A Book Review: In Defense of Food

Wow! Over 90 hits on my new bike post. I’m glad my readers are as excited about the new addition to my family as I am : ) Val and I are hitting up Skyline Drive tomorrow! I’ve never been on it, but it should be scenic, fun, and educational. So, I finally got around [...]

A Bike of my Own!

After weeks of searching, I finally took the plunge and bought my very first road bike. And, the search made the end product that much more wonderful, let me tell ya. I feel like this machine was made to fit me. It was the bike that when I got on it the first time, I [...]

Summer is FLYING

And a fun yogurt mix on the side: Artificial sweetener free yogurt (which is way too hard to come by), frozen berries, coconut, high fiber cereal, and chocolate chips! I got to test out a fun tip I read online – if you have trouble of letting go of things for sentimental reasons, take a [...]

Run, Baby, Run: C25K Week 5 Cont.

AH!  I feel sore in weird places after yesterday’s bike ride! It’s interesting though haha. I ended up going for a Couch to 5K-esque run this afternoon: The Details: Walk to the Gym (0.8 miles) Walk 2 laps in air conditioning bliss so I can stop sweating before the REAL sweating was to begin Run [...]

A Wannabe Cycler’s First Wild Ride

The more fitness blogs I read, the more seductive the idea of riding bikes has become to me. For one, I kind of hate driving and cars. This is partially because I am a total space cadet and get lost/turned around easily. That’s something I really miss about living in a city – being able [...]

A Mile? No Big Deal! C25K Week 5 (the remix)

So, time for some exercise updates for this past week. So, I sneakily went back to following my long abandoned couch to 5K plan. It’s kind of a bummer – in March I was like a week away from finishing it and then this whirlwind of who knows what hit and running didn’t happen for [...]

Celebrate as many holidays as you can….check.

What a surprisingly exciting Bastille Day I had! I mean, I’m not French or anything, so you can argue the day is no big whoop for me, but ever since I was a young thang and watched Beauty and the Beast I’ve been a little obsessed with French culture. I remember learning French phrases on-line [...]

Lazy Sunday

Today I maintained the weekend tradition of a breakfast in bed of scrambled eggs with feta (perfect combo!) and toast with earth balance spread. And of course, no morning in the world of Karen would be complete sans a cup of JOE! I love how enigmatic I ended up looking haha! While breakfasting I watched [...]

2 Home-Runs!

If there is a silver lining of none of my friends being in town for this trip back home, it is that I actually got some work outs in! I usually bring my running shoes home in hopes of getting some physical activity in, but then I’m busy balancing family and friends and it never [...]

Update from Home-home

Greetings from my hometown of Charleston, West Virginia – Sometimes wild, sometimes wonderful, for ever home. The drive was more congested than I usually like due to holiday traffic and…. none of my friends are in town, but even so…it’s good to occasionally walk around the soil of a very familiar place that I had 22 years [...]