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100 miles!

Numero uno on the deployment bucket list is to complete a half-marathon before Jamie is home, so I signed up for the St. Jude’s half the day after Jamie left. That was six months ago, and now those 13.1 miles are staring me in the face – two months of training to go! Just for the record, the training has not been going well. I’ve made two very detailed training plans, both of which I was SURE I’d stick with. Yeah. That didn’t happen!! I like to stick with what is comfortable, so I’ll do my “long” runs of four, five, or six miles once a weekend, which REALLY isn’t going to cut it anymore! I kind of have to add SEVEN miles to the longest I’ve run so far. Yiiiikes! I’d say I run, on average, 10 miles a week. Pathetic for someone who is signed up to run two halfs!!! Yes, two. Jamie signed us up for the Rock-N-Rock half in Nashville in April. whoop! I actually am really looking forward to that race because I’ll finally get to run with Mr. 50 miler, and he already knows he has to stay with me. 😉

So October I am setting out to accomplish another one of my goals on my bucket list: to run 100 miles in one month! I am going to be spending nearly three weeks in Roanoke in October with work, and I know that I’ll have a lot of downtime in the afternoon, which will be the perfect time to run. Since I travel alone, I literally won’t have ONE excuse not to run almost daily.

I’ll need to run around 3.3 miles a day, but I’m not going to accomplish this goal quite like that. I’m going to run 5-6 days a week, with some being long (6+) or short (less than two… recovery!). Hoping that this all averages out to 100 by Halloween!!!

To keep myself accountable, I’m going to be posting my daily miles on the right side of my blog.
Wish me luck!! xoxo
Erica

Hi! I’m Erica, and I absolutely adore sharing my life on this website with you! I come here almost daily to blab about all of the things related to being a regular wife and mother in today’s ever-evolving society. I share about our new home, what’s on our kitchen table, what we’re hanging in our closets, where we’re traveling to next, my crazy 5 a.m. work outs, how I make time for girlfriends, our faith, and much more. We always have a lot of balls in the air and somewhat thrive on the chaos. I believe in the power of story-telling as a form of inspiration and entertainment, so I’m here to do both! I was born and raised in north Alabama and recently re-planted roots here again after my husband transitioned out of the Army (he is now in the Reserve and it’s going so well!) I’m a super proud mom to three little girls (ages 7, 4, and 1) who seem to be the stars of the show around here (for good reason – they’re pretty great!) I’m so glad you found me and are here reading! I hope we can get to know each other here on the blog as well as Facebook and/or Instagram. xoxo

October 1, 2011

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Meet Erica

Hi! I’m Erica, and I absolutely adore sharing my life on this website with you!

I come here almost daily to blab about all of the things related to being a regular wife and mother in today’s ever-evolving society. I share about our new home, what’s on our kitchen table, what we’re hanging in our closets, where we’re traveling to next, my crazy 5 a.m. work outs, how I make time for girlfriends, our faith, and much more. We always have a lot of balls in the air and somewhat thrive on the chaos.

I believe in the power of story-telling as a form of inspiration and entertainment, so I’m here to do both! I was born and raised in north Alabama and recently re-planted roots here again after my husband transitioned out of the Army (he is now in the Reserve and it’s going so well!) I’m a super proud mom to three little girls (ages 7, 5, and 1) who seem to be the stars of the show around here (for good reason – they’re pretty great!)

I’m so glad you found me and are here reading! I hope we can get to know each other here on the blog as well as Facebook and/or Instagram. xoxo

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