Blog name change and new Youtube Channel

After many fifteen years of having my blog named "Vegan in the Ville," I have decided to rename my blog "Vegan From the Ville" since I have not lived in my hometown of Huntsville, Alabama since 2010. I am still using this blog to talk about my vegan travels as well as my fitness adventures and work life as a librarian in the rural central California.I have changed all my other social media accounts to reflect the new blog name change so I'm pretty excited.

 I am also excited to announce that I'm starting a YouTube channel by the same name (veganfromtheville) after being inspired to do this after listening to the Edyn Jacks episode of the BrownVegan podcast. I plan to use my YouTube channel to educate viewers on why I became vegan as well as highlighting vegan food while grocery shopping as well as when I travel. 

Race Recap: Rock N Roll San Jose Half Marathon

This past Sunday, I completed my third Rock N Roll half marathon for the year in San Jose. This was a special race for me because I also had the opportunity to run with my friend/play cousin Martinus aka 300 pounds and running. It was fun vising the expo, pointing out my name on the list of women running the half marathon and seeing Martinus represent the Oakland Marathon as a race ambassador.

 

 

The morning of race day was exciting as well as daunting since this was going to be the first time I was planning to complete a race using walk run intervals. Although me and Martinus discussed running a 90/30 (90 seconds running and 30 seconds walking,) after completing this interval once, we decided to instead run a 60/60 (60 seconds running and 60 seconds walking.) Unfortunately, I chose to run to fast during the 60 second running intervals so I burned out by mile 10 while Martinus stuck with a steady 60 second run and 60 second walk and was able to finish 3 minutes ahead of me so he finished in 3:23:42 while I finished in 3:25:19.It was a great race that I'll definitely do again and from now on, I'm gonna follow the run/walk intervals to a tee and focus on being steady while I run versus expending all my energy before the race is over.

 

Our First Trip to New Jersey & New York

                                             We recently attended Den's childhood friend's wedding in New Jersey. It was a beautiful wedding and we could really feel the love between the couple as we watched them share their wedding vows and as the danced at their wedding reception. Here are some photos from the wedding ceremony and the reception after the wedding.           

 

 

 

 

 

The day after the wedding, we took the opportunity to do a little sight seeing so of course I had to go to the New York Public Library and get a library card. Luckily, they have a free three month temporary card so I can have access to all of their online services then I can renew the card by going back in three months.While in New York, we also walked by Grand Central Station then went to Harlem for dinner at Sylvia's Soul Food restaurant and walked by the famous Apollo Theater. It was a memorable trip and I'm glad we were able to visit a new state as well as celebrate a new chapter in the lives of friends.