This Is Love
Love was the theme of the weekend. Lack of sleep, traffic, endless hours on the highway and eating were other themes. But let’s go with the love theme, because that one is the most fun to talk about....
View ArticleThankful Things Thursday: Happy Thoughts Will Make Me Healthy
Yesterday was a pretty cool day. Your comments on my “Crohn’s sucks a little more than you may realize” post were awesome. I loved hearing all of your stories about your own battles with chronic...
View ArticleDo You Want Free Sneakers? (Translation: A Giveaway!)
Today is going to be awesome. Hello, from Optimistic Ali! She’s back! I’ve got Remicade cruising through my body and I’m wholeheartedly convinced I’m firmly on the road to recovery. I kicked off my day...
View ArticleZero Week: Eight Days Not On The Run
Greetings from my office for the morning! At least it’s kind of festive in here, right? It’s my second time getting my Remicade infusion at Mount Sinai and I’ve already got the Benadryl in me. These...
View ArticleThankful Things Thursday: Love
I’m here. I’m here! Home sweet cigarette-smoke-smelling city. It’s good-ish to be back. Maybe you thought I’d fled for a while and ditched this whole blogging thing. I thought about it, honestly. I...
View ArticleHere It Is!
You see the exclamation point. You know what that means. It’s happy post time! Exclamation point! I’ve had an active couple days — “active” by my sad, low new standards — but active and happy and...
View ArticleThankful Things Thursday: To You
Remember Thankful Things Thursday?! No? I know, it’s been a while (since April, to be exact). Probably because for the solid majority of this year, I felt thankful for very little. I remember one day,...
View ArticleHappy
So here’s something I have been wanting to write for a very long time: I am happy. Not just “I had a good day today!” happy, but more like, “I’ve had a lot of really good days in a row, and last...
View ArticleNew York City Marathon Training: Week 5
Week 5 of marathon training was a week. It was just…a week. An emotional one, a stressful one, a not-feeling-like-myself one. It was also the first week that I felt like marathon training really...
View ArticleSurrounding Myself With the Best People I Can Find
For the past few years, I have lived for my precious Sunday mornings. I love waking up early on Sunday, then taking Ellie out for a quick walk before eating breakfast while simultaneously reading the...
View ArticleAli on the Run Show Episode 25: Bethany Lyons, Founder of Lyons Den Power Yoga
The Ali on the Run Show Episode 25 Guest: Bethany Lyons Murray Listen on iTunes I SoundCloud I Overcast I Stitcher I Google Play Bethany Lyons is the owner, founder, and CEO of Lyons Den Power Yoga in...
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