I promise that I will actually contribute a more serious blog about running and the heat. However, sometimes I like to keep the mood light especially with running because even though it’s fun, it’s also a lot of hard work. After a pretty miserable run in the heat today and the post-run sensation of [...]

Tomorrow morning, I’m going to see my family in Rochester, NY for one week!!! In honor of that, this week’s post is going to highlight some of my favorite places to run there. I know a lot of the posts on Claim Your Journey should focus on life, culture, and running in Louisiana, but part [...]

 *I really had to include a Lolcat reference                 *This picture on Runner World’s Daily from Friday inspired today’s post. One of the great things I have come to appreciate about running (besides enjoying food!!!) is that it really makes me sleep better. When I’m in the middle [...]

I have been running for about 10 years and during that time, I have discovered certain things that I find essential to my training and helping my runs go much more smoothly. There are obvious things all of us runners require for training: our training shoes (or Vibrams, for those who live by the minimalist [...]

    I love reading the news online each day, especially news in that pertains to running, so I tend to frequent websites like runnersworld.com and flotrack.org to learn what is going on in the running/track and field world. The other day I was on the Runner’s World website scrolling through their Runner’s World daily [...]

For those of us living in South Louisiana (runners, athletes, walkers, etc.), we have all probably been trying our best to train through the heat and have likely experienced at least one challenging or unpleasant run the last few weeks. For me, I have had some pretty uncomfortable runs, but running early in the morning [...]

Welcome to my first blog for Claim Your Journey! My name is Lauren I have currently lived in New Orleans for the past two years. I have been running for about 10 years and I am originally from New York (NY and NOLA clearly have a big climate difference when you think about training and [...]