haircut last week, brings out her eyes right?

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And.. just a good hair day.

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Have a great weekend! 

Races? Big plans? 


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Phone Dump Friday #6!

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: 6.4m hill repeats (16 x 100m repeats pace between 6:30-6:50), 15 min glutes/lower back 

Wednesday: CFE 5000m row, 100 lat pulldowns (single arms), 120 bosu ball burpees w/pushups, 200 situps (varied type). 

Thursday: 5m intervals –10 X 200s (2 @ 5:39/pace, 2 @ 5:36, 2 @ 5:33, 2 @ 5:27, 2 @ 5:24)

Happy Flex/Phone Dump/TGIF/Can’t wait until Sunday’s Cherry Blossom 10 Miler, FRIDAY!

…and onto the dump! Here’s my sister with a puppy.

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my favorite beer while in LA

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a label i almost ate (yes I did, in fact, wash the apple!)
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My car hit 100,000 and I missed it. 😦 don’t worry, the ostrich saw…
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just cause i’m wearing real clothes. real boring clothes, but real clothes nonetheless
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Pancakes. Cause I run yo

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Just cause I don’t get a latte art… hehehe

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and the 1.9lb bag of Sour Patch I bought for Easter.

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Good Luck to all everyone running the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this sunday! Including several of my clients!

SARAH! MATTHEW! RACHEL! JENNIFER!

KICK SOME ASPHALT!