I cannot believe I am turning 35 today! I haven't met an age I didn't like, so I am very excited to see what 35 brings my way! I am going to share 35 facts about me that you may not know, so here we go! I was born at Landstuhl Army Hospital in Germany. I was 3 weeks late and my mom was in labor for 56 hours, now you know why she only has one child! I grew up in Orange Park, Florida, which is a suburb of Jacksonville. I am my Mom's only child and the oldest of three girls for

I started writing this post not too long after my run this morning and then my time was spent reading about the tragedy that took place in my hometown today, Jacksonville, FL. My attention was immediately diverted away from the blog and a good part of my afternoon and evening was spent watching and reading everything I could about the events that took place today. My heart always breaks when events like this happen, but you never expect it to happen in your hometown. But, bac

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

After marathon weekend I took some time to make sure I was healthy and back to 100% before training for this race. As you have seen in prior posts, I was cleared by the doctor and started running. I'm not sure how I angered Mother Nature during this training cycle, but due to weather I was only able to run twice between when I was cleared to race day. I was very anxious coming into this race because I have typically run more than half of the distance prior to the race. Yes, y

You have followed the tips and tricks of registering for a Run Disney race, now let's talk about training! Depending on the mileage you have chosen, I will give you some training options to earn that awesome Run Disney medal! There are several different types of training for every level or runner. Here are a few I am familiar with and would be great training options. Jeff Galloway Training Program The Jeff Galloway Training Program is very close to my heart because this i

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

Happy Sunday Everyone and welcome to the first week of Star Wars Dark Side 10k training! The last time I ran was almost a month ago, so I decided Mom and I should take it easy this week and start our training with a 2 mile run. It was the perfect weekend to start running again as it was cool and sunny, which is something it hasn't been in Atlanta the past few weeks. Mom and I started the run around 7:45 a.m. and I felt great during the first mile. When I got to 1.5 miles I co

When I posted my goals for 2018, one of my goals was to fall back in love with running. I've had one run since being released from the doctor and have only been to one of my free classes, from the health fair we went to. I was supposed to do an Orange Theory class on February 18th, but when I woke up on the 17th something in my neck popped and I had pinched a nerve in my neck. Are you kidding me?! I just finished 6 weeks of rest for issues with my neck and left shoulder and t

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

Welcome to my first race of 2017! This race is one that I hold dear to my heart because my Mom ran the marathon six years ago and that is when I decided to start running. I ran the half virtually in 2013 and ran in 2014 in honor of my friend LeeAnne who had been diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time. Since this year was the 10th anniversary of the race my running friends and I decided we were going to run the marathon relay because it was the only race we hadn't done