I’m switching gears in my health and fitness journey. Over the past 3 months, I have done a combination of Master’s Hammer and Chisel (which is a pretty hard core strength training program) and half marathon training. I realized last month that I signed up for a half marathon that will be on October 23rd, but I haven’t done any training. So I had to get my butt in gear. I’ve been working out 5-6 days a week over the summer, but I haven’t done any running. Zero. I started running again in late August when my daughter started running…
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It’s #halfassmarathon time!! A photo posted by Cyndi Buchanan (@cyndi_buchanan) on Apr 3, 2016 at 2:58am PDT It’s official! I survived, no scratch that, I KICKED ASS another half marathon!! I have to say I struggled getting myself excited for a 2nd half marathon. The first one I did I was excited to do because it was something that I wanted to accomplish. The 2nd time I was a little unsure up until the day before the event why I had let myself sign up to do it again. I mean I’ve already tortured myself with one half marathon and…
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November is right around the corner. There are a lot of fun races coming up in November. Don’t let the cooling weather slow you down! Pick out one (or more!) of these races and go for it! Foothills Half Marathon Finally, a half marathon race on the Alcoa-Maryville Greenway! It’s East Tennessee, so it’s not totally flat, but with 90% of the race on the greenway, it’s just about as flat as possible for this region. All pre-registered participants will recieve a goody bag, commemorative long sleeve performance race shirt and finisher’s medal upon completion of the event. Awards will…