Hilton Head Marathon Recap

  This marathon marks one of the toughest races I have ran mentally and physically ever. I did not reach A, B, or C goal, but I did finish. Friday was our travel day. We were up at 4 am to leave the house by 5 am since we were getting a lot of snow…

Self-Doubt

The only person you are competing with is.... YOURSELF.

Marathon Training on the Treadmill

The winter has welcomed us here in the Midwest of the United States. I has brought tons of snow and very cold temperatures for long periods of time. Not to mention, daylight saving. It is dark in the morning and dark after work. I am finding myself on the treadmill more than usual. I cannot…

Transformation Tuesday- Faster style

How do you get faster? This is the question I often get going from running my first marathon in 4:20 to now a PR of 3:16, from running 10 min/mile to now running sub 7 min/mile, and from not knowing what I am doing to now knowing more of what works. Let me start off…

2018 Goals

Since tomorrow is December 1st already, I have been thinking about what my 2018 goals should be. I am the type of person that need a schedule to follow and the same goes for goals. I want to work toward something and test myself. I hit some crazy PR's this year that I never even…

Air Force Marathon Recap

4 months of training- lots of miles, sweat, hard work, and determination comes down to one day to shine. So, lets back track a little bit. I ran my first postpartum marathon in January at 7 months postpartum. I traveled to Arizona for the race and my friend ran the half. After that half, she said she wanted to…

About Marathon Momma

Hello All.   I am going to give this blog thing a go. I am not very creative and will take any suggestions at how to make my blog better and things I should blog about.   So... about me. I am a wife of my high school sweetheart. I was a freshman and he…