Leaving my comfort zone… one mile at a time.
Leaving my comfort zone ... one mile at a time.
The Falmouth Road Race is one of the most historic races in New England, in the US and even Internationally. Yes runners do in fact come from around the world to that little town of Falmouth on the Cape to run a gorgeous 7-mile race.
I am wicked excited to toe the line for my third Falmouth Road Race on Sunday and second-consecutive with Tedy's Team.
Read MoreDo you miss seeing your favorite Facebook pages in your newsfeed?
Facebook is playing around with the algorithms all the time and as a result hiding the free fan pages. Unless I pay money to promote my posts. Unfortunately I don't roll that deep in the money department. :P
Soooo I found out today thanks to some Fit Approach sisters that you can actually bump up your favorite bloggers, celebs and companies in your newsfeed by following these steps:
Read MoreI, Dani Holmes-Kirk, won my age division at the Biggest Loser Half in Killington, Vermont (July 26).
Say whhaa???
Yes I am stil on Cloud 9 about that. Actually I'm so excited about that part that I will just wrap up the recap early. Good to end on a positive note, right?
Oh you want more?
Wellll okay then! ;)
Read MoreWhile we drove home from Vermont today, I started thinking about next steps for the blog. Yes I had a lot of time to think during the almost 3 hour drive home.
I figured the best folks to ask for advice would be the amazing people who take the time to read my ramblings here, on Twitter, on Facebook and on Instagram.
Sooo...
Read MoreI can't believe we have less than 48 hours remaining in Round One voting ofThe Runner's World Cover Model Search!
Voting ends July 22 at 11:5pm ET!
Read MoreWhere did my time go? Like seriously folks. Every single day I have intention of taking some "me" time to blog and all of a sudden I look up and it is bedtime. No blogging has gotten done. Now I could blame the world, but I know it is me letting others needs get ahead of my own. Which is something I will be working on.
For now, I will be using this Friday Five as a space to round-up some fun, updates and pictures I've been holding on my phone to share. :)
Read MoreI had three main objectives when heading to San Diego in May to run the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon:
1) Have a freakin' blast with the We Run Social crew (aka soak up all the love, laughs and hugs from my West Coast blogging friends)
2) Take as many pics during the race as possible - oh hey mid-run selfies!
3) Be a small part of my girl Sarah from Mom Running On Empty getting a new shiny marathon PR
You ever have that dream before the night before a race or the week of where you leave a vital piece of race equipment at home?
Like your sneakers... your sports bra... or maybe even your Garmin!
Oh yeah yeah me neither. <<insert awkward face>>
Well to be honest I don't have the dream about leaving my Garmin at home as much as doing it in real life.
Yeah it happened again. Womp womp!
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What's the best way to shake out the legs before the Boston Marathon?
Dance, skip, sing, laugh and selfie your way through the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) 5k of course!
And I did just that this year.
2015 would be the fourth year I would be running the 5k and third as a shakeout run for the Big Show. Now in the past two years I had run too fast for a shakeout run. Yeah I got a little caught up in the "race" portion of it. Hey it happens when I run alone.
Read MoreThe weekend of a lifetime. Yes yes I know I've been saying that a lot recently. But seriously. I cannot believe these amazing adventures are a part of my life. A ridiculously amazing honor... and all because I took the first step five years ago to change my life.
So what did this weekend hold? Addition of 11 new folks into my family, laughs, lack of sleep and peanut M&Ms.
Read MoreMy name is Dani and I am blogging out of the Boston Area. I started this blog in May of 2011 after suffering a back injury and subsequent back surgery in December 2011-January 2011. This space was to serve as a way for me to release the inner feelings I was carrying around and maybe help some other people going through similar situations: eating disorders, depression, weight loss and more.
