Have you heard the expression everything hurts and I'm dying?! Yea, I feel like that right now. I haven't been running in a while and my last time out on the trail was when my grandparents were here. Mom and I have decided that we want to run the Jeff Galloway 13.1 here in Atlanta, so today was the first day of training. I used to have a different blog for all of my training, but I stopped it in January and decided to focus all of me attention to Touch of Sparkle. With today

For the past few years, Mom and I had started our Independence Day with with a race. Previously it has been the Peachtree Road Race, but this year we decided to stay a little closer to home and run a local 5k! There are two running stores in the area, so we had two different race options to choose from. We decided to run the "We the Runners 5k" because of two reasons: 1. The race course was on the Greenway, which is the place we run every week, and 2. They kind of market them

He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! Happy Easter Everyone! I hope each and every one of you is having a great time with your friends and family! I started this Easter with a three mile run on the trail. I haven't been able to run in four weeks (due to bad weather), so Mom and I jumped at this opportunity to get out there and enjoy the great weather. We are a few weeks out from the Star Wars Dark Side 10k, so getting back into running. There were more runners on the than I though

If you read my previous post, regarding being injured for the Walt Disney World Marathon, you would know that I have been out of running for 5-6 weeks now. I am now back to 100% and have been cleared to run! YAY! So, now that I am cleared, training now begins for RunDisney's Star Wars Dark Side 10k! Today was my first run back and it was a slow 3 miles. I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to make it the full 3 miles, but I pushed through a little bit of tiredness and made