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Tropical Eats
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Twenty-Something. Blogger. Foodie. Ocean Lover. NYC Newbie.
#161518 in All , #4887 in General Lifestyle

Oh, hello there.

Long time no see! Alright so I admit it, I am THE biggest cold weather running wimp ever. Now that temps are a bit on the toastier side (apparently we didn’t have a winter here?), I’m ready to get ba...

26 feb 12

Post Marathon Life Is The Good Life

Dear 26.2 miles, did you really just happen? For some reason, it feels like it was all a crazy dream or something that happened years and years ago in a wonderful carboloading fantasyland. Somebody p...

14 nov 11

My 2011 ING New York City Marathon Recap

How come nobody warned me that my legs would hate me after running 26.2 miles? — Marathon morning, I actually slept insanely well. That whole extra hour from Daylight Savings was such a nice lu...

09 nov 11

How To Track Me In The Race & My Marathon Playlist

Howdy! Last night after work, I took the bus over to the Javitz Center for the ING New York City Marathon Expo. Scenes from the Expo: The bib pickup process was extremely quick and organized. Thank y...

04 nov 11

My Marathon Weight

Oh Snowtober. You kind of freaked me out there. I went for a 6 miler last Sunday after the storm and well… Running in 39 degree weather? Not so pleasant. But on a positive note, it’s supp...

29 oct 11

That One Time I Ran To New Jersey

My big toe officially hates me. I will spare you the graphic image, but if you really want to, imagine a bruised black toe with a blister underneath the toenail and an ingrown toenail. All. At. Once....

25 oct 11

Things That Make Me Happy & A Giveaway

Today was a happy day. The sun was out, the weather was crisp and I had a meeting that wrapped up with Pumpkin Pie Tasti D-Lite frozen yogurt. Glorious! Also in the happy forecast this week: Boots, b...

21 oct 11

20 Happy Miles

I did it! I ran 20 miles and it was seriously the most emotional run of my life (so far). Spoiler: I cried. A lot. —- Sunday morning, I was out the door by 6:30am. 4 trains and a little over an...

18 oct 11

Marathon Training Confessions

Sunday morning, I will run 20 miles. And I am so excited!!! It’s my last long run before taper, which basically means my weekly mileage decreases and most importantly, I can start sleeping in again. ...

16 oct 11

How To Run 18 Miles Before Work

Last Saturday morning, an old college friend was flying into town to stay with me for the weekend. YAY visitors!!! They make me so happy. [Hint family hint] Of course, this also meant that I had to f...

13 oct 11

3 Bridges & 3 Boroughs Training Run

During my commute, I came across this paragraph in my book which literally made me LOL: HAH! Oh man. When you can relate to a carbo-loading man in a cheesy romance novel, you know you have issues. &#...

06 oct 11

19 Miles

Sunday, I ran 19 miles. 19! I must say I thought I was going to die during the last 5, but I didn’t. (Slow clap) Long Run Recap: Sunday morning, I didn’t really have a plan. I had to do 1...

27 sep 11

Blogger Meetups AKA Marathon Training Therapy Sessions

Hello there! I had a CRAZY 19 mile long run this afternoon. It was only supposed to be 18, but I basically lost my mind around mile 13 and lost track hahaa.. more on that tomorrow! Friday night was t...

25 sep 11

16 Miles

‘allo! I took the day off from work today. Not feeling well and bad a bad asthma attack last night where I basically couldn’t breathe! Scary stuff. I took a hot shower around 2am hoping i...

19 sep 11

NYC Foodie Feedup

Monday night, a Twitter friend invited me to the NYC Foodie Feedup hosted by NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto. This is Lacey. This is my Lion Hair. I need a hair cut so bad! Who will chop it for me?! Anywho.. NES...

14 sep 11

How To Have a Good Long Run

The past few weeks have been a little difficult for me running-wise. As a newbie runner, it’s super easy to get intimidated by other runners, bored with your routine & bummed that you’re missing ...

12 sep 11

The Most Randomly Jersey Shore-ish Weekend of My Life

Holaaa my peoples! Last weekend, my friend from college & I went to the land of Guido’s, juice heads, tanning beds, duck phones, pickles and Snooki slippers. AKA The Jersey Shore! Honestly,...

07 sep 11

The Most Randomly Jersey Shore-ish Weekend of My Life

Holaaa my peoples! Last weekend, my friend from college & I went to the land of Guido’s, juice heads, tanning beds, duck phones, pickles and Snooki slippers. AKA The Jersey Shore! Honestly,...

07 sep 11

Later NYC

Happy Labor Day Weekend! Later NYC. PS – I think I carboloaded enough for 4 runners tonight. Oops.

03 sep 11

Marathon Training: The Slightly Depressing Off-Broadway Show

During my run the other day, I decided that Marathon Training could be turned into one of those emo, slightly depressing, “what am I doing here” kinda Off-Broadway Shows. Hopefully some o...

31 aug 11

Hurricane Irene: Floridian Issues

Alright I’m back. Lessss do dis. —— So yeah, there’s a hurricane headed towards NYC and the city is going nuts: The mayor has been tweeting every 5 seconds Most common phrase ...

28 aug 11

Think Before You Tweet

Last week, 2 food bloggers, myself and a blog reader all met up at at The Mermaid Inn for their heavily promoted Social Media Day special. I have a secret obsession with mermaids [like seriously, I w...

15 aug 11

10 Miles Over the Brooklyn Bridge

2 more weeks til #HLS and only 90 more days til the NYC Marathon! Holy mother life is awesome. —- Week 5 Recap: Monday – 3 miles. Ran down 1st Avenue. Regretted running down 1st Avenue. M...

08 aug 11

Tubing the Delaware River (And Mermaids!)

Everybody add tubing this river to your Bucket list… Right. Meow. —- Last week when I thought I was gonna pass out from cabin fever, I booked 2 tickets to one of those new LivingSocial Adventur...

03 aug 11

8 Miles of Awesomeness & A Social Media Moment

Hola my friends! Week 4 of training happened and it was awesome. Here’s a lil recap: Monday – Rest Day AKA Anthony Bourdain Marathon. We are in love. Tuesday – 3 miles. Wednesday &#...

01 aug 11

Day Trips From NYC Without A Car

AROOOOO! That would be the sound of the wilderness calling. New York is slightly driving me bonkers. I eat the same, commute the same, run the same… the list goes on and on. Green fluffy robes....

30 jul 11

Running in 5 Million Degree Weather

We’re officially rolling into Week 4 of training, party people! Like Theodora said in a recent post, blogging & tweeting workouts is definitely going to be the best way to stay accountable ...

26 jul 11

It’s the Freakin Weekend

What’s crackin my people? (Heard someone say that on a Prison Break episode, couldn’t resist.) It’s almost the weekend!!!!! This was probably the most exciting outfit of the work we...

22 jul 11

My First NYC Marathon Fundraiser

You will be so proud of me. I actually got up for a 3 mile run Tuesday morning!!!!! Seriously people, it was a moment. Do I look awake? Because I’m really not. The run itself was pretty awful. ...

21 jul 11

And another one goes & another one goes

Another one bites the dust. ‘allo poppets! Hope you all had as amazing weekend like me! So staged and schweaty. Whatcha gonna do. — I’m now officially rolling into Week 3 of Maratho...

18 jul 11

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