Amanda Brooks

After Sandy hit NYC, I couldn’t see how the race would go on…but after a few days they said loud and clear the race will happen. It is my belief…

Running doubles used to be one of my favorite things to do. Then in the last training cycle I started focusing on speed work and tempos, so I cut back…

If you’ve ever watched a movie being filmed you realize that it takes about 10 hours of insane planning and organization to get the few minutes you see on screen…but…

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for a celebration of ME! I have to admit this must be one of the better perks to blogging, you really do get to…

I have often longingly looked at the Yoga/Surf Retreat in Mexico and wondered what it would be like to shirk all responsibilities for a week and focus simply on being…

Last week I sat down with a group of girls to catch up and realized rather quickly we all had one ailment or another from apparently being about 80 years…

How to make the most of a race where you in no way shape or form came near your goal…and really struggled for the final miles?? Celebrate the little things…

Can 30 minutes a day change your life? Can it help you to slow down? To create muscle? To prevent injury? Yoga was something I practiced once in a blue…

Meeting someone who has inspired so many runners, including myself, should be nerve wracking…but it wasn’t because the topic was running! I can talk running for days! It was also…

First thank you to everyone who reached out yesterday. Unfortunately, I don’t really have any better answers now that when it first happened. I am largely sharing this now to…

Living in Miami one might assume I’m used to seeing famous people strut the streets…but honestly I’m asleep by the time they go out. SOOO…yes, I was a bit awe…

Who needs a PR when everything else about your race day is so out of the world that it feels like a dream? Ok fine I would have taken the…

The New Year is a time that many people see as a change to wipe the slate clean and start fresh…I also see it as a way to start the…

Running is fun! I know a few people might disagree with that statement…I might even at mile 24 next week, but really I feel so blessed every time I finish…

GIVEAWAY CLOSED Last year I ran my best ever Half Marathon at 13.1 Fort Lauderdale…I made an abrupt turn to cross training and after that and haven’t had a true…

It’s a wonderful thing that this race was for me all about the fundraising and not at all about time. I thought I had my game face on when I…

My knees are sore, but my heart is full! What a great week of running, blogger meet ups, Oakley Ambassador meet ups and oh yes work! OAKLEY AMBASSADOR I was…

I have actually had all kinds of things to say lately…so why the quiet…well mostly because I’m afraid what will come bursting out at any moment is “WAHHHHH I WANT…

When I first moved to Miami there were only a few running groups to join, now there are tons! I have to believe my passion for running spurred on this…

Mr.BMX loves to bike and I have always seen options for biking tours when we go on vacation, but declined because at that time I just wasn’t biking much. Now…

I know you enjoyed running with me through San Diego…but Napa this is a whole new ballgame! Have you ever been to a 5K where everyone was dressed the same?…

I interrupt this week’s Workouts and Goals to tell you about my new BFF. Yeah that’s right, Scott and I are tight after a run together this weekend. Here is…

This weekend I talked a couple friends who were visiting from Kansas City and David in to doing an “Urban Dare” race. Of course this was all prior to knowing…

Subtitle: Flying Elbows Subsubtitle: Beautiful water, beautiful weather, beautiful friends Subsubsubtitle: Fun can be fast too! IN PICTURES Battered elbow syndrome, which I can only attest to this being the…

I absolutely love relay races. I wouldn’t want to do one every week mind you, but they are just a crazy amazing experience. Talk about an incredible way to get…

Sign up for the 2012 Resolution Run now!   I am very happy to report that for a two week planning period there were about 45 people who showed up…

After a night of counting down the minutes until we feel that the slate is wiped clean and we have a fresh start is there a better way to start…

Writing a good race report should be incredibly easy…so I have no excuses for taking so long other than hoping that I might actually have some great race day photos…

Goal: Run as my training plan prescribed long run: 2 miles easy 9 miles marathon pace 2 miles easy. Result: Warm up and cool down were a little fast, but…

This was one of the best weekends! Running, golfing, beaches, shopping and lots of time with David…from the top… FORT LAUDERDALE BLOGGIE MEET UP Friday morning I drove about 40…

Our cruise started off with a bang…we got upgraded to a room with a balcony! Wooot what a difference this made, especially since I was all funky dunkey motion sick.…

Wow what a week…we literally went from one corner to the other and changed time zones repeatedly. My body is beyond confused and unfortunately still trying to adjust to not…

A full Seattle report to come later…for now the race report! RACE MORNING I’ve been worried for the last few days about this abominal pain, which thus far the doctor…

My weight loss journey has been a slow and steady path from college to now…but really it all began long before that with how I felt about myself in high…

This race is seriously deceptive…Hospital Hill gives you a shirt that says “I conquered THE hill”. Right, so I did no research and assumed that meant there was one large…

Well friends, yesterday I was highly bummed about OKC. I had gotten very excited to run the half marathon in a few weeks because it was the site of my…

First thank you to everyone for the well wishes and then checking in to see if I survived…a race report 6 days late still counts for something right??? Since this…

Congrats to everyone on their races this weekend!! Lacey WOHOO!!! All the SF ladies…all the KC folks…seriously everyone had a great weekend for racing. HEAT I can’t say that heat…

Getting my ass over the pass has resulted in a….sore ass. I believe this is actually due to getting in an out of the mini van 682 times rather than…

I try to keep this blog on the positive side of life because that’s where I like to live…but I can no longer not say anything about the injustice being…

Imagine the following: Injured 90 degrees First time ever riding on gravel road Old nasty running shoes (hello mud pit) You might think this sounds like a recipe for disaster,…

Hope you can read all of the captions there…seemed like a fun way to post a recap… I’m not going to do a full race recap. I think what I…