• Injuries,  marathon,  Running

    The Start of Marathon Training

    Well, marathon training is officially underway! Honestly, it doesn’t feel that real yet since I’m not doing anything different than normal for the first few weeks of training. I did, however, break out this old friend: I probably hadn’t touched it in almost a year. My bad, I know. But my legs have been feeling tight lately so broke it out and foam rolled, focusing on my IT band. The following day my right calf was hurting. Weird, right? Now I have this strange soreness in my right shin right below my knee. I’m thinking of investing in some compression socks to wear during my runs to help with the…

  • Fitness,  Food,  Running,  Training

    First Time Foam Rolling

    So, my blog was down all of today, so I’m just getting around to posting something! Happy Friday everyone! I don’t know about you but my day went by sooo slow. It feels great to be home and relaxing a little bit. So, here is my breakfast from yesterday, since it was really tasty. More of Van’s mini waffles! This time, with blueberries + strawberries! Yum. A nice fresh mixed berry breakfast. I love these waffles. So, disaster struck at the gym last night. I was all ready to run my five mile tempo run. I get to the gym and while changing into my gym clothes, my sportsbra strap…