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Good Morning!

I will be posting a recap of the Army Run very soon. For now, I can tell you that my third half-marathon was a success, even if my legs are still mad at me ;)

In the meantime, I'd love for you to head on over to Fitblogger to check out my guest contributor post. While you're there, be sure to check out some of the great posts from other bloggers too!

Have a great day :)

Fitness-related pins

Hey guys!

How is everyone's week going?  I somehow almost forgot that I'm running a half-marathon this weekend until I saw a friend's Facebook status counting down the days until the Army Run! A few of my friends and my sister-in-law are running the 5k of the same race and it's kind of nice to know other people who will be getting out of bed way too early on a Sunday ;)

While life has been busy lately I have managed to find the time to get lost in the land in Pinterest! Let me just say that looking at cute animals is a great cure for a bad day ;) I've also been having way too much fun planning my wedding (yep, I am single), and fantasizing about places I want to travel to.  But, since this is a fitness blog, I thought I'd share some my favorite fitness-related pins so far.

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Are you on Pinterest?  Let me know so I can follow you :)!

Pictures of Iceland

I meant to post some pictures of my trip to Iceland much sooner, but work and life in general have been crazy busy lately! So I'll keep this post short on words but I hope you enjoy the images :)

This was the view from hotel room.  I could live with waking up to this every morning :P 

View of the city from the top of the Hallgrimms church. I love all the colorful buildings!

Geysir - I tried to take a picture as it erupted but totally failed.

Steam rising from the ground

Gullfoss Waterfalls -  It was so windy up there I thought I might end up going for a swim :P

Sunset - This was around 11 pm

Lava rocks - So cool, it looked like a whole other planet

The Blue Lagoon!

A Virtual Run and Fall Races

How was everyone's Labor Day Weekend?

Mine was great! I got to spend some time with my family and friends, watched a few movies, read, took my guitar out for the first time in ages, and, of course, got some good workouts in :)

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I did my first double-digit run since the Reykjavik Half today.  I joined in the virtual run hosted by Laura at Mommy Run Fast and completed 10 miles in a little under 2 hours. It was a really good run, even though it was way too hot for my liking by the end of it. I seriously cannot wait for the cooler weather to arrive!

Fall is my favorite season by far, and it's also my favorite time to race! I have 2 half-marathons coming up that I am really excited about!

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The first one is the Army Run, which is on September 22.  As I mentioned in this post, the Army Run 5k was my first race ever, and I've participated every year since (other than the year I was in Germany).  Last year I walked the half-marathon with my sister-in-law but I'll be running it alone this year. I know it won't be as much fun without her but I'm looking forward to running my first half-marathon here in Ottawa!

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The other race I'll be doing is the Run to The Beat UK in London :)! Yep, another international race; I think I'm getting addicted to those.  My mom and I have been talking about going to the UK for a few years now and we've finally decided this is the time to do it!  I knew I would want to run a race there and Run to the Beat looks like so much fun  :)

So, this means I'm running 3 half-marathons in 3 months and I'm not entirely sure how to train.  Since I don't really "race" races, meaning I stick to a comfortable pace, I don't think it will be overly taxing on my body. My plan is to stick to two 5 milers a week and a long run on the weekends, anywhere between 8 and 10 miles. But any suggestions are more than welcome!!

Do you have any Fall races planned?