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Happy fall y’all! 🍂 Today was the perfect day. It started with sleeping in until 8am 🙌🏻 (yes, even baby), then it was the pumpkin patch, a home & garden show, a late lunch/early dinner, short run, and an in-home movie date night! As much as I love race weekends, I also really love weekends in which I can spend quality time with my loved ones while making memories to last a lifetime. 🧡 . . . #bishopspumpkinfarm #mylittlepumpkin #seraphinakay #pumpkins #iamblessed #momlife #runstrongrun

From my first half marathon 4 months #postpartum to my most recent half marathon 10 months postpartum.💥 How I felt within the final few miles of these two half marathons is very different. During the first half marathon, I remember my friend, @kelruns72, encouraging me to keep going. I was in pain and SO ready to be done. Fast forward to my most recent half marathon and my body felt tired, yet energized all at the same time. (This is evident in my smile and wave to my hubby and baby near the finish line.) In the last 10 months, I’ve completed a total of 6 half marathons, 3 full marathons, and 6 races ranging in distance between 5ks to a 12k. I’ll be honest and say that my training between these races has been minimal to say the least. What then has helped me shave nearly 30 minutes or two minutes per mile off of my overall time? I’d attribute it to 1) Diet. Nearly every day I eat overnight oats for breakfast, a protein shake for lunch, and a vegetarian meal for dinner. 2) Weight loss. Thanks to eating more reasonably, I’ve been able to lose a total of 50 pounds since giving birth (15 pounds between these two pictures). 3) Time. Growing a baby and having a c-section is taxing to a woman’s body. It takes time for the body to recover and begin to feel “normal” again. Overall, I feel encouraged by this improvement in my fitness goals and I look forward to what is to come. 💥 . . . #transformationtuesday #transformation #halfmarathon #13point1 #weightloss #runhappy #rnrbr #womensrunningcommunity #runnerscommunity #keepittight #inspiringwomenrunners #ihavearunnersbody #motherrunner #bibchat #bibravepro #runstrongrun

Happy #medalmonday! After a fun weekend in San Jose, it’s now back to the classroom I go. It’s tradition that I wear my race shirt and medals on the Monday after a race so I can encourage my students to run #alltheraces! 🏃🏻‍♀️ Baby girl loves checking out my medals. Her favorite one from this weekend was the Cali Combo medal. Participants earned this medal by running two of the three @runrocknroll half marathon in California (San Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose). ☀️ . . . #rnrBR #BibChat #rnrsanjose #10monthsold #calicombo #mondaymotivation #teacherlife #runnerscommunity #womensrunningcommunity #inspiringwomenrunners #motherrunner #runstrongrun

Another #postpartum PR! I improved my time on the #rnrSanJose course by over an hour! 💥 (I was 8 months pregnant last year.🤰🏻) I bettered my time on my last half marathon a couple of weeks ago by 7 minutes! 🙌🏻. I’m encouraged by this growth. Especially because my training has been hit and miss. 🤷🏻‍♀️I followed a “run 1 minute, walk 2 minutes” interval plan during today’s half. This helped me to feel strong throughout the course and not burn out towards the end. 🏃🏻‍♀️Congratulations to everyone else who ran today! 🧡 . . . #rnrBR #BibChat #rnrsanjose #10monthold #motherrunner #workoutsnap #halfmarathon #13point1 #pr #keepittight #runhappy #womensrunningcommunity #inspiringwomenrunners #runnerscommunity #sundayrunday #lulupro #runstrongrun

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