A Week of ‘All Over the Place,’ Paired with Great Friends

This past week included a little bit of everything.  From a 60-degree Sunday (in Charlotte) to a Wednesday snow storm, and a full-on MAD weekend in Charlottesville.  I’ve been all over the place. In Charlotte, when my life is a little more spread out, and time spent in transit is about 10 times that of…

5 Pieces of Life Balance: Training Edition

I never used to take rest days.  In fact, I rarely listened to my body.  When I was rowing in high school and college, it was normal to workout 6 -7 days a week, sometimes even twice a day.  It was normal because we were all training at high levels, pre-elite and elite levels, that…

Sweating + Working and Celebrating America

I keep thinking that it’s Saturday, but alas, it’s just Thursday so nobody panic.  We still have 3.5 sweet days left in this weekend and I, for one, intend to use them all. Since getting back from Charlotte last week I’ve been a catch up and settle in cycle that can only be described as…

Salads, Sweats + A Little Too Much Celebration

Welcome to the end of the busiest week ever.  Well, not ever, and probably not even close when compared to how this upcoming week is looking like it’s going to roll out.  Regardless, here are some of the amazing highlights of what went down. I made this salad. (You’re captivated already, I know.) In the…

A Little of This, A Little of That

So, on monday I made a rookie mistake.  I planned and cooked one of my favorite meals, and even brought out the good camera to capture the whole thing.  What I failed to do was make sure the memory card was actually in the camera.  So, sorry folks, no pictures. That being said, here’s what was on…

Rainy Day of Work, Workouts + Clean Eats

The excitement from yesterday’s announcement is still lingering, but thankfully reality has also set back in because we have a ton going on and it’s time to get back to work! In addition to all of the Fight Gone MAD developments, FemCity Charlottesville is moving into the spring with some pretty awesome spring and summer programming that…