Mel On...2013 Rewind

Today I found myself "running" through all the wonderful (and some not so wonderful) memories of this past year and am in a state of incredible....gratefulness....

Mel On...Merry Christmas!

LOVE this, taken from the FemFusion blog...check it our HERE!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

Mel On...Hill Repeats (and being really, really tired)

So...after the other day's "Training Update (and reaching my 750th mile this year)," I thought I had my training plan down (yet again) but then I decide I should throw in some hill repeat sessions once a week.  I really need to stop thinking...

...cause a 40 ft. increase in a tenth of a mile is about ridiculous....

Mel On...Training Update (and reaching my 750th mile this year!)

This past week has been hectic trying to figure out my training plan for Nice and Weinstrasse.  There are so many things I want to incorporate but so little time to fit them all in!  

I think I have it figure out though and it will look something like this (although I'm switching up my rest/long run days and increasing mileage each week):

Mel On...Homburg Cross-Training Hike

Today I went on my first cross-training hike with a lovely bunch of ladies from my running group...AND I LOVED IT!

The trail went 13+ km around castle ruins and ponds in the nearby village of Homburg.  There was a great mix of terrain and the scenery was simply gorgeous!  Some of the hills were a little intense but it's awesome training for my next race...an upside for my backside!

Mel On...Deep Water Running (and my love of Eleanor Roosevelt)

Every so often I wake up with a hankering for something new and I think of Eleanor Roosevelt.  I read a book of her quotes once before and she really inspired me.  The two that stuck with the me most are the ones I try to live by:

Mel On...Getting It Together (or trying to)

So I was like, "I PR'd today in a race I didn't think I would finish...take that plantar fasciitis." 

And my feet were all  like, "well...okay..."

And they took it, they did...but then those bastards resent it in a fiery storm straight up my heels.  OUCH!!!!

Mel On...25th Annual Christmas Market Run

I have been wanting to do this run for a long time and seeing as this was my last chance to do it...dagnabit I was going to run it!  I didn't care my feet were still angry at me from the marathon, or that I was up until 2 a.m. being disappointed by Alabama football, or that I woke up with a sore throat and a stuffy head, or that we I misjudged our timing and we had to get dressed and leave our house in less than 15 minutes.  NO EXCUSES MEL! No excuses.

And let me tell you....IT WAS WORTH IT!