Pay it Forward giveaway!

Back in March I won the Pay  it Forward giveaway started by Jason @ Cook Train Eat Race via Stephanies blog @ Run to health.

The long run: A New York City Firefighter's triumphant Comeback from crash victim to elite athlete.

17 hours to glory: Extraordinary Stories from the Heart of triathalon

Both stories, as expected, were extremely inspirational and made me feel that I have a lot to be thankful for by being healthy and not having to overcome some great obstacles that not only Matt Long had to face, but many of the athletes featured in 17 hours to glory. I like to find motivation in many areas, including books, and these 2 combos definitely helped me break down a lot of my own mental barriers that keep getting in the way of my training. 

Now that I'm FINALLY finished with both, its my turn to pass it along to one of my lucky readers!

All you have to do is let me know in one comment that you agree to do follow the rules (4th one won't apply to anyone just yet as I'm only the 3rd person in this giveaway)

1. Agree to pay it forward. When you're finished with both, send off to another blogger.

2. Before sending them off, write something motivating in each book

3. Email Jason @ Cook Train Eat Race when you post the giveaway so he can follow where it goes.

4. Once the book fills up with quotes, agree to mail it back to Jason. 

I'll announce winner 8/29!

3 things Thursday!!!!!

1. This week felt like mini Christmas for me. Not only did I receive my clearance pink marathon skirt from Skirt Sports.

Has skirt written backwards so when you're getting photos its spelled correctly

but also received my 2 books I won from Stephanie @ Running to Health's pay it forward giveaway.

This is perfect timing because I just finished the book I was reading "The Girl who Played with Fire"- AMAZING reads. I'm excited to dive into more running books so I can get motivated to do more cross training and strength training while saying 'bye bye' to all my injuries!

2. Was nervous about going for a run in my Newtons the other day due to potential reinjuring myself. The run went great, HOWEVER, as I was going back into the bathroom to change, I put all my weight on my right hip to push onto the door and immediately fell into the door. OUCH! I have no idea what is going on with my body and why I keep getting injured, so the plan is to try and lead with my left foot with running so my right hip doesn't receive the blunt of the force, we'll see how that goes.

3. In midst of trying to make a costume for the Wickedly Fast 1/2 in Kansas- aka Wizard of Oz theme. I bought blue ribbons to put in my braids- thats the easy part. The hard part is figuring out the best way to do a make shift skirt / dress by saturday.... also I don't know how to use a sewing machine- agh. I'm thinking of saftey pinning the fabric (in the form of a skirt) to my compression shorts so I don't have to worry about them falling down.

Any thoughts / helpful suggestions??