Am I There Yet?

My Story

Welcome to Am I There Yet. My little corner of the internet where I can share my journey to fit, healthy, and happy. I haven’t always been into fitness or health in anyway. I never played sports in high school. I played for fun as a kid in middle school. I went away to...
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Am I There Yet!

Hi! My name is Julie and I am a 30 year old runner, horseback rider, and wanna-be yogi living in Cleveland Ohio. I have been living in Cleveland for a little more than 6 years now and I think its just about the best little city ever. I grew up in Toledo and attended Bowling...
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Races

Upcoming Races: St Malachi 5 Miler – March 16, 2013 Fool’s Run 25K – April 7, 2013 Cleveland 10 Miler – April 27, 2013 City 2 City 5k – April 28, 2013 Pittsburh Marathon – Pittsburgh PA: May 5th, 2013 Cleveland Marathon – Cleveland OH:...
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Horse People

Horsey related reads and other links… This page is severely neglected. Stand by! Arena Workout – Grady in the Spring Time Arena Workout – Ground work with Grady Arena Workout – Finding your Distance Arena Workout – Finding a new home for...
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ELLE Magazine and Wella Hair: Turn any light into the spotlight!

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 22, 2013 in Cleveland Events, Fellow Bloggers, Happy Things | 0 comments

Things that I like: Pretty dresses Pink nails and pedicures Hair products like smell like flowers Messy buns and loose up-dos High heels and wedge sandals Wavy curls Girly cocktails I like these things because I’m a girl. Not that a boy can’t like them but my gender generally draws me to a bright blue [...]

Cleveland Half Marathon Race Recap

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 21, 2013 in Cleveland Events, Half Marathon, Race Recap, Running | 7 comments

Yes you read that right, a race recap. Despite all of the pain and heartache over my foot, I was able to run a spring race. All that crying and whining, though not necessarily completely unwarranted, was a waste of energy. Sometimes good things happen. Sometimes you have to do what sucks right now so you [...]

Cleveland Magazine’s Silver Spoon Awards Party

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 16, 2013 in Cleveland Events, Fellow Bloggers, Ohio Blogging Association | 4 comments

I’ve been neglecting the blogging a little bit. Mostly because I haven’t been running much, until Wednesday that is, I had taken some time off. But I have been eating. If there is one thing that I do really well other than drink wine and watch Criminal Minds, it’s eat. I am pretty lucky to live [...]

Under Armour’s “What’s Beautiful” Campaign

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 10, 2013 in Diet and exercise, Happy Things, Health and Nutrition, Marathon Training, Running, Uncategorized, What's Beautiful | 6 comments

I don’t get a box of clothes from PV.Body every month. I didn’t do the “Diet Bet.” I am not a FitFluential Ambassador (though I totally would be if they asked or ever opened up applications again). I never get asked by companies or events to give shit away and get free shit to write about [...]

Invest in your health, invest in your feet: Why great running shoes are important

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 9, 2013 in Marathon Training, Running, Running Gear, Running Tips, Vertical Runner | 0 comments

With spring finally here in Ohio, more and more people are getting outdoors. Walking, running, biking, whatever. People are recommitting to their workout routines now that the winter has finally made it’s way out. I have been getting asked a lot of running questions lately. I’ve got some friends that are finally ready to give the [...]

What happened in Pittsburgh, a brief synopsis

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 8, 2013 in Race Recap, races, Running, Running Injury | 4 comments

Ok, this will be short. This will be sweet. Mostly because it’s tough for me and I don’t want to talk about it much. It was hard, it’s over, and it’s done. Moving on. We all know I was the queen of taking training for granted. Whether it be totally under training (skipping week day [...]

HuffPost Live with Andrew McMahon

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on May 1, 2013 in Cleveland Events, Happy Things, Music | 2 comments

Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin… love, Love, LOVE. The voice behind two of my favorite bands, Andy McMahon has gone solo. Ending the Jack’s Mannequin chapter of his life. I got to see Andrew McMahon a few weeks ago here in Cleveland for his solo tour and I talked about it a little here on the blog. [...]

20 miles of fun, or something like that…

Posted by Julie @ Am I There Yet on Apr 30, 2013 in Cleveland Events, Marathon, Marathon Training, races, Running | 4 comments

As I prepared to run my 4th ever 20 miler, I had a lot of support from family, friends, and readers. I had next to zero confidence going into this run. I made the decision to run my 18 miler 2 weeks before in two parts and that decision had me thinking that I may [...]