Survey Sunday Funday

Sunday = Funday, right? Pam at We Run Disney and Mindy at Road Runner Girl tagged me to participate in the “I Moustache Ask You” and “Four Things” questions/survey. I haven’t done this in awhile, so I thought it would be a fun post to share: Four names that people call me, other than my real name: Jen (with one “n”) Jenuine (genuine with a “j”) Jenny (the interweb world) JY Four jobs I have had: Image: Tilden Woods Swim…

Friday Five – What’s New III

Happy Happy Friday! I wish this was my last day before the holidays, but I’ll go to the office on Monday and Tuesday as well.  Safe travels to those who are already heading out of town.  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and sharing what’s new (here are some of my previous what’s new posts What’s New and What’s New II… I guess technically they would be what’s old haha… ok not that funny).  1. Surf ‘N’ Santa Weekend…

Building Your Race Schedule? Helpful Links

Like several of you, I am building my 2015 race schedule - woo hoo soooo exciting!! I thought I would share some sites/resources I use to search for races. 1. Half Marathons dot Net I love my half marathons so I usually go here first.  You can look for races according to month or state.  2. Running in the USA According to their website, Running in the USA is the “is the largest online directory of races, results and clubs.”…

Year in Review – 2014 Running by the Numbers

  • December 17, 2014
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Two weeks until NYE! Last week I shared a Year in Review – 2014 Goals.  It has been fun reading other retrospectives, 2015 race schedules, and goals for the New Year. Today I am going to share my Year in Review - 2014 Running by the Numbers (here is my 2013 version). I’ve been looking forward to this post for the past couple of weeks, it is no surprise that I like numbers, looking at trends/patterns, and analyzing this information. …

Hot Yoga for Beginners – Tips and Lessons

  • December 16, 2014
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The past couple of weekends I visited Core Power Yoga for their CorePower Yoga 1 – Beginning Power Yoga and CorePower Yoga Sculpt - Heated Power Yoga with Weights classes.  They were both good workouts and the CorePower Yoga Sculpt class was my first hot yoga class (versus yoga in a warm/heated studio).  I thought I would share some tips and lessons that I learned this past weekend. 1. Read the Class Description/Instructions Beforehand I forgot to do this and…

Charleston Half Training – 12/8-12/14 – Week 6

Charleston is little more than a month away (32 days to be exact). Monday 12/8 - 60 minutes personal training + 60 minutes barre Tuesday 12/9 - 2 miles + 60 minutes spin/sculpt Wednesday 12/10 - 1 mile + 60 minutes barre Thursday 12/11 - 1 mile Friday 12/12 - 1 mile + 60 minutes barre Saturday 12/13 - 4.25 miles + 60 minutes personal training + 4.75 miles Sunday 12/14 - 4.5 miles + 60 minutes yoga sculpt Total: 18.5 miles…

Friday Five – Favorite Winter Activities

Happy Happy Friday! Looking forward to staying local this weekend, running errands, and seeing family.  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is “Favorite Winter Activities.”  1. Holiday Lights DC has quite a few Christmas trees in the city.   In addition to the famous White House and Capitol trees, there are also tree displays in City Center,  the Willard, and ones randomly put up in the city.  Its nice to see the neighborhood lit up.  Next weekend…

What Time is It?

Watches, watches everywhere! This year I trained/ran with the following: Garmin Forerunner 15 Timex Ironman 50 Lap Polar Heart Rate Monitor A few weeks ago I mentioned that I am starting to prefer my Timex over my Garmin.  Garmin Forerunner 15 Image: Garmin I started using the Garmin again during the spring 2014 season.  There was no real reason why I stopped using my old Forerunner….probably laziness (charging that watch is sooo much effort).  As a quant nerd I do…

Year in Review – 2014 Goals

  • December 10, 2014
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2015 is three weeks away! Like many of you, I cannot believe that 2014 is almost over.  I thought it would be fun to post a Year in Review series each Wednesday leading up to New Years Eve.  On that day I will share my 2015 goals.  Today I am reviewing my 2014 goals that I shared last New Years Eve. RUNNING(here is my mid-year review) Track Weekly Mileage - A great accountability tool since March! Follow a Training Plan…

2014 Jingle Bell All the Way 5K Race Recap

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.  Oh, what fun is to… run down Pennsylvania Avenue…." Image: Jingle All the Way 5K This past weekend I participated in the Jingle Bell All the Way 5K.  Managed by Pacers (they also run the St. Patricks Day 8K, the GW Parkway 10 Miler, and the S.O.M.E Trot for Hunger 5k races).  Typically this race is a 8K, but this year it was shorten to a 5K due to construction.  Packet Pickup…