Right of passage!

Oh my goodness! I'm so excited! I have the beginning of a black toenail!!!!! I know, I know, contain your excitement.. I've got enough for the both of us. I feel like its a right of passage, this black toenail thing. And while its just a small bit of my left index toe I still could not wait to share it with all of my running buddies because.. Well.. The general population thinks its gross and couldn't give two turds. But I've been working hard on sticking to my training schedule and feel this baby black toenail is a trophy. Annndd I will be covering it it nailpolish ASAP. Hahahaha

i did it! INDEPENDENCE!

10 miles! YEAH! so excited! the fun part about this training is everything is a personal record. i like this. Definitely felt the high on this run. felt amazing. now off to the beach! Happy 4th of July! Today I will also celebrate this day as independence from my hip. TAKE THAT HIP!

its going to be a good weekend

san diego here we come :)

So its been a tough ride for me the past couple of months. many ups and downs & one false alarm that I wouldn't be able to make it out to watch lydia and jocelyn run the marathon. now I hear jenna is going to run for as long as she can with lydia and jocelyn. I'm so excited. I've been running and doing well, just not pushing myself and certainly not training for 26.2. I feel strongly about being there & supporting my girls on their journey. I'll be there at the finish line cheering them on like a proud momma. there will be pictures :)

i dig this

A lot has been going on in my life as of late! Things have been great and admittedly blogging has taken the back seat. I've been chillin' on the running front, the past couple haven't felt so great so I'm focusing on getting myself stronger & healthier. I've started doing bikram yoga, its AMAZING. I do it next to where I work, at www.bikramyoganyc.com. Its pretty intense & I feel like I'm going to pass out sometimes but I really do love how I feel when its done. Anyways, I'm about to fly out of town for work but I just wanted to stop by and say "hi! i'm alive!" and share this video with you. I've always been fascinated by science and being able to see what we cannot possibly see with the naked human eye. I think I need to work on incorporating this love more into my photography. This is why I studied biomedical photography in the first place. Its only natural for me I feel..

Check it out. I'd love to learn how to do this someday, animation is another interest of mine..

p.s. I love Seed Magazine. Anyone else a fan?

Back at it

Woo! So many of you know I commute via train into work everyday. I'll have you know I haven't had to do any train sprints lately, been rocking on that front! Sorry Jocelyn, no more "thanks Mr. Train conductor man, now I can marathons" moments! Anyways, for the past couple of months blogger hasn't let me update from my blackberry. But today I tried and look! Here I am on the train updating my bloggity blog. Victory.
So although I haven't been posting much I have started running and cross training again since surviving the sickness. You can see my progress in the side bar to the right. Went for my first 3.3 mile (such an odd number right? But I feel like that .3 counts for something) run in a long time (since my injury? 4..5 months?) this weekend and it felt so good. I'm very excited, a good friend from high school sent me a message the otherday, she's training for a half marathon at the beginning of May in Long Branch, NJ! Guess who is going to aim to do it? This gal. Can't wait, I'm so excited. Now if only I can start getting enough sleep so I can squeeze in long runs before those train sprints in the morning. Gotta love the train sprints.
On another note, I miss Lydia terribly. And I'm driving up to Rochester with Jocelyn this weekend for some fun!!! Joc, maybe we can run together this weekend? Yay? Nay?
Tonight I'm going to see the Harlem Globetrotters, wahoo!

Hope everyone enjoyed their St. Patricks day!!

short n' sweet

sorry i've been MIA.
in quick summary:
1. colorado was a-mazing!
2. i've been sick (damn you jocelyn!)
3. i've reached my first goal weight of 125 (what!). although probably as a result of being sick & not being able to eat much or keep food down for that matter. still, i'll enjoy it.
4. there is a cute boy in the picture... just having fun.. no expectations.. i'm enjoying this :)
5. i'm nauseous
6. the thought of running makes me nauseous
7. i still want to run the marathon in may even though i realize its not a realistic goal
8. i hope i get better quickly
9. i'm feeling restless.
10. i did some shooting last weekend, i can't wait to scan the negs. maybe i'll post a few here.
11. my friends are amazing. Lydia ran 9 miles and Jocelyn ran 7! someday I hope to be as awesome.
11a. i should add that jocelyn ran 7 miles in a thong. i didn't know that was humanly possible. she's nuts and i love it.
12. i'm nauseous & i'm going back to bed.
13. i promise i'll be back at it soon
14. its bad luck to end on number 13, so i'll end here.
good night :)