Why SkinnyRunner? Because I’m not particularly skinny and I’m not particularly a runner but I’d like to be both maybe one day… it’d be more accurate to call me a NormalJogger but that just didn’t have the same ring to it.
I started reading a lot of health, fitness, food, beauty blogs (no, you’re right, I don’t have much of a life) and decided to start my own as a way to keep myself accountable with my workouts and somewhat healthy living, but mainly because I want to talk about myself. Who doesn’t?
I’ve always written down my workouts in a notebook so now I’m taking the big jump to the world wide web and the world of blogging… probably one of the last people in the US to do so.
I also tried to hold out with the ’ol discman but it seemed the more I ran, the more I became a DJ. There were so many pauses, repeats and skips that I just knew I was creating new remixes that had never been thought of by the likes of Kanye or DJ AM. I finally broke down when I was getting more calls to DJ than Samantha Ronson and bought an ipod.
(My bachelorette party gone wrong, terribly wrong. Evidently my definition of “sexy lingerie” is different from others.)
So being that I’ve never blogged before and just learned to write in cursive and complete sentences recently, I’m not really sure what incarnations this blog will take.
This might be a healthy living blog but not a food blog. Posting daily pictures of oatmeal and peanut butter are about as interesting to me as Ben Stein. no thanks. I’m not a foodie; I’m a pretty pathetic cook in fact, so that whole recipe/food blog thing is not for me.
(Trying to look cool. failing ever so miserably.)
This will not be a food journal. I don’t journal anyways (I tried to in college and all it did was make me obsessive and overeat… What?!? I don’t know the exact calories of this dry side salad?! Then my calorie tally will be totally off so I might as well just eat anything and everything I want!) So unless I do something groundbreaking, like cook a real meal, you probably won’t see an Ansel Adams spread of food pics.
Other than that, who knows what will happen on here? I really just want to keep myself accountable by posting my workouts, maybe my weight if I get really sick and don’t eat for two weeks, and all my mismatched thoughts and musings. If nothing else, for my husband’s sake so he doesn’t have to hear me constantly rattle on about “muffin top”, bloating, or fat pants.
Romantic things, for sure.
“Everything in Moderation including Moderation.”
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The main players in this real life comedy:
SkinnyRunner = Me, Moi, It’s all about me, right?
Any name that starts with a J = my husband, best friend, sparring partner, more emotional yet wittier half.
Playing a minor role, Marnie = the 4lb yorkie leader of the universe
A note: SR is not exactly me; it’s a personification of me. It’s a blonder, wittier, skinnier, funnier, saracastic-er, more entertaining version of me.
So if you ever meet me IRL and find that I’m incredibly dull and vapid , please note that you’ve been duly warned.
January 16, 2009 at 11:27 AM
normal jogger! haha – love it!
January 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I love your attitude. Right up my alley! I look forward to reading!
October 7, 2009 at 6:38 AM
Recently found your site and I love it. First let me say you are gorgeous and the pictures of you are very inspiring. I know you aren’t in to healthy eating and I fully understand and you do an amazing amount of running which I do not. I would love to run but haven’t accomplished that goal as of yet. My question for you is, how many calories do you think you eat in a typical day? I would love to be as small as you. I’ve recently lost 70 pounds, need to lose 15 more and keep all of it off for a life time.
October 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Warning: stalker message will follow:
I’ve been following your site for a few weeks now and I LOVE it. Great job for all your runs…I’m TRYING to exercise now so reading your blog motivates me!
October 28, 2009 at 7:20 PM
I just found your site and laughed out loud on at least three occasions. I think that might be a record for me while reading someone’s About Me page.
Awesome blog!
November 3, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Love your blog! Maybe by reading it I’ll be more inspired to workout. I haven’t hit the gym in like two months. = (
November 4, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Finally someone I can relate too.
Enjoyed reading your Blog.
November 5, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Just found your blog and laughed out loud quite a few times reading it hahaha… loove your attitude & cant wait to read more
November 12, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Thanks for the motivation, inspiration and daily chuckle! Keep up the great work!
November 15, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Hi! Just found your blog and its super cute! I’m adding you to my google reader, ’cause I can’t wait to read more!
November 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM
love your blog!! look forward to reading more– it’s adorable!
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
November 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM
You are a hoot. I only think about running (but eating is not a problem!) Keep it up. If you want to get freaked out about future motherhood you can check out my blog!
Amy
http://emptymarblejarmom.wordpress.com
November 19, 2009 at 5:28 AM
Just found your blog! I love your ‘about me’ section. I totally relate to the obsessive food journaling you did in college lol. I look forward to reading more!
Julie
November 19, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Just found your blog…so fun!! You crack me up when you say you aren’t skinny…you so are! Keep up the good work!
November 29, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Just found your blog…Love it! you crack me up!
December 1, 2009 at 7:17 AM
You are absolutely hilarious. I can’t remember how exactly I just came across your blog, but I’m glad I did!
December 1, 2009 at 8:35 PM
love it. if you are a normal jogger,I am the curvaceous jogger.
I’ll be back.
December 2, 2009 at 4:01 AM
I am a 3 day reader and a TWICE replyer…stalker more like. I just found your blog….(wait this might be my third reply…) I just have to tell you – YOU CRACK ME UP!
And I also run just started last year after my third was born. And I am not young…..34. But you made me realize my goal is to run a half…..I usually only do 5k’s.
Also I was reading and laughing and my hubs was like what are you laughing at blog stalker and then I showed him you on the job and he’s impressed- he LOVES to fish….
December 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM
ahahah! i love it~! Just found your blog and its very entertaining=) Keep on rockin!
December 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I came across your site a few months ago when I googled “skinny + runner”. I love your blog! VERY entertaining! I admit I’ve been following your updates since then. You inspire me to keep up with my fitness. Thank you!
December 4, 2009 at 8:58 AM
I found your blog a couple of months ago and love reading your posts! Hilarious! I as well lived in OC for my entire life in fact lived in Newport beach and also went to Mariners!
Shot in the dark question, but wanted to ask if you knew of any places in NYC that are like Mariners? I just loved the music!! Thank you!
December 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Haaha! So true about the oatmeal. LOL- I posted the first and only meal that I have ever cooked!
December 14, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I have just spent hours reading your blog {thanks to someone else’s blog that I cannot remember the name of right now, because it its so past my bed time}… you are hilarious! You talk about everything I love from, running, fitness, celebrities (ok I don’t LOVE them… just sayin’), love it!
Thanks for sharing your humor and your life… now I must go to bed!
December 16, 2009 at 8:58 AM
I just found your blog and I must say I love it!
December 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM
I think you should update your ‘About Me’ because you are definitely skinny and 100% runner =]
~ Hillary @ Nutrition Nut on the Run
January 8, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Your blog is freaking hilarious. I just found it and I’m so happy because I now have loads of material to keep me occupied reading for the next million hours. haha.
AWESOME work with all the runs, especially the marathon.
I better get back to reading….
-Michelle
January 13, 2010 at 1:46 PM
luv this blog!!
January 13, 2010 at 4:14 PM
You are cute!! I just found your blog and have hardly been able to stop reading it. My husband is soooo annoyed with me:). Anyway, I wanted to email you but can’t find your email address. I have a couple questions for you as I think we might know mutual people. I saw you were from Lynden. Did you graduate from there? A couple of my best friends from college are from there and moved back there after college. I love love love that town and would move there in a second if my husband’s job had to be based here in Walla Walla. Anyway, could you shoot me an email and I can explain more. Keep blogging you are my daily reading material to motivate me to go on my run after working all day!
January 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM
LOVE this! Found your blog from IntheSkinny and knew I’d love it right off the bat. We have some similarities for sure, balance, moderation, fun, yadda, yadda, yadda
January 26, 2010 at 4:10 AM
Hi,
after seeing this blog I feel very enthusiast I want to be like you!!you are so healty just seeing your face!
I stopped to do sport about two years ago, and now I will start again, doing running. for ten years I was swimmer,and at the same time I did fitness (aerobic,gag, etc), but it’s another thing. now I’m like a principiant.please, can you tell me a simple workout for 2-3 times for week? I just want to know time of run, kilometers, bpm, and the best time in the day for run, and the best food for that days (I’m little overweight -58 kilos x 155cm high)
thanks a lot,
sara from Italy.
January 27, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Girl I love your blog. You seem to have such a fun attitude. I’m going to be running the Chicago 2010 Marathon so I will definitely be reading your blog for more tips and advice!
February 9, 2010 at 7:43 PM
you crack me up!! so glad I came across your blog! xoxo
February 10, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Awesome blog for every type of jogger enthusiast! Great job. I have a question about your fishing background though.
February 14, 2010 at 6:17 AM
I love, love, love your blog!!! It would be great to receive new posts via email.
February 16, 2010 at 1:53 PM
OMG I’m obsessed with your blog already. I’m a normal jogger as well and I’m a college student who tried to journal my food intake “and all it did was make me obsessive and overeat”.
I can’t wait to read more of your blog!
February 16, 2010 at 9:48 PM
I don’t know what you are talking about girl, you ARE skinny and absolutely gorgeous. I love how you discuss healthy ways to stay in shape, keep it up!
March 5, 2010 at 9:04 AM
i’ve been creepily lurking around your blog now for quite some time. you’re hilarious and i envy your shweet west coast life. are you running boston this year? if so, i’ll be the dead person you step over as you speedily zoom to copley square!
March 5, 2010 at 9:07 AM
im running boston 2011. is it ok if i run over you then? yeah right, ill be the one beating down a grandma for her wheelchair…
March 17, 2010 at 9:09 AM
You’re hilarious and I love your blog. NormalJogger ha ha
March 26, 2010 at 6:35 AM
I ran across your blog by mistake believe it or not. I started reading it and really enjoy it. I am a former “normal jogger” who lost her way. Thanks to your blog I have found my way again. I forgot how addictive it is. I just wanted to say thanks for the motivation!
March 30, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Hey,
Loving the blog, definiately a favourite read. Just wondered a couple of things…a) do you have twitter? b) I am trying to tweak my life so it is healthier and lose the excess weight I’m walking around with. Getting there with the food but struggling the exercise. I really want to exercise, just seem to be struggling to turn my daydreams of long, enjoyable runs into a reality. So I wondered if you have post or can do a post about how you became a normaljogger rather than a normal-couchpotato…
Amy x
March 30, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Hey. Ive been reading your blog for awhile now. But JUST read this section. Weird. Anyway, I think you are gorgeous and hilariously funny! I love your blog and you have completely inspired me. Im always saying I want to run too. Soooo…Im getting off my fat butt and making some life changes. Been going at it for almost 4 weeks now! This week I am starting the couch to 5k program…hopefully at some point I can run a marathon. So any adive…I need me some running shoes…and some running clothes for those a little less SKINNYrunner!
April 1, 2010 at 10:09 AM
You must change your info girl…you ARE 100% a runner and 100% skinny!
April 1, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Hello
I ran across your blog on my quest for motivation (to continue pursuing my own running gig). I definitely feel inspired.. and you look awesome by the way. Keep on trekking.
April 12, 2010 at 3:32 PM
Haha, you’re funny!! And you totally are skinny, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Glad I found your blog
June 1, 2010 at 5:47 AM
second that
April 13, 2010 at 11:42 AM
I love running, sarcasm, laughing out loud, and blogs so it’s a good thing I found your blog! Can’t wait to read more.
April 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Love your blog! I’m not sure how I came upon it, but you are hilarious! Love hearing about your approach to running and life in general. Can’t wait to read more.
May 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM
I am SO glad I found your blog! I am a fitness/running addict and regularly read several fitness-oriented blogs. So many, however, are super corny and make me want to slam my laptop shut/dramatically roll my eyes (both ineffective ways to communicate disappointment) rather than scroll through the entire post. But I LOVE what you have to say + your semi-sarcastic delivery, and I will from this day forward relentlessly stalk your blog.
May 4, 2010 at 12:05 AM
Just stumbled on your blog and looking at your pictures, you are skinny!!! I hope you realize it, though it didn’t seem like it from what I read.
May 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM
I just found your blog through Meghann and I love it! I will be laughing along with you. BTW I’m totally jealous of your speed without trying.
May 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM
I just found your site too. Very cute! Love “normal jogger” but your mileage seems like you’re definitely a true runner!
May 10, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Hi there! I’ve been reading your website for a while but figured I would identify myself. I would have to agree with the above comments that you’re so not a normal jogger! You’re definitely skinny and running marathons in the times you do puts you in the runner category in my book. I don’t know what I’m going to do all summer long when you’re gone!
By the way, I appreciate that you don’t do too many food posts. I really don’t care to see tons of pictures of people’s food.
May 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM
You are cute!! I just found your blog and have hardly been able to stop reading it. My husband is soooo annoyed with me:). Anyway, I wanted to email you but can’t find your email address. I have a couple questions for you as I think we might know mutual people. I saw you were from Lynden. Did you graduate from there? A couple of my best friends from college are from there and moved back there after college. I love love love that town and would move there in a second if my husband’s job had to be based here in Walla Walla. Anyway, could you shoot me an email and I can explain more. Keep blogging you are my daily reading material to motivate me to go on my run after working all day!
+1
June 1, 2010 at 5:47 AM
Just found your blog – I LOVE it!
I will be reading! How long have you been blogging?
Julia
http://www.britbride.com
July 7, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Ahhh! I just found your blog today! I love it! You’re so hilarious — can’t wait to read more!
July 8, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Just stubled across your blog and love it. I love all the pictures and you seem so honest and amusing. Motivational too. Can’t wait to keep reading your journey, as it seems so simular to my own.
July 11, 2010 at 9:14 PM
hey! i just discovered your blog and already laughing my butt off
(and you crazy, girl! you ARE skinny!)
July 14, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Hahah love your blog it’s so funny! I love how you’re so honest and outright.
You’re a total stunner and I’m lookin’ forward for more!
July 16, 2010 at 7:27 AM
okay the picture of you at your bachelotette party is amazing, and put a much needed smile on my face during this dull work morning! you are so cute girl!
July 17, 2010 at 5:55 AM
I found your blog thru PB Fingers! She’s right its freaking hilarious!
July 17, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Hi! I love your blog! I don’t think I have ever posted anything, but I was wondering if I could ask you about what you eat before and after a run?
I am training for a half marathon and really have no idea about how to fuel for a run!
Thanks so much!!!
August 1, 2010 at 4:21 PM
Just found your blog! Love love love it! Just started running and this is great. Can’t imagine me ever running 183 miles in a month. Oh and I have two Yorkies. Kali aka “baby psycho”, and Chaz Michael Michaels, or “Big Daddy.” Will def be back
August 4, 2010 at 6:27 PM
your blog = hilarity! thanks so much for being cool. blog on.
August 16, 2010 at 5:13 PM
I used to avoid your blog because your title made me think you were a running nutjob but now that I’ve read a little, I see you’re a normal nutjob. Like me. I would never post about my eating or exercising habits because that would make ME obsessed beyond belief (omg I didn’t run enough today or my meal wasn’t healthy enough or did I forget to post that candy bar I ate- imagine the panic this would cause) though you may find the occasional post on my blog that involves food or exercise. I thought I was going to like you until I just saw you in a picture with Uggs. I might have to keep you at arm’s length for a while as you will find on my blog, I have some serious Ugg issues. Not the PETA kind, the I’m a teacher and can’t stand to see them on teenagers kind.
August 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM
um… thanks? that was the most awkward comment ive received in awhile. still confused about it…