1. I have an obsession with Christmas coffee cups. I’m not sure when it began, but it has grown into a yearly search for the coolest mug of the season. It takes a little while to unpack all these and remember…

We have all seen it. The pictures at any track meet, local 5K, the Olympics. Runners sitting on the ground or standing in various stages of stretching. Over the past few years, more and more studies are coming out proving that…

I know it’s going to be a rough day when I look for the Hump Day camel picture on my Facebook feed. Then I realized that well, it wasn’t Hump Day. It was the dreaded Tuesday. I didn’t sleep that well…

                      I love a big bowl of slow cooked green beans with onions and maybe a little bacon. I like them soft and easy to chew. I have made many many…

It’s no secret that vegetables play a big role in a real-food diet, and especially when I’m sticking to a Paleo lifestyle. I love most vegetables except, of course, beets. I have never made peace with them. Enjoying a wide variety…

Well, its been a while since I’ve planned ahead enough to make a weekly menu post! Now the real miracle will be if I can stick to it and cook dinner each night instead of crashing at 8pm. Sunday: Flank steak…

The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Verizon Wireless. A few years ago, when  we moved to our little corner of Alabama, we had a problem. Our current cell service would not reach to our house, neighborhood,…

Three Random Things going on this week: 1. The house is decorated for Christmas. I’m sorry to all those post-Thanksgiving purists. I talked a little bit last year about why I do it so early. And I have all bases covered….

Thinking about the New Year and the resolution to get healthy, once and for all? Now is just as good as January and the gyms are not near as crowded as they will be then. Find a pair of good running…

  Most runners fall on two sides of this issue. Those who rarely, if ever, cross-train because they are RUNNERS! Those who consider cross-training as crucial as running shoes. I’m in the last group. Until I had a long-term injury that…