Wanna be healthy and in shape?

I found this on Instagram.. 4 simple rules to live by to have the body that you want. Happy Thursday! :) Friday is just around the corner.. What are your weekend workout plans?

Go Short, Go Long, Go Very Long!

Go Short, Go Long, Go Very Long is a run in Tulsa, OK that consists of a 5k, 10k, 25k, or 50k. I'm currently in marathon training for a marathon in April in Kansas and having never ran a race that was more than 13.1 miles, I had considered running this race. Well my mom signed us up for the 25K...
So I am running my first ultra half marathon on January 26th. I am super pumped!! It's Dr. Seuss themed :)
Below is a picture of the medal...

Elvis 10K

This past week I signed up for the Frozen Nose Winter Series in OKC. It's a 3 race series with a 5K (The Queen of Hearts Run), 8K (The Groundhog Run) , and 10K (The Elvis Run).
I decided to go ahead and knock out my 10K at the first race and ended up winning 3rd in my age group. As I was running the race, I was thinking about how windy it was, I was battling "runner's knee", and I was just ready to finish, not really caring about my time. So when they did awards and I had won 3rd in my age group, I was very surprised. There was a point in the race where I even took my headphones out and jogged beside some random guy. We ended up having a 15 minute conversation about I.T. band problems and runner's knee. The entire race is now a blur to me.
I really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the race.. The people dressed up like Elvis, the Elvis music, etc. So much fun!
Afterwards, I treated myself to some shopping and even stepped away from my strict clean eating diet to enjoy some sushi at my favorite, Sushi Neko in OKC. All-in-all good weekend :)
And now I'm preparing for my next race, which I will post about when it gets closer. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

New Years Day Blast 5K, Polar Bear Plunge 2013

First off, Happy New Year!! I think wonderful things are going to happen this year and I cannot wait to see what 2013 has in store for everyone :)

I started my New Year's off the right way.. 2 races on New Years Day!
In the morning I went to Oklahoma City (an hour away) to run the New Years Day Blastoff 5k- it was a great course, fun, energetic, and the medal was my favorite part!!

I went right from OKC back to Shawnee and then took off to Tulsa (2 hours away), to run in the Polar Bear Plunge with my mom.. Last year, we decided to make the Polar Bear Plunge a mother-daughter tradition! 3 pools, 2 miles, 1 ice bath. It was an absolute blast! It was below freezing outside and it snowed so that made it 10 times better!! :) So far 2013 has been filled with some amazing things and I can't wait to see what else is in store. Happy New Year!

8 ways to declutter your mind

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with lots of food, and hopefully a Turkey Trot 5K to help run off some of that food.
I participated in the Oklahoma City Turkey Tracks 5K with my family, to help raise money for Toys for Tots. I was amazed at how it was the end of November and I was wearing runnings capris and a t-shirt.. Crazy weather! Thankfully it is getting colder now.
I came across this "8 ways to declutter your mind" on a friend's Instagram and thought it was really cool.

1.) Accept what is
2.) Be kind to yourself
3.) Release your guilt and fears
4.) Let go of control
5.) Visualize what's important
6.) Focus on your energy
7.) Allow yourself to be vulnerable
8.) Find what doesn't serve or interest you and let it go.

This was something I found very interesting since we are getting close to a New Year. It's never too early or late to be thinking about the things that you can do to make you a better person for yourself and for others.