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Bakin’ Around the Christmas Tree
I have started a new tradition. Baking every weekend until Christmas. Ben and I will enjoy the sugary goodness and increase our holiday spirits (and hopefully not our waistlines…we have joined the gym, after all). It’s my little way of enjoying some holiday cheer every weekend and gives me a chance to try out new […]
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Hello Foam Roller, My Old Friend
If you have never had the pleasure of using one of these, you must experience it for yourself. To recap: race season is over and my body started feeling tired soon after. I then started experiencing pain in my lower butt, right where it meets the upper thigh. I thought: “Oh, I’ve pulled my glute, […]
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2010 Race Year in Review
Another year runs by. My running season typically runs from March – November. By November, my body needs a break from constant running and I get on the eliptical and once the snow flies, out snowshoeing. I still run about 3-4x/week, depending on schedule, mostly on the treadmill at the gym because the roads are […]
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harpoon pics
Click to embiggen. So ends the 2010 race season on a fast note. I completed the Harpoon 3.6 miler in 31:20, coming in 318th out of 843 runners. This was was 20 seconds faster than my 2009 time of 31:42. I submitted my guesstimate of my 5k time (as there was no 5k marker on the course) […]
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World Wide Festival of Races (and beer) (and end of race season)
This Sunday is the Harpoon Octoberfest 3.6 mile race. It is also the weekend of the WWFR. I will be running (virtually) with over 600 other runners from all over the world who have signed up to run races of various lengths. I even have a race bib to wear! This weekend will also be […]
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Running Around
I haven’t written in a couple weeks since not much is new in my running world. Spent the last couple weeks slowly getting back to my base, ran a lovely 8 mile around Lake Morey last Friday. I started a training program yesterday to improve my 10k time. I am going to run a Turkey […]
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Riddle Me This
Well, it’s over for another year. I wish I could say I met my goals of not walking and not feeling sick afterwards, but alas, twas not to be. I learned today that with heat, throw any/all goals out. It was kind of a repeat from the first year I ran, minus the humidity and […]
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Requests For Rain Dance
Weather for Sunday looks hot. I’m having flashbacks to the first year I ran the race in the 90+ degree heat and close to 100% humidity. I don’t think it will be as humid on Sunday, just hot. I think I’ve learned a lot since then in terms of what to do/not do with respect […]
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One Week To Go
Rainy morning and my car roof is leaking. What a way to start the day. It’s ALWAYS something. Three miles in the rain. Home for a nice, warm shower and breakfast. Ran 13 on the course on Friday afternoon. Felt ok afterwards but we’ll see on Sunday when the gauntlet is thrown down. Start the […]
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End Week Ten
Two weeks from today. Ran 12 miles this morning. I’m at my parents house this weekend so I mapped out a course around here. Didn’t feel winded but hips and legs sore towards end. Need to lose some more weight. I think my 10 in 10 is going to be more like 10 in 15 […]