When I was in college, I was always so envious of the people laying around the campus quads during the day. Who were these people that didn't have studying to do, or classes to get to, or a job to get done? As someone who continuously held 2-3 jobs throughout college, signed up for every ex…

Remember that one time I went to Peru and decided to write a blog post for each leg of the trip? Yeah, sorry for the long break. I've been pretty sick the last few months and wanted to make sure I didn't have some South American parasite crawling through my body first before I said "HEY, YO…

If you follow me on any form of social media, you know I've been raving about Creative South for the last month. I just can't stop! In case you haven't heard of it, Creative South is a design conference in the small town of Columbus, GA. I went last year, and left with inspiration, new tech…

Over the past 5 months I've found myself extremely sick with lots of stomach issues. As a fairly healthy person who eats well and exercises regularly, this has come as a big shock to me and has put me in quite the rut. I've made countless trips to the doctor, missed out on events, and pushed…

Looking back through my blog, I can't believe my last post was from the Merge 25k! I didn't slow down much from March, and last weekend I ran my last race of spring: the Tar Heel 10 Miler! The 10 Miler was the first race I trained for and ran last year, and where I first fell in love with r…

This past weekend I ran the Merge 25K in celebration of Merge Records' 25th Anniversary. Since I knew I'd be out of town during my running group's scheduled race (the Rock 'n' Roll Raleigh Marathon), I figured this would be a good alternative. Plus I was excited to run a course that ran from…

Eric and I spent three days in Urubamba, a small country town about an hour away from Cusco. It was filled with so many friendly people, great restaurants, and fun things to do that it rivaled Machu Picchu as being one of my favorite parts of the trip. We stayed in an amazing AirBNB cottage…

We've had a pretty bad patch of winter weather in North Carolina this year. Everything from slushy rain and snowstorms, to teen temperatures and ice pellets. While I'd much rather be curled up inside watching House of Cards, training season goes on no matter what the weather is like. Here's …

We were cooped up a few days last week due to a rare Triangle snowstorm, so I had plenty of time to surf the internet. Here's a round up of my favorite things as of late: Caskers I got my first order from this new online craft spirits store the other day and I'm in love! I like to try out …

I intended to publish this post many weeks ago. Today starts week six of a new running training season. WEEK SIX. Yes, not only am I continuing to run after my marathon, but I am mentoring the half and full training program at Fleet Feet Carrboro again! It's been a whirlwind first month…