HappyTreading

Sometimes we take a break from the trails and spent time on water slides. 📸 cred:

Post run smiles 😊

Grab your shoes and hit the trail! Celebrate the ability to get outside and move.*

*Don't forget your water

Tuesday night run to find the breeze … hint…it’s at the top of the hill. 😊

Happy National Trails Day …. From the trails!!!

We wear trail shoes on Tuesdays 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️👟👟👟

Our Book Club, Happy Reading, is residing Tough Broad by Caroline Paul and the guest on this podcast is part of the first story of the book.

After reading that first chapter, I Googled her wanting to know more and how she’s on Hit Play not Pause.

Woo!

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💪We talk a lot about the importance of lifting heavy for our muscle, bone, brain, and heart health. But that’s just the beginning!

🏕 Being stronger makes us feel more capable and opens the door to all kinds of new adventures that we might not otherwise try because we have more confidence in what our bodies can do. Nobody knows that better than this week’s guest, BASE jumper and all-around active badass Shawn Brokemond, who not only lives her own adventurous life, but also trains other midlife women to get strong and do the same through her company Sports Adventure.

👉 This week we talk all about midlife adventures as well as Shawn’s 23-year struggle with menopause.

🤩 Shawn Brokemond’s life has always been a whirlwind of activity from swimming and gymnastics to mountain biking and BASE jumping. At 46, after 25 years as a kindergarten teacher, Shawn decided it was time for a change and put her passion for sports and fitness center stage and transitioned into personal training, with a focus on adventure. Now 56, having navigated the challenges of a midlife career shift firsthand, she’s proof that it's never too late to chase your dreams. You can learn more about her and her work at www.sportadven.com.

This is worth listening to, whatever your age.

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Be smaller. Be lighter. For our entire lives those messages have been drilled into us from every angle, including very often from those in our sports. We hear we need to be at “race weight.” We’re shown “idealized” images of what female athletes “should” look like.

👉 It’s all incredibly damaging, especially as we hit menopause and midlife and our bodies start to change. It’s also based on BS. Women with cellulite and extra body fat win races. Women who are well-fueled outperform those who are not.

There is no one magic ✨ number on the scale or body fat percentage that makes us a success. All the destructive messages that make us hate our bodies feed the diet culture machine. 🤖

🏃‍♀️ This week we sat down with coach and sports dietitian Marni Sumbal to dismantle that machine and help us find body peace, so we don’t spend the next chapters of our lives in an endless war with ourselves.

➡️ Marni Sumbal MS, RD, CSSD, LD/N is the owner of Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition, a coaching and nutrition company based in Greenville, South Carolina, which she runs with her husband and RETUL bike fit expert, Karel Sumbal. Marni is a 3x author, board certified sports dietitian and holds a master of science in exercise physiology. She is a 19x Ironman finisher, 2x XTRI finisher, and 6x Ironman World Championship finisher. You can learn more about her and her services at trimarnicoach.com.

We have been spending so much time on the trail, we forgot to share pictures of all our fun and flowers. Creeks full of water, sunny afternoons, and so many pretty wildflowers.

Happy Treading hung out with the bluebonnets this morning while getting in some miles on the trail.

Yay!!! It’s Spring!! The grass is green and the flowers are saying hi to us on the trail!!

Yay for the time change!!! Daylight on the trail run tonight and all the way till November!!! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

It was a beautiful morning to be on the trail with

It was a great day for a trail race! Thanks to all who came out this morning to race, volunteer, and spectate! Results are posted, but not final check them out: https://my.raceresult.com/279261/ post race email including photos will be out on Monday.

Happy Trails Ranch Park race day is this Sunday, 2/25/24!!!

Race Day 2/25/24
7:30a – 8:45a Packet Pickup
9:00a Race Start 5K & 10K

Check out the Athlete Guide
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jxLgJslqM7zsYQbj2x4R0AE00LBrYd7D/view?usp=drive_link

The shirt deadline may have passed, but when you cross the finish line, you'll still receive a custom neck gaiter!!

Signup today!
Register: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=107580

The shirt deadline has been extended to 2/4/25! Register before 2/5/24 to be guaranteed a participant shirt.

Check out the mock-ups for the participant shirts and the finisher awards.

Register today: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=107580
2/25/24, Dripping Springs Ranch Park, 10K and 5K, women's only trail race

Last day to register before the price increase! Sign up today! Tell a friend to sign up today!

Join this women-only trail race with a well-marked course, suitable for beginners and experienced runners. Run, jog, or walk your way to the finish line!

Register: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=107580

Last Sunday’s Race Day Pics from the . Sunny and chill temps with lots of scenery.

Happy Treading spent the weekend in the Big Bend. After checking into casitas, we spent the first day in hiking the Window Trail. It was a beautiful day on the trail in a group!

Join us for the annual Happy Trails Ranch Park Trail Race in February! Perfect for both beginners and seasoned runners, with finish line pancakes, coffee, and custom pint glasses for finishers.

Register: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=107580

See you on the trail in 2024!!!

Happy Treaders unleashed their creative side this past weekend making wreaths under the guidance of and . We had such a great time and now we each have a beautiful wreath for our doors for the holidays.