Hey everyone! It's 2017, and I'm starting another year of racing. Some runners don't start their race season until the spring - they take the winter off from racing. Some runners only run a few races a year. But yours truly doesn't take time off from racing. I don't take time off running at all.… Continue reading Race Recap: Freeze Your Fanny 5k
Category: Keeping It Real
Race Recap: Goodbye One Six 5k
After thinking I had injured myself, I took almost a month off running in December. I went back to physical therapy to work on strengthening, and to find out that my injury was mostly in my head. (Hey, better safe than sorry!) By this time, I had skipped out on my planned December race -… Continue reading Race Recap: Goodbye One Six 5k
2016 Running Year in Review
At the end of 2015, I wrote my first "Running Year in Review". When I wrote that blog, I made a wish that 2016 would be an even better year than 2015 for running - and boy, did that wish come true. This was the opening line of last year's blog, and it still rings… Continue reading 2016 Running Year in Review
Goals for 2017
Happy New Year! Once again, I'm here with my goals for the year. I did a pretty darn good job crushing my goals in 2016, and I hope to do the same again this year. Improve My Health Exceed my run/walk mileage for 9/12 months from 2016, even if it is just by a tenth… Continue reading Goals for 2017
Goals for 2016: Accomplished?
2016 has come to a close. For a lot of people, this was not the best year ever. I had a lot of amazing personal experiences, but towards the end of the year things started to get a little stinky. Here's my recap of how well I did on my goals for 2016! Improve My… Continue reading Goals for 2016: Accomplished?
Banking the Miles & Goals for 2016 – Fall Update!
Wow, it's been a while since I updated my "Banking the Miles" for 2016! For those of you who don't know what this is all about... for the past couple of years I have been making it a goal to try to beat my mileage from the previous year each month. 2016 has been a… Continue reading Banking the Miles & Goals for 2016 – Fall Update!
Race Recap: Mid-Land 10k
Non-runners probably won't understand how a particular race can hold so much meaning for someone. Especially a small little race like the Mid-Land Half, 10k and 5k. But this one is more than just a run for me, in so many ways. In fact, it holds so much emotion for me that I didn't even… Continue reading Race Recap: Mid-Land 10k
Race Recap: Detroit International Marathon 2016
I woke up before my alarm on marathon morning. It was 3:53am and I decided I might as well get out of bed and start getting ready. I quietly grabbed the pile of clothes and gear I had set out the night before and got dressed. I brushed my teeth, put my hair in a… Continue reading Race Recap: Detroit International Marathon 2016
The Road to My First Marathon
If you had asked me 8 years ago when I ran my first 5k if I would ever run a marathon, I would have laughed and said no way. In fact, at that time, even the thought of running a half marathon seemed completely impossible. I wasn't even sure if I'd run anything more than… Continue reading The Road to My First Marathon
Ramblings of a Long Run
Today I went out for my last long run before my first marathon - 8 miles on a beautiful day all by myself. About halfway through my run, I had this thought: "I should blog about all of the things that go through my mind during a solo long run!" After all, 8 miles is… Continue reading Ramblings of a Long Run
Ready To Go 2017!
Continuing my tradition of running at least one race every month! PRs: 1 mile: 9:02 5k: 29:33 / 9:30/mi (Elsie Dairy Dash 2017) 8k: 54:17 11:07/mi (St. Pat's 8k 2017) 10k: 1:06:38 / 10:45/mi (Run for Your Heart 10k 2017) 10 mile: 1:57:09 / 11:45/mi (Crim 2017) Half marathon: 2:39:47 / 12:12/mi (Capital City River… Continue reading Ready To Go 2017!
Race Recap: The Crim 2016 / Banking the Miles Update
Since I have officially announced it on my other social media outlets, I might as well make it official on my blog, too... your Keeping It Real Dietitian has been training for her first marathon. Yep, you read that right. I'm training for a full 26.2! And not just training, I'm signed up for the… Continue reading Race Recap: The Crim 2016 / Banking the Miles Update
Race Recap: Kensington Marathon 10k & Banking the Miles Update
Over the last couple of months, I have become good friends with a few people in the running group that I am a part of on Facebook. While we have hung out a few times and gotten together for trail running, we haven't been able to run a race together yet. This weekend we remedied… Continue reading Race Recap: Kensington Marathon 10k & Banking the Miles Update
Race Recap: Canadian Lakes 5k 2016
It's hard to believe that 4th of July weekend is already upon us. My family is enjoying the holiday weekend up at my parents' house. And once again the association where my parents live put on a 5k fun run/walk! The race followed the same course as last year and wasn't officially timed. Last year… Continue reading Race Recap: Canadian Lakes 5k 2016
Race Recap: 2016 Bee Healthy for Life 10k
Every year in June, the hospital that I work for puts on a 5k/10k race. Last year was my first time running the race, and I ran the 5k with my boss... it was his first official 5k race, and I set my own PR that day! When I signed up for the race this year,… Continue reading Race Recap: 2016 Bee Healthy for Life 10k
RD on the Run 