A few nights ago, I was on Facebook and a post from a friend of mine popped up. She had just signed up for a half marathon. My breath caught in my throat. Two years ago, I was on the cusp of running and completing my first (and only) half. I was in the best [...]
I’m sitting here wondering what the heck I can toot my horn about about I’m drawing a blank. Isn’t that sad?! I’ve already *tooted* in the past about running, the building of our house and the like- what else is there?! Well of course, there is so much more. I want to toot about other [...]
Guys! There’s only two weeks left in the challenge! It’s time to sit down, take a look at your goals, and see what you have left to do. How are you doing with your eating? Is your tracking going ok? Do you need to ramp up the exercise a little? Make it happen, friends. Two [...]
So, I thought I had Thursday’s post to write but it turns out that I am supposed to write toot- ha ha today. Really, I looked at our writing calender last week and fooled myself into thinking I had a post for a different day. Silly me. My apologies for the lateness of this tooting. [...]
It’s Monday, friends. I spent all weekend outside and have all the aches and pains to show for it. My back hurts. My ankle is bruised and swollen, due to one sneaky little garden gnome hiding out behind my feet and tripping me and forcing me to fall over the raised garden bed. Gracefully, of [...]
This week, we are spotlighting our Run the ‘Hood sponsor, Moving Comfort. Moving Comfort is a women-powered company lead by the belief that a Fit Woman is a Powerful Woman®. They produce inspiring, flattering high-performance workout gear that will keep you motivated and supported while you sweat, and looking sporty and cute while on the [...]
Good morning, everyone! Are you still going strong, faltering, racing to the finish? Take a look at the ACTION plan you came up with the very first day of the challenge – have you been following it? Analyze your goals – decide what you want to accomplish over the next 6 weeks. Commit to a plan [...]
Here at the Sisterhood, we’re always looking for ways to encourage you to get up and get moving! Last week, Kelly of Joggermom, contacted us about her Virtual Joggermom Marathon, and we thought we’d share the details with all of you! Head on over to the Shrinking Jeans Facebook page for more details on how [...]
Yes, the SARA HALL. Photo credit: Brian Fitzsimmons This Sara Hall (her bio- read it, in all of it’s glory). Sara Hall is one of the nation’s elite female distance runners and runs every race with purpose. Hall won the 2012 American title at the USA Cross Country Championships and took home a gold medal at [...]
This is my first time to host Toot Your Horn Tuesday and I’m kind of excited! See today is the day where we get to share something good that we’ve done over the past week and really, how much fun and powerful and positive and encouraging is it to focus on the good? Am I [...]
“I’m training for a 5k/10k/half-marathon/marathon” sounds really cool. You don’t have to think…everything you need is already spelled out for you. You can use an excel spreadsheet (happy sigh) and color code it for each time of training run (NERD ALERT!). If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere [...]
Good Tuesday morning everyone! If you’re new to these parts of the Internets, the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans is all about supporting your in all of your weight-loss and fitness endeavors! Really! Today, I’m hear to do some tootin’ (I love to say that and totally laugh like a 12-year-old boy while I’m [...]
How’s this for last minute race registration? I signed up to run the Capital 10K (Austin, TX) that is happening as you read this (or if you are reading later on Sunday, look- I am already done running!)….. I registered today (Saturday….as in the day BEFORE the race, at 3pm to be exact). How’s THAT [...]
Good morning runners, walkers, woggers, joggers, ralkers, and everyone else! Today we are kicking off our Couch To 5K training for our Run The ‘Hood race happening on May 28, 2012! If you’re joining us, in 9 quick weeks, you’ll be RUNNING a 5K! Are you shaking your head and thinking ‘huh, I’d never run [...]
There’s an ugly side to working out that no one really wants to talk about. OK, perhaps most people don’t really want to talk about it but we don’t shy away from those things here. It’s a Sisterhood. There’s safety in numbers. Recently, I was thinking about the things I’ve done during my workouts & [...]
