In January of 2017, Chase and I tried to snowshoe Dog Lake Trail in Utah when I was about 20 weeks pregnant. Chase was worried that I would get my heart rate too high, and didn’t make it all the way to Dog Lake. We disagreed all the time about keeping my heart rate at …
Low impact exercises during IVF and IUI
I hear from a lot of women going through fertility treatments that they aren’t sure what exercises are okay during treatments. I first want to point out that if you are already consistently working out before treatments, you should be fine to still exercise during your treatments. These are also great if you are just …
Hiking in Utah: Kyhv Peak Trail (Squaw Peak)
Chase and I attempted hiking squaw peak after me not being able to be active for over a month. It was SO hard for me to be inactive for that month. I didn’t want to sit around all day and had seen someone on Instagram post about hiking Squaw Peak, and Chase agreed to hike …
Hiking in Utah: Payson Grotto Falls
You can get to Payson Grotto Falls by getting off on one of the Payson exits. The trail is close to the beginning part of the Mountain Nebo Loop. There’s a turn that you come around and can see a sign off on the left. The trail is only about a half mile round trip. …
Best Motivational Signs During a Race
I’ve ran quite a few races, and I love the motivational signs. When I’m not racing I’ll either try and take pictures (if I have my phone) or try and remember them. Here’s some that I’ve taken pictures of. From the Disneyland Race in Orlando in 2016: “Spoiler Alert – You are killing this race!” …
The Benefits of our Furbabies
In honor of National Dog Day (yes it’s a thing – just like National Donut Day!) I’m talking about the benefits of our furbabies. Mainly dogs, but the benefits I am mentioning can also be for cats, birds, hamsters, etc. When Chase and I first got married we really wanted a dog. We wanted a …
Costumes For The Dopey Challenge
I thought it would be fun to share the costumes for the dopey challenge we used in 2016. I ran the Dopey Challenge in 2016 with Celise, Shelly, and Celise’s uncle, Dan. I wanted to post what cute costumes we wore and some fun ones we found too. Here are some of the costumes we …
Disneyland Half Marathon Race Recap
This is my Disneyland half marathon race recap… It was the Saturday before the Disneyland half marathon, and I got a text from a friend that lives in Vegas asking if I wanted to come run the Disneyland half marathon with them. Chase encouraged me to go and said it would be good to get …
My Favorite Fitness and Fertility Quotes
I’ve compiled all of my favorite fitness and fertility quotes from Instagram. There are lots more I haven’t posted, and may post them in the future. Favorite Fitness Quotes: When running or training for a race, it’s always about us being better than what we used to be. It’s improving our times, it’s being stronger, …
Memorial Day 5k/10k/1 mile Race Recap 2016
I ran this race last year and aside from the massive hills I loved it! I was hoping with more training, it wasn’t going to be too bad this year. Then I got an email from the race directors who said they changed courses and it will be fast and flat! Woo Woo! So I …