I have a feeling I will be looking down at my left wrist about 30 times each mile during my marathon on Saturday.
I am a huge fan of Thought Blossoms so I am stoked to be able to do a giveaway.
I absolutely LOVE their customized active bracelets and runner ID. The bracelet is super lightweight. You barely feel it while you run and I love looking down at it and seeing my favorite mantra ever. They offer a lot of different colors to choose from and you can have up to 15 characters on each line (2 lines) of whatever you want it to say!
And yes, we got matching bracelets. J & B. Brooke’s bracelet has a magnet instead of a clasp so it is super easy to put it on her.
Okay, just one more picture of them because I love them so much.
Thought Blossoms has a huge assortment of incredible necklaces, bracelets and rings. It is so fun to pick out exactly what you want each beautiful piece to say and making them personal to you.
PS I think that these would also make INCREDIBLE gifts!!!! I mean it is almost Christmas:)
THREE PEOPLE will win their choice of the Long Lean Necklace, Heart Necklace, Gold Leather Wrap Bracelet or the Marathon Bracelet.
Giveaway will end on 10/5/14
To enter:
-Leave me a comment telling me your favorite running mantra or what you had for breakfast or your favorite month of the year!
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In other news…
1. The sky was pretty dramatic last night.
2. This. It was actually what dreams are made of. I think I may replace my gu for the marathon for little baggies of this along the way. Glucose. Pure glucose.
3. You should have seen Brooke when she first saw my horse sweatshirt yesterday. She kind of likes horses lately.
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And now you can enter the giveaway! Enjoy your Wednesday, make it a good one.
1,241 comments
Amy
Favorite running mantra “Just Finish Strong”! Have it on my runnerID. You can apply it to more than running…
Stephanie
My favorite month is October, so I am loving it right now!
PJ Runs
My favorite running mantra is Relax.
Breakfast was coffee and Oatmeal
Favorite month is September
Meghan
October is my favorite month :) March is a close second!
Allison
My favorite month is April bc it’s my birthday month AND two of my kids have April birthdays as well. We party and eat cake all month long! :)
Leslie
Running mantra: “Just keep running” a la “Just keep swimming” from Finding Nemo :)
Ashlee
Van’s whole grain waffles w/ Nutella and Bananas for the win!
Catherine
My favorite month is December. I absolutely love the winter months, and I just think this time of year is truly the best. Its also a time for the holidays, meaning family time and plenty of cookies!
Cortney
My favorite running (or any kind of exercise) mantra is “You’re not tired!” I heard it on a workout DVD years ago and I have never forgotten it. Simple, yet powerful!
Susannah
My running mantra “I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.” I had an apple with almond butter. I love October! I love everything about the fall:)
Amelia
Running mantra that gets me out of bed:
“Don’t think; just go!”
misty
Mantra: Effort is between YOU and YOU.
Also love: It’s not WANT TO. It’s WILL DO.
kris
Favorite mantra “scary feet” especially when running uphill.
Breakfast – Yogurt parfait from whole foods. Greek yogurt, granola, blueberries, grapes and strawberries.
Favorite month – September because it’s the beginning of fall.
Emily M.J.
September has always been my favorite month. I love the colors and the smells, and I set my “new year’s resolutions” as fall starts. This time of year reminds me to let go of the old much more naturally than a cold day in the middle of winter.
Kalynn C.
I had a pumpkin spice misto from Starbucks and one of the new Chobani with oats yogurts!
Mary Jo @ Run and Smile
My mantra is “this is easy!” It’s a little mind game I play with myself. I love October because of my birthday and my breakfast this morning was a granola bar. :)
Ashley
“I’ll quit when I’m done!”
October!!!
Viv
Overnight oatmeal with chocolate syrup – just like every other morning. Hehe.
wheretofindweed.com
Thiss post is priceless. Where can I find out more?
Cassy
My running mantra is “Thank you God for giving me a body that can do this,” or when I’m too tired to remember all that, it’s just: “I can.” You are my running inspiration!
Caroline
I love “she turned her cant’s into cans and her dreams into plans” which when I’m running boils down to “cant’s into cans, dreams into plans”
Katie
2 Favorite Running Quotes:
*”Run Like a Mother!” (Mom of an almost 3 year old and baby on due in March!)
*”Motivation gets you started, habit keeps you going!” (This quote helped me to get started running and now I’m hooked!)
maria lowery
Mantra is from my father: “Do what you can do!”
Breakfast: Pumpkin pie overnight oats
Jane
My favorite right now is “Let’s finish this”. It is not mine. ..I borrowed it from a young lady who left this world way too early but left a huge impact.
Jenna
For breakfast I had plain greek yogurt with cut up apples and cinnamon sprinkled on top :)
Elizabeth
November is my favorite month! I love the colors of fall and I love thanksgiving. Spending time with my family and eating lots of food is the best thing in the world!! For breakfast I had banana, yogurt, peanut butter, and granola. Yum!
Shirley
This morning I had a Chocolate Chip Quest bar, I baked it for about 8 minutes in my toaster oven and yummmmm!! You should try them, it is a healthy chocolate chip cookie!!
Valerie
I had two hard boiled eggs and an apple for breakfast!
Annie
My favorite running mantra is something my husband always says to me in the last bit of a race, “Pain is temporary, online race results are forever!”
Karli
Scrambled eggs and toast!
Megan
I just ran my first race last Saturday, a Half Marathon in Nashville. I started running 5 months ago and I’m hooked!! My mantra is, “She believed she could, so she did”.
Korin
I love October!
Cassidy
“To be” — from Hamlet’s question of “To be or not to be.”
Melanie Chapman
Favorite breakfast is honey bunches of oats, and favorite month is novemeber!
Kristen
You are strong & powerful! Would love that mantra on a marathon bracelet!
Beverly Aragon
Breakfast = PUMPKIN toaster strudel!!!! Tis the pumpkin season, which is why October is my favorite month :)
sarah
My favorite month is December! Get to go home and see family!
Mary P
It’s so hard to pick a mantra but I always come back to “I can and I will”!
I had leftover cranberry-walnut oatmeal for breakfast, with coffee of course :)
I love all the months! :D
Megan
I’m trying to work on my endurance after getting back into running after surgery. My mantra when running a 5K feels difficult is “This is only 3 miles- you have run 13.1 miles. This is not even a quarter of that.” I don’t know if that’s a mantra, but it’s what goes through my head over and over until the 3.1 is done.
Tasha
My favorite month is October (my wedding month)! when I run I tell myself to keep running forward and never look back, and the pain is only temporary it will be over soon.
Christy D.
dig deep…but I do really like your “I can do hard things”….awesome giveaway!
adina
This too shall pass has been my motto for years now and really relates to my running routine well:)
Priscilla Long
Favorite mantra: “My legs have carried me through much harder things than this run, keep moving big girl!” :)
Carlee Guest
“She believed she could so she did.” I’ve always doubted myself and when I saw my daughter have the same tendencies I did I decided to be my own best cheerleader! I’m running my first marathon (St. George!) this weekend and this will be going through my head probably 644,400, 100 times!
Michelle
“The hills are your friends!” And in many ways they are….they do so much for you mentally and physically. They make you stronger.
Domenica
Favorite month: February because it’s my birthday month! Oh, and I had a bizarre breakfast this morning and decided to make a grilled cheese
christy
June is my favorite month!
Alexis
My breakfast today was Cinnamon Roll Bread from Trader Joe’s (omggggg, amazing!) with peanut butter, and a honey crisp apple on the side:)
Chastity
Favorite running mantra: She believed she could, so she did!
Michelle M.
My breakfast was an egg sandwich, glass of milk and grapes.
Sallee
Breakfast was a smoothie and an English muffin…or two. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Krystina
I’m preggers so I had my safe go-to breakfast (i.e. the only thing that sounds good to me), which was a big ol’ bowl of Rice Chex topped with blueberries and almond milk.
Gwen Y
I had a green smoothie for breakfast, I can’t say that I have a favorite month, and my mantra is “get it done!”.
Brittany
Oh I had a Road ID bracelet that I inscribed ‘Just keep chasing the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you’ — I loved that mantra!! I feel silly wearing the bracelet though now bc it has my old name and address since I got married and I haven’t replaced it lol
your mommy daughter bracelets are so sweet!
Angie
Breakfast today (and almost everyday!) was plain, nonfat Greek yogurt, fruit, almonds and coffee!
This year my favorite month will be June because I’m getting married!:)
Bethany
October is my favourite month! I love when it finally feels like fall:)
Stacy
My running mantra is I love hills.
Ashly
I love October- Fall and cooler temps and my birthday month!
Katlin
“Finish Strong!” It’s our family mantra.
Isa
My favorite mantra is probably “only a little more” :)
Rachel G.
I like “Impossible is Nothing.”
And for breakfast I had a scoop of raw cookie dough and coffee. Whoops! ;)
Yasmin
I had oatmeal with milk and yogurt for breakfast. Summer is my favourite seaseon. I love the heat!
Hannah
Favorite month is October!!
Sarah B.
My favorite running mantra is “It’s you vs. you.” I love it because running is so mental for me, and I can be my own worst enemy if I’m not careful!
Traci
My mantra is “never say never”. I NEVER thought I would run, I didn’t like to sweat. I’ve completed 2 Half’s, multiple 5K’s & 10K’s & a sprint triathlon which I said I would never do!
Lauren
I use “Won’t Back Down” from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers as my mantra. I love December!
leeann
Fave mantra (from an awesome cyclist): Shut up legs!
Natalie
Mantra is something along the lines of … “I’ve done this before, I can do it again!” and I love the Fall months…
Katie-Jean
My mantra is “don’t stop”. I say that over and over at the end of long runs!
Jean
My favorite mantra is ‘Don’t think, just go!’ taken from Dimity from AnotherMotherRunner. Helps me get out of bed at dark o’thirty for a run without thinking too much about how I’d rather be sleeping.
Loribeth
One of my favorite sayings is “Always run for fun.” And I think October is my favorite month………..my fiancé’s birthday, Halloween (I love that holiday!) and great fall weather! (Fall is by far my favorite season, especially with the colors of the leaves here in the Great Smoky Mountains!
leilani
“I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me” that’s my favorite quote/mantra/scripture… it keeps me going when things get tough…
Charlee
“I can do anything for 3 miles,” or “I can do anything for 1/2 a mile.” Depending on the situation.
Tiina
I always think “Have faith”.
Nikki
My mantra is “Just keep running”. And where did you get that horse sweatshirt? I LOVE it!
Libby Oed
Wow what incredible jewellery! I love the concept and think all the pieces are stunning! I have so many different running mantras that I use at different times, and it is so hard to pick just one favourite! I think I need to order about 50 different ‘Thought Blossoms’ pieces to get them all in! Probably my favourite is ‘You are stronger than you know’ or simply ‘You can do this!’ I love that running makes me a lot more aware of what I am saying to myself and forces me to speak more positively to myself if I am to achieve my goals. I definitely find that a negative mind makes for a negative run and that the more positive I am the better things go!
Jen W.
My motto: “Get up and DO it”………
Emily R.
My favorite month is October, because it’s FALL and it doesn’t hurt that it’s my birthday month, either (big 2-5 for me this year). Also, December.. because I loveeeeeee Christmas, and I’m getting married on 12/13/14 :-)!!
Beverly
My favorite mantra is “dig deep”
Cara
love your bracelet!! Since I’m awful at making decisions and can’t choose 1 question…here are all 3 of my answers: favorite month- may; breakfast- Greek yogurt, flax seeds, walnuts, and raspberries (and coffee of course); and my mantra for running is “just keep running, just keep running” like dory from Finding Nemo.
Katie
No excuses is my mantra these days. Just get out and go. Need to make sure the pants still fit :) Oatmeal…my favorite breakfast and the only breakfast I eat during the week. I whip up French toast on the weekends or pancakes. October is my favorite month…it is my birthday month and who doesn’t love birthdays or presents?!?!
Sarah
Running Mantra:
“Push through it”
Breakfast:
Triple berry smoothie with flaxseed
Favorite Month:
October! its FALL!!!
Kayley B.
I love October because there’s apple picking, cozy sweaters, boots, and Thanksgiving. Oh, and of course great running weather.
Lindsay
My favourite running quotes probably wouldn’t fit on the bracelet because they are verses: Isaiah 40:31- 31
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
And Phillipians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Christine
I had a pear and egg in a hole! Definitely one of my favorite breakfasts. My mom used to make it for me when I was younger and it brings back good memories! :)
Melissa
I had a Peanut butter Clif bar after a hard run at the gym! They are my most favorite. They make it easier (if possible) to get out of bed at 4:45am!! :)
p.s. love the sweater :) super cute
Michelle D
I had bananas with kefir and multigrain cheerios for the win :)
Christina
“One mile at a time” for the harder longer runs or the days I just don’t feel like doing it. Then there are the hills….that’s when I really have the mantra. I just keeping saying “hills make me stronger” over and over.
Breakfast this morning was lucky charms ( I have kids, and they looked so good)
Gina
My favorite month of the year is March! Because a) it’s my birthday month! b) spring break usually falls then (I work in a school) and c) it’s perfect weather- just warm enough and just cool enough in FL!
Carolyn
I had some oatmeal and raspberries and grapes. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day :)
Sarah Matos
I am a fall person. I love all things fall and my favorite month is September for this reason. We recently moved to Miami. I am so sad reading all of my friend’s fall posts because we won’t have one.
Sarah @ KS Runner
What You Focus On Expands
Favorite Month – December or April
Haley
October is my favorite my month! Breakfast, as usual was oatmeal.
Jen
I really, really like your running mantra! I especially need to apply that to other areas in my life right now as my struggles through ED and surviving divorce all while still continuing to teach full time is taking a toll on me:-( I CAN do hard things…I CAN!
Brooke Reid
Running mantra: “Don’t think…Just run”
Bfast: peanut butter banana smoothie
Favorite month: June…my wedding month
Charlotte
I had Runner’s World’s Cookbook recipe for the Pumpkin Smoothie for breakfast. It was awesome.
Amy @ Dusty's Sister
My mantra is “tall and strong” and I also like to remind myself that the mind gets tired before the body. When I think I can’t go any further or faster or harder, I can.
I had oatmeal w/ vanilla protein powder for breakfast and October is my favorite month!! Woohoo!
Such adorable jewelry and you and Brooke matching is so sweet!
Jaimie
I think October might be my favorite month!
Natalie K.
My favorite running mantra is a quote by Pres. Hinckley’s father from when he was on his mission but I think it can apply to running too, “Forget yourself, and go to work.”
Kim Doherty
Just an overall running mantra “Run often, run long. But never outrun your joy of running”
My favorite month is July- I love summer and in being from Boston that is the warmest month :)
Holly B
Eggs for breakfast. My matra for races is along the lines of, this is only 2 hours, you’ve got 2 hours of your best training and success in you!
Nadia
“I can do hard things” and “Keep running”
Love your bracelet!
Beth M.
I love this Pre quote: “Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.” Obviously too long to fit on a bracelet, but when the run gets tough I think of it until I overcome the fatigue. My favorite month is October (I love fall and Halloween and I spend the month indulging in spooky books). Today I had two breakfasts: peanut butter-banana smoothie right after my run, and three-ingredient pancakes (banana, egg, almond butter) after a shower and getting ready for the day.
Jane D
October is my favorite month… so happy it is here! Would love one of these gorgeous pieces!
Christina
My favorite running mantra is ” you can do anything for (insert time left in run).” I heard a spectator say “you can do anything for 3 minutes!” Less than half a mile from the finish line of a tough race and I always think about it. Even at work or whatever the situation is….I can do anything!
Bee
My favorite mantra is “yes you can!” or “one more step!”
I also try to think of compliments from other runners or passerby. One day a sweet little old man on a bench told me I was “gliding on air” so some days I just think “Glide! Glide, darn it!”
chrissie
I had greek yogurt with berries, oatmeal, and chocolate chips for breakfast!
Liz
My mantra for my full marathon is actually yours. I borrowed it from you when I had a terrible long run a few weeks ago. Your post of saying “I can do hard things” stuck with me. It got me through every training run after that. Before that run, it was Jillian Michaels “Unless you puke, faint or die keep going!”. That still helps me too. I had a banana and oatmeal for breakfast and October is my fave month. I love Fall for the colors, the smell, the leaves changing and for Halloween. I LOVE scary movies. It’s also perfect running weather here in Buffalo :)
Courtney
“Stay in the work” This is my favorite quote from one of my spin instructors. I have it on my road ID and it reminds me to stay focused.
Holleigh
I don’t really have a running mantra but I do have one that I try to live by. It is Choose joy, trust God. I even have a Thought Blossoms key chain that has it on there. Love it!!
Kate
October! I love the fall, especially because I can finally start running outside again.
Anna
My favorite running mantra is Just keep Running, just keep running (to the song that Dori sings in Finding Nemo).
Breakfast= French Toast
Favorite Month is June
Ashley
I have a few mantras… The one that always seems to work itself into my head when I am trying to push to the finish is “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”. My favorite classic mantra is “Do, Or Do Not. There Is No Try”, but I would have to say I am in love with the the Under Armour campaign and one of the slogans from it is “Will Trumps Fate”. I may not have been born to be a fast runner, but if I work hard I can become a fast runner! If you have not seen this yet! You must watch!!
Ali
my favorite running mantra is “I kill hills!” It really helps me when I hit those hills in the last few miles of the Boston Marathon.
Gretchen
My favorite month is August because it’s my birth month as well as my sister’s and husband’s. Also, all school supplies are super cheap :-)
Yunica
My favorite month is September. Best month weather-wise + my birthday month. Sad it’s over!
court
October is my favorite month because it is my birthday month!! And the leaves change, which is beautiful.
Kelly
Breakfast bread and pb
Hail Mary full of grace…. I pray when it gets hard
May, spring!
Ali @ Hit the Ground Running
My favorite mantra is “transcend”. It’s so simple but really lifts me.
Holly
I had a KIND bar for breakfast. Caramel, Almonds, and Sea Salt- so good!
Wendi
Those bracelets are adorable! Gosh, my favorite running mantra would have to be “When you feel like giving up, take one more step.” My favorite month is December and I had waffles with Jiff S’more’s fluffy pb and some strawberry greek yogurt :)
SarahMc
My fav line is run for yourself no one else.
Lynsey
My favorite mantra is “go big or go home.” I have it etched into my ipod shuffle.
And, just for fun, my favorite month is March because it’s my birthday month!! :)
Taylor Johnson
My favorite mantra is not just one quote but different quotes and words of wisdom from my father who writes to me while I am away at college and sends me letters when he knows I am going through a hard time. I always keep these letters with me to remind me to study and to run strong!
Corry
Favorite month is July. It’s my birthday month and of course, because it’s summer!
Breakfast was a spinach, kale, banana, blueberry, chocolate protien powder smoothie.
Amanda @ CrazyCatLadyRunner
Those bracelets are amazing!
My favorite month is October – it’s my birthday, and my adorable nephew’s birthday…not to mention hockey starts again this month! All kinds of good things :)
I have so many mantras that I use when I run…I would have a hard time picking one that would fit on the bracelet :-)
jillian
running mantra….. you wont die
Jenee
Best mantra: “The mind controls the body”. I have completed some runs I didn’t expect to by saying that to myself over and over. Also it’s true. ;) My breakfast was Irish oats with hemp hearts, cinnamon, blueberries and a little stevia. My birthday month is the LOVE month – February.
Also, you should check out Endorphine Warrior. I am not affiliated with them, I just have a bracelet and I think you’d like their stuff. Mine is a cuff that says “UNBREAKABLE” and I wear it for tough workouts. And, you know, for life.
Abby
Mine is Phil. 4:13 — I can do anything in Christ who strengthens me!
Kelli
October is my favorite month of the year without a doubt!!!!! :0)
Dawn
My favorite running mantra is “One more mile”!
kristen
I had a yogurt bowl for breakfast!
Abby r
Clear eyes full heart cant lose. Has gotten me through both hard runs and difficult medical school exams
Terri
You are so much stronger than you think!
Amanda W
My favorite month is April.
Naturally Carly
November. Because of Thanksgiving.
Two fried eggs and bullet proof coffee.
kelly
Mantra: “Be tough” or “You GET to run”
Emily
When I run, I keep telling myself “you are strong. you’ve got this.” And I had toast with almond butter and raspberries for breakfast.
Meghan
Breakfast number one happened after the November Project SF workout, and was just a pack of lance cheese crackers. Breakfast number two was a cinnamon raisin bagel topped with butter and cinnamon sugar. Oh man, carbs much??
Annette
My favorite is – Begin with the possibilities, ignore the limitations.
Katie G
My favorite mantra during a race is, “Courage to start. Strength to finish.”
Meg
October is by far my favorite month!!! Love the colors, the crisp mornings, Halloween, pumpkin patches…and my daughter was born in October!!!
Emilee
I have a two mantra’s. One is for during a race when I’m still feeling strong. I just say “relax” over and over. It helps me relax my form and stay fast and strong at the same time. When things start to suck toward the end I say “finish the damn race!!” It really helps me!!
Sarah Evans
I love the spring time, especially May because summer and festivals are upon us. :) But I’ll take the Fall too, October is still mild temps!
Lily
My favorite running (and basically anything that is physically and mentally hard) mantra is “do the thing that is hard to do and the power will come!”
Julie B
My favorite month is May…my birthday month and spring time!
Amy
My favorite month is November b/c of thanksgiving and my birthday! Good luck on your marathon.
Marci
Defiantly October best month ever:)
Rachel
September is my favorite month, it’s my birthday month!
Allison
Today’s breakfast was completely random: fage yogurt with honey and a side of carrotts and hummus.