Blogger Spotlight: Running Over the Hill

Today's spotlight blogger is Karen of Running Over the Hill! I love Karen's practical approach to running. She listens to her body and trains in a way that gets her ready to run strong during her races. I also appreciate that she is very dedicated to weight training! Here is some more about Karen...

1. How long have you been blogging? I started my blog, http://karensclutter.blogspot.com/ on March 31, 2013 after ran my first 5K. I started the blog I currently share  http://moreclutterfromkaren.blogspot.com/ in December 2013.

2. How did you come up with the title of your blog? 

I did not start running until I was 46, so Running Over the Hill seem right.

3. Describe your blogging style. Do you blog on a schedule? Do you write your posts ahead of time? How long does it take you to write a post?  I try to write truthfully about myself and share my highs and lows. Running hasn’t come easy for me and I battle my weight, so I try to share my journey. I am never consistent! I wish I was, but life happens…I try to work around it J

4. What inspired you to start a blog? I love the connection to others blogging gives me. I also blog for myself, I tend to look back sometimes and see what I wrote, how I felt, etc…

5. What types of blogs do you enjoy reading? I love fitness and running blogs.

6. Tell us your current fitness related goal(s).  I work hard at weight training, trying to build my overall strength for my health. I hope to run a marathon someday, but I am recovering from a tribal stress fracture so I am still undecided if 2016 will be my year.  I am planning on running the Richmond Half in November 2015.

7. What is your proudest running and/or fitness related accomplishment? I think crossing the line at my first half marathon was the happiest I ever felt. My longest run had only been 10 miles so I wasn’t sure I could do it!

8. Do you race? Why or why not? I love to race and it does give me extra motivation when I know an event is coming, but I’ve only run 5 half marathons, so I don’t feel like I race often at all. I would love to increase the number of events I do, but racecations can get expensive, so I am trying to find more local Fall/Winter events. I am not a summer runner.  

9. Where is the coolest place you have run?  My runs in Montana when I visit my Mom. I love the beauty, the clean air, the low humidity, some of the happiest runs I’ve ever had were in Whitefish.This post had some of the pretty views Montana Pictures 

I also loved the Disney Princess Half, the whole event was fun (although not cool at all)!    

10. And last... what picture sums you up in a nutshell? (provide the picture please!)  

Hard to pick just one! I have a few race shots I love because they remind of how happy I felt running!  :) 

Karen, thank you so much for sharing with us today!

I would love to feature some more bloggers, so keep the entries coming! You can find the details here!