HerbNRun

General Reminder: The American Family Half Marathon taking place in Richmond Virginia on November 12,2016 is not only the main reason we have all come here today, it is also the reason the blog was started and the original focus of it. So let us recall this, while appreciating all the the Petersburg Halloween Half Marathon has taught us, We have less 2 weeks left until I am running Richmond!!                              💚💛 Leadership  I got my bib number and was quickly smacked back to reality. My body is finally starting to feel normal again as all the soreness is FINALLY subsiding. Note to self: Never you go horseback riding and canoeing the week of a half marathon. The soreness is real!!! Now that I feel like moving its time to stop thinking about Bryan Park and finally go see what these hills are like. I'm so excited. I'm even thinking of moving my wave up. Right now I'm at 2:30 however, I...

A friend asked me to write her an email about my half experience and this is what I wrote:  So let’s start with all the nerves that bubbled up in my stomach lol! You know I’ve run a half marathon before, 13.1 miles of torture and mental strength, but I did it with my best friend and this time around I was alone! IT WAS COLD! And I am not a fan of the cold so at 530 am I had to readjust my entire outfit for the race, which of course brought more nerves and uncertainty. Either way I got it together and headed out. The race stated at 7am. Cold, dark and alone I head to the start which had 100s of eager and less nervous runner. This started to release some of the fears I had. When they called for runners to line up, the excitement kicked in. I had a goal to beat the old me and that was what I was going to do! I found comfort next to an older man, he reminded me of Carl. He had on the same bright green shirt like me but had these words written on his back,” I can do all things th...

So I've talked about the rough time I had after my first half marathon.You may recall me passing out and clinging to box of orange juice praying that God wasn't ready to take me home. Well clearly He didn't and well I learned a lot of what not to do! So here is a look at the things I did differently.  Don't recall ...  Read about it here  But did you die?  First, I was not on a restrictive diet. The "Herb" part of my name on Ig and this blog aren't coincidence.. it was a well thought out play on words. Herb, short for herbal.. which brings use to holistic or at least thats where it brought me. I have for the past 4 years been moving to being more Holistic, an organic, natural way of living. No I am not a vegan, but I do enjoy oil pulling over brushing my teeth and avoiding medications by eating more organic and not indulging in preservatives and non natural foods and juices. With all that said, I eat cleaner than I use to and i don't consider it t...

What an amazing race day!!! Let's talk about. Petersburg Halloween Half Marathon I was awoken by the sound of barking dogs, my alarm, at 5:30am. Based on the weather report, I  was expecting temps in the mid 40s. So when I open my eyes and checked the weather app imagine my surprise when I see that it's 35 but feels like 29 and boy did it! I had to readjust my outfit choice and switched from my dri- fit cool Nike long sleeves to my under armour cold weather top. I'm so happy I did cause all the way up until mile 10 I was cold. I ate a banana while I got dressed and had a discussion with my husband about my nerves. Took his reassurance that I could do this, grabbed my cold weather hoodie and got to the car. Nice and toasty leather seats awaited me... thank God for that! Drove the 15 minutes into downtown Petersburg and found a close parking spot with 20 minutes until race time. I stumbled around with my running gloves, later electing to leave them and hopped ou...

I's FriYAY!!! It's racing weekend for me and I'm excitedly scared out my mind  to run this half. This race wasn't even in my radar until my ever so sweet husband continually pushed, much like my best friend did in January, that I experience 13.1 prior to racing it. Name a better way of running.. I couldn't think of any other so a race on my 13.1 long run day is exactly what I decided to do. The Petersbug Halloween Half Marathon As a mother of 2 on a budget, I choose races that tend to be cheaper in cost. (Richmond was a tad bit more, almost $40 and yes I was late in registering.) Although this is the cheapest Half I've entered in it offers more than the Sentara Colonial Half Marathon did. Or so they are saying. They are offering, according to my email, a free bag check inside of  Union Station, which is also the start and finish line. There is 500 free parking spaces just 100 yards away from the start. Water and Gatorade at miles 2,4,5.8, 7.5, 8.5, 10, 12 ...