Exciting Announcements

I know that I've been a bit lax about posting on a regular basis, but I plan to be more organized, and now I have the perfect way.  I'm doing a test-run for a fellow blogger of her blogging planner!  I'm excited to be more organized.  Stay tuned for a review of it (and for more posts from me,  I promise!)

Also coming up is a giveaway from Gym Girl Apparel for a pair of their new black leopard workout gloves (pictured below).  I can't wait for my pair to arrive!
Watch for the giveaway at the beginning of December.

I've also got another really exciting announcement (well, exiting for me) that I will share with you all  on Monday.    So please be sure to check back, I promise I will be here more.

Not a Great Weekend and a WINNER!

Ugh!  I was sick with the flu this weekend, and of course it was the long weekend.  So I haven't been running, nor lifting, nor blogging....and now I am very behind on so much.  Plus I have a race this coming weekend, and I just don't feel as prepared as I should be.  Oh well, the race is for charity so I'll just go and have fun :)

And now for the winner of the Hydrapak Wooly Waterbottle......

Angie V.  is the winner!  I have sent you an email, and you have 48 hours to contact me or another winner may be drawn.

Thank you to every one for entering, and keep watching my blog, because I have more giveaways coming up!! :)

My Happy Monday Link Up

Sarah from My Mostly Healthy Life has a wonderful idea for a Monday blog linkup to help us enjoy our Mondays more.  Sarah wrote in her blog today, "So basically my goal with this new weekly posting theme is to try and bring some fun and happiness into Monday, which I know a lot of people don't enjoy."   It's true, I really really don't like Mondays.  It means back to work, getting up earlier, you know - Mondays :/    

So thanks to Sarah's idea, I'm going to post a blog about "My Happy Monday" and link it up with other bloggers.  

www.mymostlyhealthylife.com

What was the first thing that made me smile this Monday?  One of my Pugs, Lily, is truly a morning person.  She greets you with a doggy smile and bounces all around the house, so happy to greet the family in the morning.

Lily

This Monday is supposed to be the nicest day this week, it is forecasted to be +11 C today.  :)  As soon as I am done work today, I will be taking my other Pug, Lola, out for a run to enjoy the mild temperatures.  We went for a run yesterday, but it wasn't that warm and the wind was cold.  So I guess I have been looking forward to Monday because it will be the warmest day this week!!  Yay!!

What did you do to enjoy your Monday today? 

Lola & I during our run yesterday

Don't forget to enter my giveaway for a Runningluv!  These are so handy in the gym and out on a run.  Check out my review too. Click here.

Don't forget to enter my Runningluv giveaway.  Click here to enter. 

My Weekly Chase #8

My goals from last week were:

Goal #1  Keep to my diet plan & track all my food in MFP
- I kept to my diet plan 100% and tracked everything into My Fitness Pal, and on Saturday I rewarded myself with a "cheat meal" :)  It was awesome!

Goal #2  Trying a new healthy and clean recipe
-I tried a couple new protein bar recipes (I will post later this week).  They are good!!

Goal #3  Run 3x this week and keep to my weights workouts (5x a week)
-I ran once, but worked out with weights and did other cardio 5x last week.
I am joining the #rwrunstreak from Runner's World, and pledging to run a mile a day from Thanksgiving (US) through to New Year's.  

Goal #4  Keep up with my blog posts!!!
-I am blogging, but not quite as much as I should.  Once I finish with my CE courses, I should have more time.



My goals for the coming week:

Goal #1  Finish my CE courses before the weekend!!!

Goal #2  Start and keep up with my #rwrunstreak (run one mile per day)

Goal #3 Keep up with my meal plan!!

Goal #4  Keep up with blogging.

My First Weekly Chase

The Weekly Chase

I've seen The Weekly Chase on a few blogs, namely Road Runner Girl (check out her blog - she has great posts!)  I am thinking this is a good way for me to be more accountable with my fitness and eating.

I recently joined an October running challenge Running For Health & Fun Zombie Run on Facebook.  There are 3 different challenge levels, and I chose to run between 50 and 100 miles in October.  Wish me luck!!

So, here are my goals for this coming week:

Goal #1:  Run 10 miles this week.

Goal #2:   Keep to my eating plan 100% except for supper on Saturday which is my "reward meal".

Goal #3:  To stretch/foam roll after each workout

Goal #4: To try some flexibility exercises


Don't forget my giveaway for a Shubeez!!  Click here for the instructions on how to enter!

Nominate Your Favourite Running Blog!

If you have a running blog that you absolutely love, why not share it??  I Heart Running is having a "100 Best Running Blog Linkup" on her blog.  

If you have a blog you'd like to nominate, go to: 
http://www.iheartrunning.com/2013/06/100-best-running-blog-linkup.html and follow the instructions on the page on how to nominate your fav running blog.  Best of all, we all get to find some new blogs to read!!