Live ~ Craft ~ Sweat

Hi!! :D

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:36:00 +0000

Hi everyone! I know I've been MIA - but I have a good reason!

I'm pregnant and SUPER BUSY!!

Here I am with my expanding belly..

I'll make sure to keep everyone updated from now on. I'll be 28 weeks on Friday so expect another composite picture in about 3 weeks (though I will post before then, promise)!

I've Won a Blog Award!! - The Liebster Award

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:34:00 +0000

Woot, Woot! My Sweat Pink Sister Lynette nominated me for the LIEBSTER AWARD. I am so excited and flattered that she thought of me.

I had actually never heard of this award before, so I went to Wiki and Google to see what it was all about. Liebster is German for “dearest” and this award it given to fellow bloggers with less than 200 followers as a way to spread the new blogger love (didn't really check this.. just picked blogs I liked)!

The Rules:

1. Each person must post 11 random things about themselves.
2. Answer the 11 questions the person giving the award has set for you.
3. Create 11 questions for the people you will be giving the award to.
4. Choose 11 people to award and send them a link to your post. Go to their page and tell them.
5. No tag backs.

11 Facts about me:

1. I'm a early bird, even on the weekend.
2. I kill plants, I've event killed a cactus.
3. I'm addicted to buying socks in all different colors.
4. My husband and I have four cats.
5. I'm seriosly grossed out my all bugs even fake ones and those on TV.
6. My favorite color is teal and I will buy everything in that color.
7. I love everything day of the dead themed.
8. I love papercrafting and have my own craft room.
9. I was born in Germany so I could never be president.
10. I love throwing parties and have a homemade "photo booth" for our parties compete with props.
11. I'm addicted to the Internet and I have numerous friends that I've never met IRL :D

11 Questions from Lynette:

1. Why did you start blogging?
I started blogging so I could my running, fitness and weight loss progress. I also wanted to be able to blog about my crafting and daily life activies.

2. What is your favorite recipe?
Dirty Quinoa

3. If you’re not working out you are…
Hanging out with my husband or friends

4. Where is the best place you’ve ever traveled to?
Right now - St. John, but in May I'm going to Bora Bora!

5. Movie you could watch on repeat?
Love Actually

6. Favorite “pump me up” song?
Ke$ha - Die Young

7. What is your favorite fitness magazine?
Women's Running Magazine

8. What social media platforms do you use to promote your blog?
Facebook, Twitter, Dailymile & Instagram

9. What is your go-to drink when you’re out?
Rum & Diet

10. Quote that never gets old?
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
- Epicurus (Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)

11. Item of clothing you can’t live without?
Socks!!!! Lots and lots of socks!

My Questions for my Awardees:

1. Why did you start blogging?
2. If you could run a destination race anywhere, where would you have the race?
3. How do you stay motivated to workout doing bad weather?
4. Best book you have read lately?
5. What is your biggest accomplishment?
6. Death row last meal would be?
7. Are you a white underwear girl or do you like them colorful?
8. What is something you can't leave the house without?
9. Coffee or tea?
10. What is your favorite post on your own blog?
11. What are you looking forward to the most in 2013?

11 People I’m Awarding:

Fit Running Mama

Fitful Focus

In my Life I Love You More

Katie Moves

Living the Sweat Life

Mom Running on Empty

Recipe for Disaster

Run Turtle Run

Running on Candy... Fueled by Sugar, Rainbows and Glitter

Running while Mommy

Will Write 4 Travel

Running and Running and Running!!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:54:00 +0000

I finally confirmed and updated my race schedule for 2013! :D I might add on a few additional virtual races, but I'm done with my in person race schedule (pending the registration of a few races). I'm doing a couple of 13 in 2013 "challenges" so I have to run a minimum of 13 races this year.

I know it looks like a lot, but quite a few of the dates of my virtual races overlap with dates that I'm running in person races or when I will be doing training runs of the same distance. I'm super excited for the bling I'll accumulate over the year.

Are you running any of the same races this year? Do you want to run with me this year? I'd love running some company!

Race Recap: Mermaid Series 5K & Get Out and Go!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:33:00 +0000

On Saturday I ran the Mermaid Series 5K, San Diego and I had a blast! It was my first Mermaid Series race and first official (non-virtual) race of my 13 races in 2013. The race course was in Mission Bay and we ran along the gorgeous coast of Fiesta Island. It was so nice to see a large number of women out running together and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

I represented my Sweat Pink Sisters with my running attire (my new Sweat Pink tank and Nike LunarGlide running shoes) and I was even Sparkling by sporting my favorite sparkly headband from Sparkly Soul.

I was so motivated to run this race and set a PR.... And I did! I ran it in 37:50 (12:12 pace) which is my fastest 5K race, to date! I'm so excited that this was the way I started my 2013 race schedule!

Today's Monday Motivation is just to get out and go! It doesn't matter how slow you are... You're faster than everyone sitting on the couch! I used to be embarrassed about how slow my pace was, but now I'm just so happy that I have the motivation to start the race. :D

Did you run a race this weekend? Did you just get up and go? Maybe you're still training for your first race?! Leave me some love and let me know... I'd love to hear about it!

Be Awesome & Congrats to the Ravens

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:50:00 +0000

A great friend of mine, July, always says she reminds herself daily to be Awesome, from her I am inspired to remind myself how awesome I am. When I ran across this picture I thought it was perfect for today. I definitely needed the reminder and motivation. I'll be AWESOME today when I get home and go for a run. This morning I was not able to get up for my morning workout :(. I was way too tired from my Superbowl cheering and screaming last night!

Speaking of the Superbowl....

Congrats to the Baltimore Ravens! They are definitely AWESOME! They are Superbowl XLVII Champions!! I knew they would do it! :D I wish I could make it to the parade that is going to be given in their honor tomorrow, but unfortunately I have to work. Boo!

So, did you watch the Superbowl? What was your favorite commercial? How are you going to be AWESOME today?

50. Go to Niagara Falls

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:22:00 +0000

Sorry I was missing from the blog, but I have a good excuse... I was in Canada!!! I have been busy trying to catch up on my 101 in 1001 days list. This past weekend I went to Niagara Falls for the Ice Wine Festival. It was a blast! I traveled with a girlfriend, April, and over and over we kept saying how nice Canadians were. We also received soo much free stuff. Free food, free wine, seriously such really nice people. We wanted to move there! :D Below are some pictures from the weekend, enjoy!

This was the view of Niagara Falls from our hotel room. We had an awesome view from our fallsview room. We were upgraded to a high floor in the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview Hotel and Spa. If you ever go there, definitely check out the packages because they were only about $50 more than the price of a room (per night) and you get daily breakfast, a wine tour, wine samples at two different wineries and a dinner credit at the restaurant at the hotel!

The first night we checked in we thought we missed all the fireworks that they had over the falls, but lucky us, they still had them for one more night! I got to check off one more item from my 101 in 1001 days list!

54. Watch fireworks - DONE!

We were busy over the weekend going to nine wineries/vineyards on Saturday and twelve wineries/vineyards on Sunday (send me a message if you want the list, I'd be happy to share). We also visited a chocolate factory and did a tour of a winery on Sunday. It was a busy weekend! I was able to acquire the pictured regular wines, late harvest wines and ice wines in the picture. Want to know the difference between a late harvest and an ice wine? Here is a good explanation.

Where have you traveled to lately? Any trips out of the country coming up soon? Do you like sweet wines? Have you had late harvest or ice wine before?

35. Make a Painting for the House

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:31:00 +0000

On Saturday I went with my dear friend, Jennifer, to Wet Your Palettes for Girls Night. We had a blast! We got in touch with our creative side for a change and I was able to complete #35 of my 101 in 1001 days. It's always nice to play with paint and get a little dirty somewhere other than your house. You had to be over 21 years old to go there on this particular night because it was BYOB. We didn't bring any wine to drink while painting but I did have a nice "DC Tap Water" to drink at Busboys and Poets before the class.

I even started a trend of putting snow for snow capped mountains on the purple mountains we had to paint. Quite a few other people in the class followed, what can I say, I'm a trend setter!

Here is a picture of us with our paintings!

What have you done lately to get in touch with your creative side? What creative/crafty types of activities do you like to do?

I Made Homemade Almond Butter and Protein Bars!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:24:00 +0000

This weekend I got it in my head that it was a great idea to make homemade protein bars. I love to bake, how hard can it be to make protein bars, right? ;P

First step for me was to find a recipe that I liked. There was no way I was gonna fly solo and make this up on my own! Lucky me, I remembered that a Facebook friend posted a link for homemade protein bars, score!

Second step, I made a trip to one of my favorite stores - Wegmans! The recipe called for lots of hard to find products which usually you would need to go to a speciality store for or order online, but I got it all from Wegmans. Granted, I walked around the store for about an hour looking for everything because even the associates working there weren't very helpful during this trip... But I got what I needed!

Third step, started the recipe! So I pulled out my food processor to make almond butter. Darn it if my $200 KitchenAid food processor that I only used twice wouldn't work. The lights came on, but clearly the motor was telling me it didn't think so :(

Back to the second step, I went to Walmart to get a cheapo food processor. I bought a $19 ninja.

Finally I get to start the the first recipe! I fired up my ninja and made my almond butter. At first I thought maybe I was doing something wrong because it got really doughy and was very compact. But then all of the sudden, tada it started to liquefy! Yay me!

Next the second receipe, the protein bars, my Piece de resistance! These were actually much easier to make than I expected. First I ground my oats in the ninja per the recipe below. I gathered all my ingredients and I used my handy KitchenAid stand mixer which, thank all that is good above still works (I would have some serious issues if it didn't as we just got that sucker for a wedding gift last year!) to mix everything together. Once that was done and everything was in a "cookie dough" consistency I poured it in my parchment lined brownie pan and into the refrigerator it went overnight! See pictures below, but I think it all turned out pretty well and they taste super yummy!

Raw Almond Butter:

Receipe from Chockohlawtay

(makes about 1.5 cups)

3 cups Raw, unsalted Almonds

Directions:
1. Add the almonds to a food processor and pulse to chop.
2. Blend the chopped almonds for about 10-15 minutes, scraping the sides when necessary.
3. Add salt or stevia/sweetener to taste (I didn't, but it all depends on taste) and scoop/pour into a pretty sealable jar. Store tightly sealed in the fridge.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars
[no bake, low sugar, high fiber/protein]
Receipe from Chockohlawtay
(makes 10 bars) *mine made 12, it's all in how you cut them*

   144g (1+1/2 cups) Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
   128g (1/2 cup) Raw Almond Butter
   1 cup + 3 tbs Unsweetened Almond Milk
   10 packets Truvia (or sweetener of choice)
   1/2 tsp Stevia Extract
   1/2 tsp Butter Extract
   1/4 tsp Salt
   40g (1/4 cup) Brown Rice Flour
   168g (8 scoops) Unflavored Brown Rice Protein Powder
   1/3 cup Mini Dark Chocolate Chips

Directions:
1. Line a 9*13" brownie pan with parchment paper both ways and set aside.
2. Blend the oats into a flour and set aside.
3. In a large stand mixer bowl, add the almond butter and almond milk and stir
4. While the mixer is still mixing, add the Truvia, stevia, butter extract and salt.
5. Still mixing, add the brown rice flour and oat flour. Add the protein powder (dough should be thick like cookie dough)
6. Take the bowl off the stand mixer and fold in the chocolate chips. Dump into the prepared pan and flatten with the spatula (or if you're fancy, a pastry roller). Cover and refrigerate overnight.
7. The next day, slice into bars and store covered in the fridge.

Where can you/ find these Ingredients?
I was able to find all of the ingredients at Wegmans or if you want to order online you can go through the links on Jessica's blog.

Have you made almond butter or protein bars before? Where did you get your recipe?

Sparkly Soul Headbands (Discount Code Included!)

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:37:00 +0000

I've been eyeing up the sparkly headbands on Sparkly Soul for quite a while. Yesterday on Facebook Sparky Soul announced they are giving 15% off all Lavender, Black and White (Go Ravens!) or Black, Gold and Red (Boo 49ers ;P) headbands until Super Bowl Sunday!!! Make sure to use the code "SUPERBOWL" at checkout.

I quickly purchased one of each of these babies because they are awesome!!

Don't delay.. go now!!

Loving my morning workouts!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:56:00 +0000

I've been so motivated this month to get up every morning, at 5:15am, to get in an elliptical workout. I'm also able to catch up on my Facebook, Instagram and Tweets while I rock out to music and get in "extra" steps on my fitbit one.

My morning workouts are what I have challenged myself at least all throughout January (I don't do resolutions) and I'm doing it with the wonderful blog ladies who set up goalgetter2013. Last week I posted a few pictures of my morning workouts on Instagram. Here is one of my pictures, make sure to check me out @livecraftsweat for my other pictures and to see how I do for the rest of January! Pretty snazzy for around 5:30am don't you think? ;P

So, here is today's Monday Motivation -

What do you think about working out in the morning? Do you get in a better workout in the morning, lunchtime or evening?

My RAVENS are going to the SUPERBOWL!!!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:57:00 +0000

img source: Baltimore Ravens

I'm a HUGE fan/lover of the Baltimore Ravens and they are going to the Superbowl, which this year will be known as the Harbowl!!!! ;P

img source: Natty Boh Gear

GO RAVENS! I'm so excited and I just can't hide it! :D

Do you like professional football? Who do you cheer for?

Desire to Change

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:03:00 +0000

Do you have the desire to change?

I do! :)

Get out there today and do some work!

I've already worked it on the elliptical for 45 minutes this morning and I have a run planned for after work. What's your plan for working out today?

Hello... Is this thing on?

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000

Hi! I know I've been MIA for about a month, I took an unexpected blogging break. I went on a cruise (and got Norovirus - which is a post for another day) and the holidays got the best of me. With all that said, 2013 is gonna be an awesome year!!

I'm really excited for the races that I have coming up this year (I have a goal to run at least 13 races in 2013) and I hope to compete in my first power lifting competition in April. I'll be updating my "Run with Me" page over the weekend, so make sure to check it out and let me know if you will be running any of the races I'm signed up for! :)

I've become a Sweat Pink Ambassador and signed up to volunteer with Girls on the Run (application still pending).

I'm doing a 12 week training plan for my half marathon in April this year (NWM DC) in combination with training for my power lifting competition. To keep me on track, I purchased/made a custom fitness journal to track all my workouts for the next 12 weeks.What do you think?

Purchased from: Paper Coterie

I'm really looking forward to sharing everything that will happen over this wonderful, crazy and awesome year with you!

Pro Compression Socks (Discount Code Included!)

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:58:00 +0000

I bought some new Pro Compression Marathon Socks today! I've been thinking of getting compression socks for awhile and a lot of people I know recommend this brand so I figured I would give them a try.

I figured I would go with a nice neutral white and bright pink, to go with all my running outfits. They have all different colors on their website for you to check out!

img source: Pro Compression

If you want to get them, make sure to use the code "SAVE40" to get free shipping and 40% off. Hurry and buy them soon though because the code expires on December 18th!

Also, don't forget to check me out on Instagram. I've posted my picture for today's Holidayaday challenge (@livecraftsweat)!

I'm running the Inaugural NWM Half DC!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:15:00 +0000

I still can't believe it!!

Last night I was looking through pictures on instragm, as usual, and I saw that one of my friends posted that she received her email saying she wasn't accepted into the NWM Half DC (for those that don't know, to run the race you have to apply because it's a lottery system). I applied the first day that the registration opened and then just kinda "forgot" about the race lottery. I figured, if I got in GREAT, if not I know of another great all women's half marathon (Iron Girl Half Marathon) the same day that didn't have a lottery that I could register to run.

So, off to my email I went to check and see if I got an email from Nike. To my surprise my second email subject line read: Confirmation XXXXXXX - NWM Half DC Random Draw Results! I didn't even have to open the email to know that I was accepted! I was so happy to open the email and see the following image.

So, did anyone else get in? Do I know anyone else running? I'd love to have some people to train with (run behind). I usually run my half marathons with my husband, so this will be a new experience for me, one that I will of course be blogging all about!

Thanks, Nike! I can't wait to get that pretty Tiffany necklace when I cross the finish line!

Nuff Said..

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:35:00 +0000

This week has been a little stressful for me, but then I saw this image today and it really hit home!

img source: pFIT blog

Nuff Said..

Also, don't forget to check me out on Instagram. I've posted my picture for today's Holidayaday challenge (@livecraftsweat)!

Dead Lift Day!!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:03:00 +0000

Today was heavy dead lift day with my hubby! Surprisingly it's one of my favorite exercises, probably because it's one of my best. :) Today's main lift weights were:

Deadlift

135 1x2

145 2x2

170 12x1

Here are some pictures from our lifting today (sorry they are a little blurry took them with my iPad)

My husband lifts a lot more than me at 360 pounds, 190 pounds more to be exact...

Also, don't forget to check me out on Instagram. I've posted my picture for today's Holidayaday challenge (@livecraftsweat)!

Fitbit One - My Motivation to MOVE!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:57:00 +0000

My wonderful husband, knowing that I love gadgets and wanting to help me get inspired to move more, purchased a fitbit one for me last month. I've worn my fitbit everyday and I love the reports, graphs and data that I get. I love that my fitbit syncs with MyFitnessPal. It also has an iPhone app where I'm able to keep track of my activity data throughout the day when I'm not near my computer. Below is an example of one of my weekly progress reports.

One of the first days I wore my fitbit I had around 8,000 steps and it was 8pm at night. Anyone who knows me also knows that around 9pm at night is the time that I'm usually ready for bed. :) This particular night I went with my husband and some of his friends to a Maryland basketball game (GO TERPS!) Not only did my husband walk up and down the stairs at the stadium so that I could get in additional stairs to make sure I would get my "10 floors" badge, but we also did laps of the stadium during half time! At the end of the game I had 9,458 steps, I was so close to my daily goal of 10,000 steps! He really wanted to make sure I was going to hit my step goal, so we walked around the parking lot and that was the first night I hit my 10,000 step goal.

The step goal that I have I set for myself, I can move it up or down based on how much activity I get in a day and how much I want to push myself. There is also an option to sign up for a premium account for $49.99 a year which has many options, one of which is a digital trainer that learns about my activity habits and then pushes me to gradually increase my movement over the course of 12 weeks. I personally don't have the premium account, but it is something that I have thought about getting in the future.

Please note: I was not compensated in any way to post this or share information. All thoughts are my own.

The Columbia Ale House - Soft Opening

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Last night I went to the soft opening for The Columbia Ale House with my friend Emily. She got a VIP invite and I was her "plus one," lucky me!

My experience

Directions (because I think they are important)

I'm familiar with where the location is and you can see if right off Route 175 if you are coming south from Route 29. It's also in the same location that "Rocky Run Tap & Grill" was in if you are familiar with that old restaurant, I loved that place and used to get their "Crabby Patty" all the time. If you put the address in Google Maps it drops you off at the end of the street once you turn at the light, so just continue all the way to the end down by the "LA Boxing." It's a new restaurant and not in Google yet, hopefully they will get that fixed soon. I'm not sure about anyone else's navigation system, but mine wanted me to go over near the MVA express when I put in the address, so just another thing to be aware of with the directions.

Food & Drink

On tap The Ale House is serving Oliver Breweries, I had the "Irish Style Red Ale" and Emily had the "Pagan Porter." I believe we both enjoyed our beers and they went well with our meals. As our appetizers we ordered Mussels with Cilantro & Jalapeño and Flatbread with Goat Cheese & Prosciutto, both were absolutely delicious! The flatbread was quite a large portion (as you can see from the picture) and definitely large enough for two or three people to share. The mussels were also a generous portion, but I wouldn't say they were large enough to share with more than two people.

The food did take a while to come out to our table; however, we were having a good conversation and didn't mind the wait. We also knew there would be some "kinks" that needed to be worked out since this was their "soft opening." As our entrees, we ordered the Braised Filet Tips (note: these have to be ordered medium) with Mashers and the 8oz Filet with Mashers and Brussel Sprouts. Again, the food was delicious and we had no complaints!

Overall
Overall I would give The Ale House 4 out of 5 stars. I'm curious to see what the menu pricing will be like when they open. Since it was a soft opening our food and drinks were complimentary.

Got word about my knee...

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:53:00 +0000

I went to see my Doctor again on Monday (I went back in May as well) because I started having pain again around my knee. I know that in order to be able to stay active for any long period of time I need to figure out the cause of my knee pain and get it taken care of before it gets any worse. My doctor sent me for x-rays and it turns out that I have exostosis (the formation of new bone/cartilage on the surface of a bone) on my knee.

The next step is that I get to see an Orthopedic Doctor/Surgeon on Monday to discuss my options. I'm hoping that there are some nonsurgical options, because I'm really not looking forward to knee surgery. I have been reading online about exostosis - I know, nothing good comes of reading about medical conditions online - even though from everything I read it's outpatient and a short recovery.

In light of everything that has been going on this week with my knee pain, I've still been able to workout a good amount when I've felt that my body could handle it and I weighed in this morning down one (1) pound! :)

img source: http://reasonstobefit.tumblr.com

How was everyone's week? Anyone have first hand experience with knee surgery in the past?

Also, don't forget to check me out on Instagram. I've posted my picture for today's Holidayaday challenge (@livecraftsweat)!

Thankful Thursday - Jason :)

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:09:00 +0000

I've decided that at least twice a month I'm going to do a "Thankful Thursday" post for something that I'm thankful for in my life. For my first Thankful Thursday, I'm going to write about how I'm Thankful for my husband, Jason, otherwise known as "J".

Everyday he shows me unconditional love, generosity and an unbelievable amount of support. He is also my biggest supporter in all things I do (healthy living and crazy crafting). I can't wait for the day when we finally have crazy kids of our own (not just our furry four) to share our lives with. He will be an amazing father, NO DOUBT! Instead of going on and on, I just want to say. Babe, I love you with all my heart and soul. Forever and ever.

img source: Deborah Hemingway Photography

Me and you, silly yet serious, always (GO TERPS and RAVENS).

xoxo,

Linda

Secret Santa Exchange

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:06:00 +0000

In 2006, I was lucky enough to met an awesome bunch of ladies online. At the time we were all planning our weddings in Las Vegas, Nevada (my first wedding). Even though that wedding didn't last, those friends are still some of the best friendships that have I have to this day. We have formed numerous online message boards in order to stay in touch and over the years we have always done a "Secret Santa" exchange during the holidays.

This year, I was lucky enough to get a friend who actually lives close by and whom I have met IRL before. Below is the gift I sent her (no worries, she received it today, so it's not a spoiler).

Leave me some comment love and let me know what you think about my gift. Also, let me know about your secret Santa exchanges! What do you have planned for gifts?

Run the Dirty Girl Mud Run with Me!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:21:00 +0000

I'm going to run the Dirty Girl Mud Run: Baltimore MD on August 10, 2013 with some of my girlfriends, we we would love for some lovely local ladies to join us!

image source: Dirty Girl Mud Run

Overview
Dirty Girl is a 5k mud run for women of all ages and athletic abilities. Don't worry - it's not a "race" in the traditional sense. It is an untimed obstacle course designed to push you slightly out of your comfort zone, but only as far as you are comfortable going. Forming teams is encouraged, and so is helping your fellow Dirty Girls get through to the finish. At a Dirty Girl Mud Run you'll find excitement, laughter, and camaraderie—as well as lots of music and even some adult beverages. It's a day you'll never forget.

Course Description
Run, walk, climb, crawl—you will experience it all. With obstacle names like H2OMG and PMS (Pretty Muddy Stuff), you can expect to laugh until your cheeks hurt. But don't worry, if you get to an obstacle that's more than a challenge for you—hey, take one of the detours. Also expect safety throughout. Expect the event to go on rain or shine. Expect not to be timed.

Sign up now and you can get 20% off your race registration!!

Registration Information
Click here to register
Our team is "Girls Gone Muddy"
Running at 11:15 in wave #14
Promo code "DGCyberMonday2012" for 20% off
Code expires on Monday, December 31st

image source: Dirty Girl Mud Run

It's A Lifestyle

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:30:00 +0000

So True!!

image source: healthemily

Also, don't forget to check me out on Instagram. I've posted my picture for today's Holidayaday challenge (@livecraftsweat)!

Join My Color Run Team!!

noreply@blogger.com (LindaK) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:30:00 +0000

I'm running The Color Run™ Washington D.C. on May 19th, 2013 and would love for you to join my team!

What is the Color Run?

The Color Run™ 5k is a unique experience focused less on speed and more on crazy color fun with friends and family. Color runners come from all different ages, shapes, sizes, and speeds; but everyone toeing the start line has a blast. Whether you are a casual morning mall walker or an Olympic athlete, the 3 miles of The Color Run™ course will be the most memorable and colorful run of your life!

How does it work?
The Color Run™ event pretty much has TWO SIMPLE rules: 1) White shirts (any mostly white T will work great) mandatory at the start line. And 2) color plastered EVERYTHING at the finish! Runner/walkers begin the 5k at the start line like a brand new pristine coloring book. By the end, they look like they fell into a Willy Wonka… tie dyed… vat of colored goodness.

What is the Color?
Each kilometer of the event is associated with a designated color: yellow, orange, pink, or blue. As the runners/walkers reach the Kilometer COLOR Zones, they are blitzed by our volunteers, sponsors, and staff with COLOR. All products are 100% natural and safe.

Sign ups are open now and will fill up soon!

How to register (the nitty gritty):
Click here
Fill out your information
Sign up as a team registration ($35 registration fee)
When you get to the Team information ("Do you want to put this person on a team?") Click Yes and view all teams.
Look for team "Run or Dye Trying (Koch)"
When you are on the checkout page, put in the promo code "TCRVIP13"
(makes your registration $32.95 with fees)
The code expires on Saturday, December 8th at midnight or when registration is full.

image source: The Color Run