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Happy Monday! I’m coming off working two Day shifts at the hospital and have two Night shifts on-tap tonight and tomorrow night. Things like decaf coffee this morning & a long afternoon nap help me switch my sleep schedule.

I missed watching the race live, but I cannot even imagine missing your goal BY 11 SECONDS in something as long as a 100k. 🤯That’s like one short hiking section or just a slight pick-up on a downhill section. Can’t wait to watch him try again and completely crush his goal.

Tested out my new Lululemon Down For It All running coat and so glad I finally splurged on it. It was 50% and I 100% recommend it (I also sized-up since I know I’ll be wearing a layer underneath).

Very much living for the Bernie Memes lately. This one is one of my favorites (huge fan of The Sound Of Music)

Planning my next trip to Trader Joe’s to pick up some of these. Pretty obsessed with their Everything But The. I love to sprinkle it on Avocado toast, Eggs, Bagel with Cream Cheese… What are your favorites?

Getting my second Moderna COVID vaccine on Thursday & trying to plan my runs/workouts around that! Isn’t it funny how you plan your running around life events and still make it all work? I know the side-effects might be a bit worse, so hoping to get in my longer run either later on Friday or Saturday. I normally like to get my long run in earlier in the week, but I’m making it work.

I’m still loving the Peloton App for all things Yoga/Strength Training/Meditation. Planning on doing Kristin McGee’s Wicked Yoga this morning before my run. Also researching how to become a certified Yoga Instructor- not so much because I’d like to teach, but because I want to learn more about it. It’s always been one of my favorite ways to de-stress and connect with my body. Throwback to Summer Days with Stella and yoga in the grass.

-What were you up to this weekend?

-What could you get done in 11 seconds?
-Favorite way of movement besides running?

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Happy Monday! I had the weekend off, which was SO nice, but also- time went by way too quickly. Can I please have a few more days off? I would also really love being woken up every morning by Alex saying that blueberry waffles are waiting for me downstairs.

We got our date night in our home gym Saturday night. I got in some strength and yoga, while Alex got in some hiking 🥾

I got in my long run Saturday too before my Physical Therapy Appointment (Hilary McCloy is amazing if you’re in the area and looking fir a PT) and all 10.8 miles were on the treadmill. I love our Nordictrack and think that there will be many more long runs together in our future. I also followed the iFit Boston Marathon course, which is so inspiring and makes me miss racing so much!

I saw this on Instagram the other day and I feel seen. This is 100% me after working a few night shifts in a row and trying to adjust back to normal sleep hours.

Brady is also really enjoying our home gym (….or well- the plant in our home gym really)

We’ve started playing bird noises from Alexa during the day for our cats and Maple loves it.

30 minutes of cycling, 1.5 mile snowshoe, PT exercises, and an easy 5 mile run to round out the weekend (also currently eating Brownie Sundaes for dessert as I type this out).

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-How was your weekend?

-Tips for keeping cats off of plants?!?
-Brownie Sundaes- yay or nay?

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Technically it’s my weekend now, but I’ll bring you an update from the past few days since I’ve been working so much lately (7 days with only one day off). Very grateful to have had a bit of time with this little one lately.

Once in awhile, we splurge and get bagels at the grocery store. Cream cheese & ‘everything but the’ is one of my favorites.

14 miles on the treadmill last week and still LOVING it. Alex has been on it almost everyday (he’s really been enjoying the iFit hikes that they have). We also invested in the mat that goes underneath the treadmill-> it’s SO QUIET NOW! 🎉

We got a crazy heat-wave the past few days and it felt SO WEIRD to be wearing shorts & a t-shirt in November?!?!

I’ve been working both days & nights, so my body is all sorts of confused. It felt really weird to be eating soup for my ‘dinner’ at 8:30 in the morning. I guess that’s the Nurse-life though!

Since I’ve got a longer commute to work (while we save to buy a home), I’ve been staying in Air BnB’s / hotels in the surrounding areas. While it certainly keeps things interesting, it’s also been so much fun to explore new areas by running!

I ‘ran’ the first part of the Boston Marathon with my treadmill (iFit) feature last week during my long run and WOW did it inspire me to keep chasing that Unicorn Dream even more?!? Cue: dreaming of all the potential Marathons in my future. 🤩

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-What’s the next race you’re looking to doing?
-If you could only run one race again, what would it be?

-Favorite type of bagel and cream cheese?

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Happy Monday! I have a few more days off until I work again and I’ve really been loving the extra time to run. I ran on my treadmill yesterday (it’s just so beautiful I always want to be on it!) and ran along the Ku’ai (sp?) Half Marathon course. This just made me want to go there even more.

I also did a 30 minute Pop Ride from the Peloton App on our bike trainer and it kicked my butt. So much so that refueling post-run & ride & strength was yogurt straight from the jar and a giant glass of Nuun.

I tried to find some of those Pumpkin pre-packaged Sugar Cookies from the grocery store, but they must have been all sold out (or maybe they don’t make them anymore?!). So, I made a batch of Vegan Peanut Butter cookies. They are so good (recipe is on my Pinterest page).

This was the most amount of celebrating Halloween as we did this year. Very thankful that I still kept my old skating costumes from 12 years ago and that they still fit.

Very excited that it’s Bath season again. Also- having an awesome claw foot bath tub is a must in our next home (I’ve always wanted one)!

One bonus with the extra hour is that I’m up earlier in the morning and can enjoy the bonus time with coffee and a good book.

Homemade French Onion Soup to end the weekend.

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—Favorite cookie recipe?
-We got our first snow flurries here today! Anyone else excited for the Holidays?
-Favorite half marathon course?

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Happy Monday! I’m all over the place with starting a full-time work schedule. Happy. Sad. Nervous. Excited. A bit overwhelmed. I know it will get better, but still feeling all the feels. At least I had a beautiful 10 mile run yesterday.

Followed it up with an 8 mile bike ride with my Mom and then some Hot Cocoa.

This is my latest obsession post-run. Lots of protein and tastes delicious.

Also ran on our treadmill Saturday afternoon and obsessed with the iFit feature where we can run on various trails around the world. I did the second half of the Great Smoky Mountains Half Marathon with Sally McRae and it made me miss racing even more 😭

Also obsessed with our Home Gym. It’s my favorite space in our house.

Our lawn was a fun cleanup Saturday. We finally found some green grass after raking up all those leaves. Thankful for my mom and her husband who came over to help us out.

I missed this furry one so much last week. I think he knew I missed him…

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What do you top your shot Cocoa with?

Anyone else have a love-hate relationship with leaf pick-up?