January 2009

Picking a pace

January 31, 2009

As I mentioned earlier, I am running a 12K race this weekend. Several of you commented on what a weird length that is. I didn’t realize how weird it will be for me until I started looking at my running log to figure out my goal pace. 12K is just under 7.5 miles. The only [...]

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Just once

January 29, 2009

Today’s topic for “Take it and Run Thursday” over at the Runner’s Lounge is the Marathon. I’ve only run one marathon and the plan was to do it “just once”. That was my mantra the whole time I was training for the marathon. Every time I needed to squeeze in a run instead of doing [...]

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Snow Day

January 29, 2009

Or more accurately, ice day. Jones was off of school today because our county’s schools were closed, as were most others in the region. We slept in late and had a lazy day, which would have been awesome if the boys hadn’t been fighting all day. It wasn’t that bad out (other than needing to [...]

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Nine snowy miles

January 28, 2009

This is what it looked like in my ‘hood this morning. When we woke up, it was snowing and the boys were quite excited to walk to school in it. It continued to snow quite heavily on the walk to and from school, so I was quite surprised we even had school. After dropping Jones [...]

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Cross Training

January 27, 2009

I suck at cross training. I love to run, but I’m not a big fan of much else. I don’t own a bike (although we may change that in the spring), I don’t belong to a gym, and I don’t currently have a good spot in my house to do a video. So, I’ve been [...]

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Great run! and a retraction

January 26, 2009

We had an awesome time yesterday at the Monster Jam! The boys got to meet some of the drivers and then we had a blast watching the show. I ended my low carb eating (as planned) by having a couple of beers. Then for dinner we ordered Thai food and had more beer. Today, my [...]

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I’ve met Viper and he IS all that!

January 24, 2009

Oh, did you think I meant this Viper? ;o) Funniest moment of the show: Superman flipped his truck and Shoo (the 3 year old) turned to me and said “Now, that’s what I was talkin’ about” I nearly spit out my beer (but that would have been wasteful LOL).

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I hate running on the “beach”

January 24, 2009

No, not that beautiful sandy stuff near water (although I’ve never actually run on a beach). I hate running while following the South Beach Diet. I needed to do something to break the sugar and alcohol binge I was on. I’ve done Phase 1 of the SBD a few times in the past and it’s [...]

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I hate running on the "beach"

January 24, 2009

No, not that beautiful sandy stuff near water (although I’ve never actually run on a beach). I hate running while following the South Beach Diet. I needed to do something to break the sugar and alcohol binge I was on. I’ve done Phase 1 of the SBD a few times in the past and it’s [...]

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13 has always been my lucky number

January 22, 2009

This week’s “Take It and Run Thursday” topic over at the Runner’s lounge is the Half Marathon. I’m not sure I can impart any great wisdom on how to run your best half, but I can probably tell you what not to do. ;o) 13 has always been a good number for me. My first [...]

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