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2017 Lumo Run Ambassador (Code SB10 for 10% off) lumo

December 2016: Washingtonian Magazine: “These Holiday Decorations Will Get You In the Christmas Spirit”

2016 – 2017 DRINKMaple Athlete Ambassador (15% off purchases with code FRIENDOFBROWN at the Drink Maple shop) chugmore-01-e1447822208299

2017 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Miler Race Ambassador

2016 Oiselle Volee Team Runner

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Annapolis Running Classic 2015 A-Team Member and Race Ambassador

March 3, 2015: RunHaven’s list of “Funniest Tweets of the NYC Marathon Lottery”

June 24, 2013: Active Life DC‘s “From the Twittersphere: GPS Recommendations for Runners“

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Not an ad, not trying to push a position on our national food waste problem just as you’re rushing home from a long day at work and just want some wine. I’m just excited to get my first box of @imperfectproduce and I think you guys might like to hear about it, too☺️I didn’t realize grocery stores had strict cosmetic standards on their fruits and veggies that leads to 6 million pounds of wasted food (not that they’re all to blame). But then again would I buy it if they didn’t?🤔If you want to try it and get $10 off, here’s my link: http://imprfct.us/lUlxl (I’ll put it in my bio)Also I am not a videographer. #imperfectproduce #yummyyummyyummy #igotloveinmytummy #dontwastefood

On this run, because @nike has done the unforgivable and phased out its Lunar Glide line of shoes which I have been running in the last 3 years and my size is very nearly sold out everywhere online (they have been for awhile but I’ve been on borrowed time for at least a year and a half), I’ve decided to embrace the inevitable and try to find something similar to run in. Today I tried the Brooks Levitate 2 and OH MY GOSH I ABSOLUTELY HATED THEM. I like some cushion under my feet when I run but these things felt so heavy I actually had trouble lifting my knees to keep with cadence and I could hear them clapping the pavement. I was supposed to run 5 but I hated them so much I only ran 3 miles. I don’t know what I’m going to do but my current shoes have maybe 50-80 more miles on them and I don’t have a lead on a decent shoe to switch to. 🤦🏼‍♀️#marathontraining #running #runlife

Today is about as February as it gets: cold, damp, dreary, constant cold rain. Hard to remember what a day like this feels like, with the morning sun warm on your skin and ocean brine coating your lips and face. Hearing those waves crash and roll. I can appreciate February for the quiet and time to rest but I miss summer warmth. #mondaythoughts #beachplease

My face is a little wind blown but I’m smiling because I’m with a fluffy snuggly golden boy and I ran 13 miles without IT band pain. There’s still tightness going on— my knees let me know it while I was out there today. Would have gone for my planned 15, but I hit the wall at mile 11 and it was absolutely brutal. Must not have eaten enough carbs.🤷🏼‍♀️I’m feeling better about overcoming this injury on my own for now, but still taking it a day at a time and making sure the stretching, strengthening, icing, rolling, and balance work I did this week continues from now on. Eleven weeks to London. #marathontraining #dogsitting #goldenretriever #londonmarathon2019

Cautious optimism after today’s really strong 6-miler. The miles just flew by, even if it was blustery and I (expecting a windchill near 12) was suuuuuuper overdressed. Realizing that inclines exacerbate my IT band, whether going up or down. I feel okay on flat surfaces. I must be doing something right because I felt some activation in areas that I’ve been working the past few weeks. Feeling better going into tomorrow’s long run, with my goal mileage of 13-15 miles. Lots more foam-rolling, icing, and resting before I go get it. 🤞🏻#marathontraining #rundc #february #februaryrunning

Four miles with only a little bit of IT band pinching but nothing alarming. Every time I felt something, I took it as an opportunity to check my form. I think the foam rolling and strength/core/balance work I did last night was helpful but tomorrow’s long run is what I’ve got on my mind. Just taking this a day at a time for now. Dreaming, praying, hustling. Appreciate everyone’s encouragement! #marathontraining #fridayrun #rundc

Trying to stay ahead of a pending injury. I haven’t been injured from running in over 2.5 years, which I credit to higher cadences and paddleboarding, but I am also not unfamiliar with what I am experiencing here. If there is weakness anywhere along the kinetic chain, including in my iliac crest (told you I know what the problem is), your body will compensate somehow. After foam-rolling this one spot on my quads so hard that I was actually shrieking a little bit, I’m icing it because now it’s throbbing. Loosening areas of my chain will, for now, reduce the over-compensation that’s going on. There’s also some familiar hip and glute aches and pinches that have me realizing to myself that, if my long run on Saturday reveals any problems, I need to get to a physical therapist because there is LITERALLY NO WAY ON EARTH that I am letting an injury derail my once in a lifetime opportunity to run the London Marathon. The good thing is that I know what the problem is, I know how it can be fixed, but I may just need a little professional help to keep me on the trails. Not panicking but I’m on very high alert right now. Today is a strength day so I have lots of core work on deck. Doing this stuff right now at least helps ease some of the pain in these spots. Not taking chances and praying for the best. #marathontraining #runninginjury #sendprayers #itsgoingtobeokay

Been working through some IT band tightness for a few weeks now. Thankfully, it hasn’t been painful enough to keep me off the trails and I’ve been able to keep up with training. I’ve been foam rolling like a crazy person and doing a lot of strengthening and balance work, including my old PT exercises, to stay on top of it. Just gotta get to London and home again. Buckingham Palace or bust. But all that strength work on top of a more aggressive training plan means my legs and hips and glutes are logging some real overtime, so it feels like some runs are really tough. I’m just grateful I can keep going, like with tonight’s 7-miler with 5 miles at goal race pace. #londonmarathon2019 #marathontraining #runrosslyn

Cute little squirrel on a spectacular 74-degree day in DC. No filter applied either, how pretty is that color of water? #potomacriver #seenonmyrun #squirrelsofdc #unseasonablewarmth

Here’s a fun game: am I listening to the news or foam rolling? #imdoingboth #foamrolling #ouchthathurt #runningfromoffice

Who wore shorts to run today??🙋🏼‍♀️#winterrunning #marathontraining #sundayrunday #runrosslyn

Really wasn’t in the mood to run today. Feeling just a little over the layers guessing game and telling myself that sharp sting of cold I feel when I first walk out the door will go away when I get warmed up. Even if it’s usually true... hence the layers game. I know there’s warm weather ahead and our national rodent weatherman predicted an early spring (which at least provides nothing else but a reminder that winter ends...sometime) so just trying to do what needs to be done at least just for today. #rundc #marathontraining #winterrunning #justadayjustanordinaryday

Finished out January with 6 miles, 4 at goal marathon pace, in 24 degree weather. It’s been a challenging month with 10”of snow, days of strong blustery winds, snow squalls, and temps on the fringe of the polar vortex and yes... 60 degree weather. It hasn’t always been easy to motivate myself to face it, and sometimes it just wasn’t there. But I’m feeling strong in my training for London and, even as I (as a person) prefer warm summer weather and often curse the low temps, as a runner I love the feeling of being bundled up on a run in cold weather! London will be here before I know it. #marathontraining #londonmarathon2019 #rundc #runwashington #winterrunning

There’s nothing special about this jar of kalamata olives... except that it’s been in my pantry for over a year. With planning a trip to London in such a short amount of time after a really expensive year of travel in 2018 (and wanting to do this without accruing credit card debt!), when I sat down to draft my budget and meal plan for the next two weeks, I felt a little overwhelmed with how to make everything work and still feel comfortable for the next two weeks. I don’t know about you all, but I sort of go into this squirrel mentality when I have a few too many financial commitments to make and I have to be creative with my money on how to make it all work. When I feel like I’m coming upon a time of scarcity, I want to stock up and be prepared to weather a budget shortfall. I don’t feel this way when I’m in a pay period and I don’t have so much on my plate. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it has created a situation in which I end up with a lot of random food in my pantry and no plans for how to use it. There’s something that feels wrong about that: I’m letting perfectly good food go to waste because I either bought it and didn’t use it all up or I freaked out about being short on my budget and stocked up and then was fine.🙄Anyway, all of these things added up to an idea. What if I tried to eat the food I had on hand instead of shop for groceries this week? After doing inventory, I realized my meal plan would be random but I could do it. And instead of letting this jar of perfectly good olives reach its expiration date and me tossing it out with a shrug and a half-assed promise that I wouldn’t do that again, I decided to actually use it before I buy anything else. And so the last couple of days have been completely random, meal-wise, but also not really. I ate rolled oats with coconut milk, the last scrapings of a jar of peanut butter, and maple syrup for breakfast before switching over to oatmeal with dried cranberries and pecans. (Continued in comments).

Four easy miles ahead of this afternoon’s icy-rainy-sleety mess. Mid-day runs are great for reasons like not having to risk my safety with running at night, avoiding early morning wake-up call (mornings are actually physically painful for me), and providing a way to break up my day, but sometimes it’s hard to schedule them around deadlines and wanting to be productive during work hours. But I appreciate having the flexibility to do so on days like this when the weather is forecast to be dangerous when I feel at my best to get it done. Stay safe out there, everyone! #marathontraining #londonmarathon2019 #rundc

14 miles with 3 miles in the middle at marathon pace. Wearing the same shirt I wore to run the Berlin Marathon was like my little Super Mario mushroom.🍄A reminder of what I am capable of doing, even when I bargain with myself that “at least” 10 miles is good enough for a week when the exhaustion of a tougher training schedule hits me hard and I want to take my rest week early. Next week is my scheduled rest week before the next push and I’m so relieved. #marathontraining #longrunsunday #sundayrunday #healthiswealth #blessedtorun #runrosslyn

One of my 2019 resolutions is to be more organized, so I spent most of the morning organizing the pics in my Google photo cloud and external hard drive. Of course going through pictures from the past, while mostly heart warming, can sometimes bring things up that you maybe forgot about. Wish this afternoon’s 7-miler helped bring me back to a present state of mind, but the good news is that I didn’t have to move up my long run due to weather! 😀#marathontraining #rundc #onward #saturdayrunning

5 happy hour miles. Didn’t dress warm enough. 🤦🏼‍♀️🥶#marathontraining #sooverjanuary #readyforspring #runrosslyn

Sitting at my desk, staring out the window, listening to that cold wind blow, feeling hungover not from a good time but from lack of sleep last night, a legit stack of work to do, thinking I’d give anything not to run 6 miles in that because all I want to do is take it easy and not go hard. This is when it gets hard to be a runner. Not great-hard.... “why am I doing this” HARD. #marathontraining #runnerswithjobs #winterrunning #januarysucks #ineedsleep

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