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What if donating to charity was as easy as lacing up the running shoes and heading out for a run,walk or bike ride? What if I told you it wouldn’t cost you a penny to donate? Would you be interested? Charity Miles is a free app that allows you to earn money for charities as you run, walk or bike. And it doesn’t cost you a cent!
Download Charity Miles on your iPhone or Android for free. Activate your account by choosing your charity. There is a list of about 22 charities. Select Run, Walk or Bike and then hit the pavement. It’s that easy! When you’re finished, accept your sponsorship and spread the word. Bikers earn 10 cents a mile while running and walking earn 25 cents a mile. So what are you waiting for? Lace up your shoes and get running!
A list of the charities : My charity is Autism Speaks.
* Achilles International
* ASPCA
* Autism Speaks
* DoSomething.org
* Every Mother Counts
* Feeding America
* Girl Up
* Habitat for Humanity
* Ironman Foundation
* Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
* Nothing But Nets
* Partnership For a Healthier America
* Pencils of Promise
* She’s the First
* Shot@Life
* Stand Up to Cancer
* The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
* The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
* The Nature Conservancy
* VisionSpring
* The World Food Programme
* Wounded Warrior Project
Are you on Instagram? Use #Everymilematters and your picture could end up on Facebook Charity Miles Page. Enjoy your run!
In less than three weeks I have another half marathon. Am I ready? I hope so. It’s been really hot in Arizona until about 2 weeks ago. Running my long runs was hard in the hot weather. But I have done my best and that is all I can ask of myself. Running is definitely a love of mine and it’s kind of like a small club. If you meet another runner…you become instant friends. And meeting another runner is happening more often because the sport of running has definitely grown over the last 10 years. Which excites me because there are more races popping up everywhere. Race day is what gets you through the training! I look forward to race day! Getting up at the crack of dawn before everyone else and lining up with a ton of other people just like you and crossing that finish line…it doesn’t get better than that 🙂
This blog post came about because of some beginner runners I just met. They asked me to post my first half marathon-training plan. I used the Runner’s World Magazine plan for training. In fact, I still use a lot of it but now add more intervals.
On the rest/crossX train days I either will rest, do yoga at home or walk my dog a couple of miles. Your body will tell you what to do. Good luck!
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
1 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 5 Miles |
2 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 4 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 5 Miles |
3 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 5 Miles2 miles at race pace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 6 Miles |
4 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 5 Miles2 milesat racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 7 Miles |
5 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 4 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 4 miles | 8 Miles |
6 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 4 Miles3 miles at racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 6 Miles |
7 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 6 Miles4 miles at racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 10 Miles |
8 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 6 Miles4 miles at racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 12 Miles |
9 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 6 Miles4 miles at racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | 9 Miles |
10 | Rest orCrossX | 3 Miles | Rest orCrossX | 5 Miles2 miles at racepace | Rest orCrossX | 3 miles | RACEDAY! |
What to get your family involved? Have them join you for your 3 mile runs. My youngest sometimes rides his bike as I run. He only does this on my 3 mile runs. Do you run with your family? What training guide has been useful for you?
Runners love peanut butter and who doesn’t love chocolate! So I was excited when I came across this recipe when I was reading the June 2013 Runner’s World magazine. It’s easy and is a no bake recipe. Who doesn’t love that 🙂 These make the perfect treat to grab out of the fridge and go. I promise if you would bring these to a party they will be the first thing gone. They are that good!
My youngest son wanted me not to dip all the pretzels in the chocolate so we had some without the chocolate and they were just as good. I personally preferred the pretzels with the chocolate but everyone has their own taste and style. I stored these in an airtight Tupperware container in the fridge. They would also be great in the freeze in the hot summer months.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Bites
Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons butter, room temperature
2/3 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 bag of mini pretzels
2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
How to Make:
1. Combine the peanut butter and butter together until creamy.
2. Stir in the powdered sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until well mixed.
3. Roll teaspoons of the peanut butter mixture into balls; sandwich between two pretzels and place on a cookie sheet.
4. Freeze the pretzel sandwiches for 30 minutes.
5. Melt the chocolate chips. Dip half of each pretzel in chocolate. Return to the cookie sheet and freeze for another 30 minutes. Store in the fridge until serving time.
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It is time for me to say good-bye to my first pair of Nike running shoes. It has been a good run (no pun intended). The last 6 months have been great and a big surprise for me. See, normally I don’t run in Nike running shoes. I am more of an Asics or Mizuno kind of girl but my Nike’s really stepped up to the plate for me. We have run two half marathons and a couple of smaller races over the last 6 months. My Nikes and I also had a PR in a half marathon at 1:46 with an 8:08 pace. Not bad for a girl 44 years old. But with all that said, I know when it’s time to say good-bye and it’s time.
So now that my Nike running shoes have become my new hiking shoes (all my old running shoes become my hiking shoes), do you what to know what new running shoes I bought? Since I am an Asics or Mizuno kind of girl; yep, you guessed it…Brooks running shoes! I know I was surprised too. Sports Chalet was having a sale and my husband said I should go check it out for a new pair of running shoes and I fell in love with the Brooks Ghost GTX. They are the Ghost 5 series with the Gore-TEX waterproof protection. Now I know that Brooks already came out with the Ghost 6 but I bought these for 50% off! Yes, I said 50% off. I only paid $65.00 for Brooks Running shoes. You have no idea how happy I am right now 🙂
I ran my first run in the Brooks Ghost shoes today. I only ran 4.5 miles but I feel in love with my shoes. Honestly, I really did love them. Runner’s World has been rating the Brooks running shoes at the top for a while now. I really should have listened to them earlier. In the next couple months I will definitely be buying the Brooks Ghost 6 running shoes!
What is your favorite brand of running shoes? Have you ever tried Brooks?