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Salmon and Bok Choy with Miso Marinade - #EnduranceFoodies

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35:00 PDT

Bok Choy…bok choy…hmm bok choy. Food rotation is not something that I am good at, but it is something I am striving to get better at so I was game when Jason of CookTrainEatRace.com announced that the next Endurance Foodies Carnival would focus on bok choy. He may have also mentioned fennel, but hey I’m taking things one step at a time!

The #EnduranceFoodies are athletes who love to spend as much time in the kitchen as they do training and racing. Since we all have different tastes and inspirations getting a group of like-minded people together to share in our passions was the goal.

Bok Choy is a great green addition to my normal kale and spinach because it provides some variety in nutrients!
- High in Vitamin C
- High in Potassium
- High in Folic Acid
- High in fiber

I have used it in a typical stir fry in the past or tossed it in a green smoothie {is there anything I won’t put in there?!}, but I knew that was too easy. I started pondering what other foods I wanted to include in my week and that brought me back to getting in some anti-inflammatory food (salmon) and some fermented food for digestion (miso).

Easy was also top of mind because I like recipes that I can throw together quickly and remember them in the future without needing to reference anything. I believe this was accomplished!Ingredients

1/4 cup brown miso
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp EVOO
1-2 Tbsp Ginger (depends on taste)
about 2 lbs baby bok choy, quartered and washed
2 salmon filets (more if feeding more people)

I think I purchased the largest bok choy I have ever seen…which is to say you don’t need as much, but I tend to overload my meals with veggies, so I didn’t mind!

Directions
1.Place salmon on baking sheet or glass dish in oven at 325 for 20-40 min depending upon thickness of filet
2. Mix first 6 ingredients in large bowl
3. Put bok choy in with marinade and rub down…like massaging kale!
4. Place bok choy in glass baking dish or spread on a large baking sheet
4. Remove salmon when done and put marinated bok choy in oven for 10 minutes. Look for edges to be lightly wilted before removing.

Have you used bok choy? Do you tend to use the same things over and over?

If you are looking for more ideas, checkout the other folks who are showing off some bok choy recipes as part of the #EnduranceFoodies Blog Carnival and join us next month!
Jason: cooktraineatrace.com
Donna: beatinglimitations.com
Victoria: obligatorytriblog.blogspot.com
Mia: dietsarecrap.blogspot.com
Lindsay: cottercrunch.com
Adrienne: sixkickswitch.blogspot.com
Joanna: everydaynutrition.wordpress.com
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Gratitude Journal
June 19
I am grateful for getting more adventurous with food as I get older! I used to hate a number of vegetables as a kid and now enjoy many of them regularly.

It starts with a solid foundation: Accountability Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:43 PDT

In the last few weeks my training has had to slow down again as I figure out why my stomach is still creating fatigue and other issues. Initially I was frustrated and thinking “here we go again with missing out on another goal”. Until I began to realize that everything was actually falling in to place quite nicely.

With 11 years of running under my belt, it’s really easy to skip over the important FOUNDATIONAL components of training. Realizing things I made a decision and now I am:

Doing running drills
Running hills (parking garage)
Serious foam rolling and stretching
Consistent entire core workouts
Serious attention to fueling properly

Most importantly for me right now, I am running without my GPS to reconnect to my body and let it determine what easy, medium and hard feel like rather than a watch.

While I was so ready for speedwork because it blasts fat, my body was saying hey we need a good solid base if you want to do all of these things! Luckily as I was thinking this the book Run Faster: How to be your own best coach came in to my life and I have been devouring it again as I create a new personalized training program.

I love creating plans for others and seeing them progress, but don’t often take the time to really do this for myself…so silly {don’t forget to join me at the Miami Running Clinic to get a personalized plan of your own}.

Campaigns like What’s Beautiful always get me fired up and I dive in head first ready to go after my goal. Last year I had my sights set on a PR at 13.1 Chicago, which technically I got by 1 second but that wasn’t really what I had in mind. This year I started using it again to focus in on my clean eating habits, stick to my core work…and oh yes PR.

Technically we are half way through the What’s Beautiful Challenge where my goal was to hit a PR, but realistically I’ve just now started working on that goal since I am going back to the beginning! I absolutely feel confident in hitting my new PR goals this year, but it’s going to require consistent progress and not the overnight jump I was working on ha!

Loving some of the interesting moves they are showing me too..you should look for this in a Clean and Lean Project ab workout soon!!

Checkout the purpose of Accountability Monday’s>>
Want to participate? Fill out this form and I’ll be featuring people each week (see Your Goals below)!

Goal check in: I was super productive and on point with doing only what was most important!

Goal for Week: More laughter, which means connecting with more people in Orlando.

Mentally I wanted to do more, but per my goal last week I listened to my body and backed off or pushed based on what I felt. I also continued to leave the GPS at home and do my running drills.

Goal for Week: Continue base building.

June 10
AM: 55 min walk + 30 min yoga

June 11
AM: 60 min run + 20 min walk + 30 min stretch
- HOLY humidity, after 30 minutes I thought I was spent, but I headed to the parking garage to just run up one level…15 minutes later I’d run the garage numerous times and felt so much better that I kept running after that. Hills are good for me!

June 12
AM: 30 min walk + 15 min upper body +15 min stretch, Pilates Inspired Core Workout
PM: 10 min run - 3 min warm up, 8 tabatas, 3 min cool down
- in the past if I didn’t feel up to at minimum 3 miles I just wouldn’t have gone at all. Now I’m remembering that even a small run is great if I enjoy it.

June 13
AM: 40 min run (half in parking garage) + 10 min running drills + 30 min walk + 20 min stretch
PM: T-Ab-ata core workout

June 14
AM:20 min easy run + 20 min walk + 10 min elliptical + 10 min bike + 20 min stretch
PM: Fly to Kansas City!!!

June 15
AM: 20 min easy run on hills + 30 min walk + 30 min stretch
PM: 30 min walk with mom, more stretching

June 16
AM: 1:45 run on tons of hills + 20 min walk + 20 min stretch
felt amazing! Seriously I love hills and I'm loving running sans GPS.

PM: 30 min walk with mom and dad.

Do you ever take time to go back to basics with your training?

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Gratitude Journal
June 17
I am grateful for a weekend surrounded by love.

eMeals - Clean Eating made easy

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:12:00 PDT

The process of switching to more clean eating lifestyle often feels overwhelming to many people I talk with. Unsure where to start they just don’t start at all. Step one I obviously recommend the Clean and Lean Project {biased yes, proven to work yes}, but after that a long term tool like eMeals might just be a good option.

They reached out to me last month with an offer to try their program and I was interested to see if it is indeed something that would help my cLEANers. Since meal planning seems to be one of the bigger excuses for not following through with clean eating. AND stress is one of the biggest factors that trigger us to eat less than healthy foods.

Hence, the biggest benefit of eMeals: Stress reduction! This provides you with 7 meals every week, so you can purchase all ingredients in advance. Each recipe tells you the prep and cook time required, which allows you to pick some of the longer meals to make over the weekend and have the quicker one’s set aside for week nights. You can see here they over a variety of options to meet different dietary needs. I started with the Natural and Organic plan and then switched to the Clean Eating plan after a few weeks just to see the difference. Both had a lot of great meal ideas and they varied in difficulty, but nothing that was Martha Stewart anxiety inducing for someone like me who prefers to keep it simple.

eMeals also does some special things like a free Father’s Day menu which I was excited about since I am actually in KC with my Dad for Father’s Day it took away the process of:
“hmm what should we have”
“well what do you want”
“Oh I don’t care, what do you want”.
Tell me you haven’t all had this conversation with friends at some point! For my weekly meals, I opted for the meal planning for TWO rather than for a family which runs $58 for the entire year or $21 for 3 months. If you will use the service to keep yourself on track and reduce preparation stress then it’s not just a good deal it’s a steal. For those who want even more you can add on lunches and breakfasts for an additional $3-4/month each.

Plus the all mighty budgeter himself, Dave Ramsey, endorses it because it definitely helps you to stop waisting money {ha total pun} on eating out and keeps you from wasting food at home! {Someone laugh at waisting, it’s funny!}

Your meal plans are then emailed to you each week, but you can also log in to your account to access them at any time in case you delete one of those emails. Everything is provided in an easy to read PDF that you can print and put in a recipe binder to keep using if you find meals that everyone just loves.

Have you ever used a meal planning service?
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Gratitude Journal
June 16
I am grateful to be spending Father’s Day with my dad!!

Why the BlackBerry Z10 isn’t my favorite

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:00:00 PDT

As a Verizon Ambassador I am really blessed to get to try out new technology and use the mobile hotspot for our home internet right now, which means part of me feels that I should of course love everything they send me to test…but I don’t. Do you ever have that feeling?? Like something is supposed to be wonderful or it isn’t actually bad, but you personally just don’t care for it?

As it happens, I just do not care for the BlackBerry Z10.

To be fair it’s a great phone with some wizbang features. For example if you like Face Time on the iPhone it has something similar now with BBM. I don’t have any friends on BlackBerry though…I think because it’s geared more towards business users than my crazy social media addicted friends.

It has the nifty photo option I showed where it takes multiples so you can adjust someone’s face to get a frame where their eyes are open and do that across multiple faces to create one good photo! I mean that’s some serious technology from a camera phone.

Unfortunately one of the big features that doesn’t work for me is the MOBILE HUB. Which for a lot of people is like nirvana because you can see all of your incoming messages from every email and every social media in one fell swoop.I am more of a compartmentalized person. I don’t even care to go in to massive retailers any more because I just want to find the one thing I’m interested in and be on my way. I have separate email accounts for a reason…and well darn it I just feel overwhelmed when I see 62 new messages instead of 3 on a given area.

Like I said this phone really has some cool things, it just isn’t my phone. I’m still too gaga over the DROID DNA to ever fall in love with it. So there is my honest review!
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Gratitude Journal
June 15
I am grateful for the freedom to have an opinion…and hopefully express it without getting kicked out!

Sugar Detox Jumpstart

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:52:00 PDT

As the Clean and Lean Project got rolling, I realized that there were two major areas where everyone could use some additional help: sugar and weekends! Taking that in to account, I have partnered up with Holistic Health Coach Laura Peifer to offer a Sugar Detox Jumpstart workshop in conjunction with the next round of the Clean and Lean Project {registration now open}.

This is not a NO sugar ever plan, this is a 5 day detox plan to reset your taste buds so that you can more easily make the transition to a clean eating lifestyle.

If you are frustrated with being unable to give up your nightly treats or exhausted by the constantly changing diet information in the media the Clean and lean Project is for you. It’s a program designed to create a new LIFESTYLE and the Sugar Detox jumpstart will give you the confidence to get going.

The workshop will include:

Information on why you crave sugar
Foods to help you make the switch
Sugar substitutes - the good, the bad, the don’t you dare
How to be sugar free and still enjoy your social life
1 hour of fear-busting, strategies and tools to help you make the shift
Feeling in control of your food choices

BACK ON TRACK AFTER JULY 4TH
This is exactly the kind of thing that I needed when I undertook the Unprocessed October and Clean Eating challenges the first time around….and occasionally now after a weekend like ohhh July 4th. The workshop will be held prior to that infamous holiday weekend of hot dogs, drinks and sugary treats so you can put all of the new knowledge to use to clear out your system and get on track.

I get that you are always deciding where to spend your money, so here is a little feedback from folks just a few weeks in to the June start of the Clean and Lean Project.

REGISTRATION OPTIONS
Currently the Sugar Detox is only offered as part of the July Clean and Lean Project. <<Click for complete details and to register as spots are limited.

Achieving a weight that you can easily maintain is possible and ENJOYABLE if you are willing to take it step by step which is the goal of this great group.
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Gratitude Journal
June 13
I am grateful for having the guts to talk to random runners at the track so I can find some new running partners in Orlando!

Running Weekend Clinic - Efficiency and Form Training

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:11:05 PDT

Today I am so excited to share with you a new running weekend clinic that is going to be held in Miami on July 20th-21st. I’ve had ideas for a runners camp based on all the feedback I’ve received over the last few years, but it wasn’t until I started talking with my new friend {Sports Medicine Doctor} Dr Gonzalez that things really started to fall in to place.

This will be a highly personalized weekend focused on analyzing form, reviewing exercises to correct imbalances, how to select the right running shoe, and personalized training plans based upon fall race goals. As a running nut the idea of someone taking the time to analyze MY FORM on a treadmill from multiple angels, then give me details on exercises to improve and prevent injury alone would be worth going to any clinic.

I AM THRILLED to be involved with this and can’t wait to share more about it with you…but I hope you might actually be there as we are offering it at a crazy low intro price to a very limited number of participants while we gather feedback. Click the image below to see the full agenda and more details!Read more about it here>>

If you can’t make it, then help us continue to make things even better by answering this super short survey!
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Thanks to every single one of you that has supported RunToTheFinish over the last year. It’s been a wild ride to figure out where I’m going, but I am in LOVE with every moment of it and cannot wait to continue sharing more new exciting programs with you!!
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Gratitude Journal
June 12
I am grateful for a desire to always be learning and growing and experiencing new things.

Clean Eating Cheesy Chicken Quinoa Vegetable Casserole

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:47:00 PDT

Do you remember that yellow cheesy chicken and broccoli casserole from childhood? Mmmm…something about a warm dish always brings me back to my childhood kitchen. It also reminds me I was a chubby teenager and that I no longer eat cheese!

While most of you know that with the Clean and Lean Project, I’m not eating much from a package the truth is sometimes you want a PIZZA or a comfort meal. I don’t believe in perfect, I believe in consciously choosing our foods and since the cheesy bug was hitting I needed to find a good solution.

I have tried using nutritional yeast as a natural option. It works in some cases, but not all, which is why I was open to trying the new GO Veggie! mozzarella shreds carried at Publix. It is non-gmo, no preservatives, lower in sodium than over vegan cheeses, less saturated fat and the list is generally ok for ingredients as far as packaged foods go.Ingredients

1 cup uncooked quinoa
5 cups chicken stock
2 chicken breasts
3 cups broccoli
4 cups Spinach
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1-2 tbsp EVOO
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
GO Veggie! Mozzarella Shreds

Directions

Place chicken on baking sheet in oven at 375 (40 minutes)
Meanwhile start cooking your quinoa in chicken broth (about 10 minutes)
Heat second pan, add 2 tbsp EVOO and garlic
As garlic starts to sizzle add 1 cup chicken stock and veggies
Cover to lightly steam broccoli and carrots lightly (5 minutes)
Combine with quinoa
Add garlic powder, minced garlic, and a dash of salt
Spray a large glass cooking pan with nonstick cooking spray
Mix {lightly) diced chicken, quinoa/veggie mix, spinach, carrots,GO Veggie! shreds
Pour in to dish
Place dish in oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes

Time Saver: If you want to cut steps, you can buy a rotisserie chicken and frozen veggies, which can just be tossed straight in to the quinoa to bake. Or many people will dump and cook it all together…I am just really cautious about making sure my chicken is well cooked!

I tried making this dish two ways, one with the cheese only added for the last 10 minutes and one where I stirred in the cheese. Personally, I like the cheese stirred in to give me that ooey, gooey feeling I remember from childhood! Maybe a little too much like childhood as I could not stop eating.
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Gratitude Journal
June 11
I am grateful for ways to still get my CHEESE fix without making my stomach unhappy with dairy.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this post by GO Veggie! However all recipe testing and eating and opinions are my own.

Eat and Run - Scott Jurek: Accountability Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:58:05 PDT

I love a good book and a good book that can make me fall in love with running all over again is hard to find and greatly cherished. Hence the reason I read this book over one weekend! I have been interested in reading Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness since it came out. I’ve been fascinated with him since we met in Miami…he genuinely loves to run and to share it…right up my alley!

Personally I loved the book. It was one of the most well written books from a runner that I have read, which I think is probably due to his great co-author Steve Friedman but I could be wrong. When I say well written I mean that it was so descriptive you could truly get inside each moment and he captured very well the mindset we’ve all had while trying to decide if we should keep going or stop…only clearly Jurek simply keeps moving!

“If you’re an athlete and you’re fortunate, you’ve felt it. Being “in the zone”, tasting satori- the sudden, Zen-like clarity that comes when you least expect it, often when your body is pushed to the limit.”

Eat & Run takes your from Jurek’s childhood through college and then through his racing career. Though he experienced a LOT of hard things in life you never quite feel sorry for him and when he speaks of running on a broken ankle, you simply think…well of course you did!

He clearly goes through highly competitive phases which push him to do things like win the Western States 100 followed a few weeks later by attempting Bad Water then in to phases where he is seeking that bliss we find on a great run and the prize no longer matters. All of these parts together pull in any passionate runner and plant that little seed of an ultra.

“I try to let science steer my training while staying open to the animal joy of running.”

Many people may only know Scott from his appearance in the now famous Born To Run, but his career and life have been one long adventure. The places he has run would make anyone envious and his ability to power through less than ideal circumstances are inspiring.

The book is also filled with a number of his favorite Vegan recipes, be on the lookout because I’ve tested a few and tweaked them to meet my whacky way of eating. I’ll be sharing the recipes soon!

Checkout the purpose of Accountability Monday’s>>
Want to participate? Fill out this form and I’ll be featuring people each week (see Your Goals below)!

Goal check in: Much more focused this week and continued to move with purpose through each thing I worked on.
Goal for Week: Planning out more of my time to ensure I am focused and don’t let things take longer simply because I can.

Ehhh….I am not sure if it was success or not. I left my watch at home so I couldn’t do anything but listen to my body on pacing, but I also had a rough week on the health side of things. Keeping a detailed food journal now and trying something a little more extreme…details later.

Goal for Week: Enjoy the movement to whatever extent my body is agreeable and know that it is enough.

June 3
AM: 40 min walk, 25 min Pilates, 20 min foam roll and stretch

June 4
AM: 65 min run, 30 min walk
- This was a good test of being gentle with myself. At 2 miles I wanted to collapse, so I walked and when I started to feel better I started running and found a rhythm that felt good so I got in another 45 minutes. If I would have pushed through to start I’d have finished at 3 and missed out on how good those other miles felt.
PM: 25 min walk, 20 min stretch/foam roll

June 5
AM: 40 min walk + 5 min running drills, 30 min yoga, Stability Ball Abs
PM: It was a rest day, but also National Running day…so even in the pouring rain I had to get out there. 2 easy miles.
June 6
AM: I should have skipped this workout, but I’m stubborn. I ended up with 40 minutes on the treadmill alternating running/walking with steep inclines…finished and felt beyond exhausted and shaky. I’m not learning my lesson very well right now.
PM: Nice easy walk just to move a little.

June 7
AM: 60 min run, 20 min walk
- felt a million times better, probably shouldn’t have gone so far, but I got lost!
PM: 30 min walk, 30 min stretch/foam roll

June 8
AM: 70 min biking with David, tested out new core workout

June 9
AM: 90 min run, running form drills, 20 min walk, 20 min stretch

Almost 180 folks are going strong on t Clean and Lean Project. I am so impressed with how they are taking it on and understanding that it is a process of changing habits rather than a month of dieting! I am equally excited to see what the July participants will do! I am definitely opening it up again based on the number of requests and with some new information based on what I’m learning from these intrepid cLEANers. Here are some of their successes from last week!

Have you read Eat & Run or any other inspiring running books lately?
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Gratitude Journal
June 10
I am grateful for Sunday morning where my body agreed to simply go and my mind enjoyed the run while also focusing on great form and breathing patterns.

Kacy Duke Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:19:00 PDT

Earlier this week I had a chance to do a quick interview with fitness professional Kacy Duke. I love her WHOLE body philosophy, so we dove in to that a little bit and I grabbed a few tips for you as well.

A little of what we covered:
What is her Love It Workshop?
What’s one simple step people can take to get started on a healthier life?
One step to start changing their food habits?

Here is the interview:

Her 3 main principles:
I am. - Be gentle and grateful and kind to ourselves. Let go of the perfection idea.
I can. - What tools do you need to get the motivation going? Do you need a trainer? A partner to walk with?
I do. - Embracing the idea of fun fitness and get after it.

Have you read any of her books or taken her classes?
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Gratitude Journal
June 9
I am grateful for getting to pick the brain of other fitness pro’s!
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post.

5 Tips for Mother Runners: Runner Spotlight

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda RunToTheFinish) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:36:07 PDT

I have been reading Lisa’s blog for a few years now, but to be honest she was one of many who I thought had great things to share but I didn’t really KNOW her. Then we became carpool buddies for Blend Retreat and I got some extra time to really learn about her and see her in action. Have you ever known someone who makes you feel peaceful simply by being…that’s Lisa!

Name: Lisa McClellan
Connect: RunWiki.org | Twitter | Pinterest
Years Running: On and off since High school, but very committed for the last 8 years
# of marathons: 6

“I love to run, it makes me feel alive, it represents who I am, wild, free, hard working, limit pusher, adrenaline junkie and all around crazy person. I can't imagine my life without it.”

What has made the most difference in dropping your marathon finish time?(From 3:57 to 3:40)
Dropping my time has been a combination of things:
1. proper nutrition and more importantly proper hydration.
2. incorporating cross training days, being consistent with my track workouts.
3. running multiple 20 mile long runs during my 16 week marathon training plan and last, slowing down... you don't want to run your race day pace everyday.

Do you think being a Mom made you a better runner?
I don't know if it has made me a better runner, but it certainly has taught me the the value of delayed gratification, patience and motivation to set an example for them, key aspects in being a successful runner.5 Tips for Mom's who want to get in to running?
1. Saying you don't have time is an excuse, what you are really saying is that running is not your priority... make yourself a priority, the end.

2. You might regret not going for a run, but you will never regret going.

3. Take your kids to the local high school and let them play on the field while you run, invest in a jogging stroller, wake up and get your run in before your partner goes to work, run while your kids ride their bikes, hire a local high schooler to watch your kids for 45 min. while you get a run in, should I go on? Nike said it so well... Just do it!

4. If you hate running try slowing down, just start out at a conversational pace (that might be walking, and that's ok) it's not about how fast or slow you go, just enjoy your time out there.

5. Don't compare yourself to others, running is an individual sport, run your own race.

6. Enter a race not to win, but to finish, you will have a goal and you will feel so proud of yourself when you cross the finish line!

What are you currently doing for Kyle's Crusade?
I have been working on Kyle's Krusade for the past 3 years. The O'Conner's are my close friends and I am fortunate enough to live down the street from Nicole, Kyle and Bailey. Kyle is almost done with his treatment, but still has a long way to go before he can say "Cancer Free" I will continue to offer emotional, financial and any kind of support my friend needs. (Read more on Kyle’s Krusade and how you can get involved)

Sometimes, it's as simple as a hug or she may need more, my job is to asses what that is... I know Nicole well enough to know she would never ask for help even though she might desperately need it. A true friend steps in and does something without asking, but is also mindful not to overstep boundaries.. there is a fine line. My philosophy is to help with no expectation... just help, never ask for anything in return... that's not truly giving.

What keeps you running?
Many things keep me running, my kids, to have alone time, to be proud of myself, for my sanity, but I think we all have moments when we are less than motivated not matter what the circumstances. Sometimes, I need a break from running and taking a week or two off is not something I struggle with, I know when I am exhausted and need a break and I take it. Usually an easy trail run feels better than sitting around the house, I try to listen to what my heart is telling me. After a week or two from a running breakup, I end up missing it and asking myself, "what else am I going to do?"

Didn’t I tell you she just shines with that peaceful energy! I hope you learned something from this quick interview and get a chance to meet her as well!
Did you miss the previous Runner Spotlights?
Pavement Runner with 5 Traits of a good Ultrarunner >>
Dani with 5 Tips for Weight Maintenance >>
Carly with a marathon debut of 3:20 >>

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Gratitude Journal
June 7
I am grateful for super dark chocolate and hot mug of tea to satisfy a late night snack craving!