If I had to rate my fitness, I'd give myself a 9/10. Because back in Florida, I rode fast with the early morning boys' group, and logged some long weekend running miles in the hot sun. I destroyed set after set of burpees, and threw around some weights during HIIT workouts at the gym. Then. Then …
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Just a few months ago I would have given anything to do what I did this week: drop everything, move out west, and run mountain trails with the cows. This guy didn't budge as I ran by—I was just inches from him! I guess they are so used to people by now that they mind …
Day five was the best day ever. (Read: WE MADE IT TO COLORADO) Everyone warned me that the stretch across Kansas was going to be the most boring leg of the trip. Yes, it had its *yawn* moments, but overall I loved the drive. Kansas is wide open on either side of the highway, it …
Day three. Holy SH*T. I am not a driver. What I mean is: I don't drive a lot unless I have to. For the past five years I rode my bike to work. My little 8-year-old Honda Civic has just 63,000 miles on it. Sitting in traffic is my personal hell. You get it. So, …
I'm feeling a bit like a gypsy, driving from city to city in a car packed to the gills with all my most precious items like my bike trainer, bike helmets, bike shoes, bike bibs—oh, and the boyfriend jeans I wear every single day. I haven't shaved in a couple days because I can't remember which …
A week or so ago, a friend asked me, "So, have you gotten in all of your 'lasts' before you leave?" You know: the last cup of coffee at the best local shop, the last long bike ride and run along Tampa Bay's Bayshore Blvd., the last Skinny Bowl at SoFresh (#drool). Honestly, I hadn't …
This week's Push Picks is coming to you from my laptop propped up on an ExtraSpace Storage moving box. BECAUSE I AM FREAKING MOVING TO COLORADO IN TWO DAYS. I have been looking forward to this day for awhile—I've had dreams about it—but it didn't feel real until I was turning in my badge at …
Next week is my 28th birthday. And next week I'll be moving myself, my bike, and a stuffed little Honda Civic across the country to Colorado. !!! Here I am, on the edge of a huge, gigantic, mega-enormous and exciting life change and all I keep thinking is: am I doing it wrong? My path …
I can't help but take everything I see lately as a sign for something. Just last week my grocery bill came out to $31.00 EVEN. And over the past month I've been seeing the same non-Florida license plates on different cars. WTH?! I convinced myself bad fortune was coming my way. I don't truly believe in …
Ali and I had coffee again. This Ali. The one who dropped all that amazing universe talk on me last weekend. (See below.) << Follow me on Twitter for more stories just like these. >> We chatted about work and school and fitness and figuring out how to create lives we can be proud of. …
