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🚨HEADS UP! 🚨Happy Marathon Medal Monday!Flat @funsizeathlete ready to run @grandmasmarathon tomorrow! Found @running.glow at the expo and we enjoyed a fun and yummy time at the pre-race spaghetti dinner. Benjamin had fun too!Out for a walk with @bibrave Benjamin to grab lunch and find a new work spot for a couple hours. @grandmasmarathon Expo, 5k shakeout, spaghetti dinner later this afternoons. .17 months later, back in the air with some of my favorite things. Thanks @delta for getting me to @grandmasmarathon ! #flydelta #flydeltajets #grandmasmarathon #GMAsBR #BIBCHAT #bibravepro #marathon #travelDo you LOVE @hotchocolate15k and @dcwonderwomanrun as much as me? @venturesendurance is bringing these favorite races and more under one new name! 
Category Archives: Training
April & May Running Roundup: Spring Showers, May Flowers
Yup, I missed the April roundup so now you get a two-for-one. By the end of March, beginning of April, the year mark of COVID, plus marathon training, plus CrossFit, plus work…had me feeling pretty physically and emotionally tired. Nothing … Continue reading
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March Running Roundup: Keep Moving Forward
After the vaccine, and Fried Clay, and improvements in the weather, I found myself feeling much sunnier by the end of the month. Through the highs and the lows of the month, Grandmas Marathon training was there through it all. Marathon training is a steady friend, and dispenser of tough love, exactly when you need it. Continue reading
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Tagged bibchat, bibravepro, gmasbr, grandmasmarathon, marathontraining, running
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February Running Roundup: winter maintenance and motivation
Even though my birthday falls in February, it tends to be a struggle month for me. The new year has settled in, the late winter, pre-spring blues crop up, and motivation becomes a bit of a struggle. I feel like I’m operating 75-80% on my fitness and nutrition goals, but that 20-ish% of less than ideal nutrition behavior ends up creating plateaus that can spiral into lapses in motivation and loss of fitness gains. Continue reading
January Running Roundup: Habit Building and PRs
Roundup of January fitness stats, goals, activities, and accomplishments! Continue reading
5 Reason I LOVE My Peloton Tread+
When that slightly off, possibly body shaming but not really body shaming, Peloton commercial came out around Christmas 2019 many of us stuck up our noses at the bougie-ness of it all. However, when COVID closed down our favorite gyms … Continue reading
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Tagged marathontraining, peloton, running, treadmill
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December Running Roundup: 2020 Year in Review and Moving Forward into 2021
I’ll avoid using one of the overused adjectives used to describe 2020, but yeah…it’s been a bit of a year to say the least. Considering everything going on in the world, the end of 2020 has me feeling extremely grateful. … Continue reading
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(Virtual) Runner Woman Wonder Woman
“Disclaimer: I received an entry into the Atlanta DC Wonder Woman Run (now virtual race) to review as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and … Continue reading
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Go the Social Distance with Virtual Races and Challenges!
Disclaimer: I received an Amazon gift card to review as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review, find, and write race reviews! Well, it’s the last day … Continue reading
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Tagged bibchat, bibrave, bibravepro, fitnessbankbr, socialdistancing, stepcheck, stepwithdes, virtualrunning
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2020: Say ‘NO!’ to Resolutions and ‘YES!’ to Motivations!
So yeah, I wanted to wait a few weeks into the new year to get my bearings and let everyone else blab about their resolutions before I came out with my 2020 plans and motivations. 2019 was difficult but 2020 … Continue reading
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Tagged bibchat, bibravepro, goals, marathontraining, motivations, NYCMarathon, PhDLIfe, Training, ultrachat, ultratraining, Yeti100
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Summer Sweat Ahead: Fun Sized training and adventures!
We just returned from an epic 450 mile week riding the Bike Ride Across Georgia from Ellijay to Darien. As always it was an amazing week and while I’m glad not to be sweating my ass off each night in … Continue reading
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Tagged bibchat, bibrave, bibravepro, HonoluluBR, marathontraining, nutrition, NYCMarathon, sisBR
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