Running, Sustainability & Real Life

In my blog you’ll find pieces of my journey, reflections, lessons, and insights I hope you’ll carry with you.

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12 Mar 2018

Honesty, Life Events

12 Mar 2018

How Long Does It Take To Lose Baby Weight?

Just over a few years ago, I intentionally put on 15lbs to get my period back after secretly struggling with amenorrhea, a lack of periods, for nine years. You saw my story blow up (hello, People Magazine?!). I stopped running, gained weight, shared my story, and a few months later…

04 Dec 2017

Honesty

04 Dec 2017

You Are Only Human

We hear it over and over, we think, yeah yeah, I know. But then soon enough, we overstretch ourselves again, and like a child who can’t stop getting into trouble, we bow our heads and take the “told you so’s”. How did I not see I was going too far?…

02 Oct 2017

Honesty, Mental Training

02 Oct 2017

How to Set New Goals and Achieve Them as Life Changes

In a perfect world, we would be able to continue improving our whole lives. Not just in running, but in everything; our personal development, our relationships, our compassion and love. All of it. Except life doesn’t happen that way, and actually, we probably wouldn’t want it to even if we…

11 Sep 2017

Honesty, Life Events

11 Sep 2017

Second Trimester Update (18 Weeks)

When you are in the first trimester of pregnancy, time feels like it is moving so slowly. You so desperately want to get to part where you are in the safe zone, where your baby is mostly secure and you can breathe deep. You are also acutely aware the second…

07 Aug 2017

Honesty, Life Events

07 Aug 2017

First Trimester Pregnancy Update (Already 13 Weeks!)

If you had asked me 6 weeks ago how my first trimester was going, I would have probably replied with “ugh”. If you made the comment, don’t worry, you will only feel sick for another 6 weeks, as it eases up for most people after 12, I probably would have…

17 Jul 2017

Honesty

17 Jul 2017

My Ultimate Runner Guide For How to Get Your Period Back

UPDATE: Since writing this article, I have taken EVERYTHING I learned in my journey to get my period back, and wrote a book on the topic, so you have everything I know about amenorrhea in one place. This book is written for runners who have lost their period, but regardless…

30 Jun 2017

Honesty, Life Events

30 Jun 2017

Um….I’M PREGNANT!

I know. I can barely believe it myself. I can barely believe I am typing it, but yes, I am pregnant, 8 weeks pregnant. Let me just tell you, it has been SO hard not saying anything, especially with what I am about to tell you. But first, as this…

12 Jun 2017

Beyond Running, Honesty

12 Jun 2017

The Will to Win: Is it Bad to be Too Competitive?

People often ask me when I first realized I was good at running. As a professional runner, you have to know these things, because of course, I should have been way out in front of all the boys from an early age, proving my physical ability before it was even…

22 May 2017

Beyond Running, Honesty

22 May 2017

Why is it So Hard to Lose the Last Few Pounds? (You Aren’t Going to Like My Answer!)

If I could just lose a few more pounds, I would be happy… How many times have you said that? I know I have, over and over again. Feeling unhappy with the way I look, thinking that removing those extra 5lbs would make me fitter, faster, and of course….happier. At some…

15 May 2017

Honesty, Mental Training

15 May 2017

Are You Obsessed With Your Goals? That is Why You Never Reach it

When I stepped away from running, I thought I would immediately lose respect of others. I thought the running world would no longer look up to me as an “expert”, that I would become a “has been” who no one would ever want advice from. Why would I want advice…