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10k, finish line, running

I have a love-hate relationship with running–mostly love. Here, I share my running experiences, including race training and recaps.

Run, run as fast as you can

April 11, 2017 by Christie Hawkes 6 Comments
10K training program

This week starts my official training for the Utah Valley 10K. This year, my sister Cindy is running it with me, and I am super excited. I typically use a Hal Higdon training program, and like most programs, his stop just shy of the race distance. In other words, for a 10K, the last long … [Read more…]

Posted in: Running Tagged: 10K training, Hal HIgdon

Friday favorites: life’s little pleasures

January 13, 2017 by Christie Hawkes 4 Comments
10 reasons I love to run

January can be a let-down. The holidays are over. The weather is cold. The days are short. But January is also a time of new beginnings, fresh starts. And life is full of little pleasures. Putting the tree away and cleaning the house after Christmas always feels good to me. The chaos is over. Order is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health and wellness, Running, Thank you notes Tagged: family, Friday Favorites, nail art, Weight Watchers

Friday Favorites

June 3, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 8 Comments
Running trail in Midway, Utah.

It’s Friday, and you know what that means–Friday Favorites! Thank you Connie for teaching me the joys of light microwave popcorn with olive oil. Tastes better than butter and it’s better for you! Win-win.     Thank you Midway Utah for having such a great trail to run, even if it’s all hills. This is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Running, Thank you notes Tagged: family, food, Friday Favorites, Hawkes Landing, massage, nail art

Let’s get moving!

April 19, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Let's get moving!

LIVE, laugh, learn and love Health and fitness Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.  ~ Edward Stanley When I first started exercising and trying to eat right (that’s still a struggle for me—how I love my sweets…and my bread…and my cheese…and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health and wellness, Running Tagged: Hal HIgdon, half-marathon, personal mission statement

On the road again: training for a half-marathon

March 22, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
running, training, half-marathon

Dead Last is greater than Did Not Finish, which trumps Did Not Start. This week I officially started training for my first half-marathon in nearly four years. Yikes! I’ve run some 5k’s and 10k’s since then, but I thought I was done with halves. Now here I am preparing to do it again, and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Running Tagged: goals, half-marathon

I am a runner. I am a writer.

December 8, 2015 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Utah Valley 10K

I’m a runner. I’m a writer. These things might seem like they are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. One is sedentary, solitary, usually indoors in my comfy clothes, sipping coffee. The other is active, surrounded by others, preferably outdoors, in my sportswear, grabbing quick gulps of water, if I’m lucky. Yet the two … [Read more…]

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