March 2009

Gonna be sore tomorrow

March 31, 2009

Shoo and I had our weekly exercise class today. Most weeks, he runs around the room, while I’m able to get a workout in. Today he alternated between being clingy and trying to prevent me from doing what I was supposed to do. This made my workout amazingly harder. When he was clinging, it was [...]

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Busy Weekend: Beer, Water, and Running

March 30, 2009

Beer Saturday night we hosted our annual Holiday Beer tasting. We had 10 friends and their children over for a dinner of sausages, picnic foods, and good beer. Unlike previous years where we tasted too many beers, this year Beer Geek chose 10 of our usual favorites*, as well as 5 years of the Alaskan [...]

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Back to Maine

March 28, 2009

So, I’ve been dragging my feet on registering for the Toronto race. Not sure why, but I just wasn’t feeling the love. Yesterday, I found a Maine race! I’m so excited!! It’s the Maine Lobster Festival 10K in Rockland, Maine. It’s a day after the one I tried to get in, which actually works better [...]

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It’s all about the tempo

March 26, 2009

Today’s topic over at the Runners’ Lounge is speed. I’m not speedy, comparatively speaking, but I’ve been working hard at increasing my speed this winter and have been pretty successful. Last year when I was training for the marathon, I didn’t do any speedwork at all and found that I’d slowed down quite [...]

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Taking my life in my hands

March 26, 2009

I headed out for a quick three mile run today after Beer Geek got home. The plan was to run for 30 minutes at whatever pace felt good and call it a day. As I crossed the major road that cuts our neighborhood in half, I noticed a lot more cars then normal. [...]

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Triple whammy

March 25, 2009

Not only did I not get my 5 hours of freedom (AKA Shoo in preschool), but I had to co-op today, which meant I got to spend those 5 hours playing with other people’s children. As an added bonus, I got to be in the infant/young toddlers room. The day went fine, but I’m not [...]

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I got nothin’

March 24, 2009

No beer today. No running today. No kids calling me funny names. Today was just a nice, typical day in my life. I’ve been trying to walk more on days when I’m not running. I’ve realized I’m not likely to get much above 25 miles per week running any time soon. I just don’t [...]

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Hooray for Spring 6 miler report

March 23, 2009

I woke up this morning feeling like this: We went to the Auction for Jones’ school last night. Since I’m a beer connoisseur (ok, maybe more of a beer snob), I wasn’t interested in drinking the beer that was available. The venue also didn’t allow red wine (my next favorite drink). So, I ended up [...]

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And the truth comes out

March 20, 2009

Yesterday, when we were walking to school, I told Jones to get up on the sidewalk, instead of the street. His response? ”But, mom, you’re a street walker.” And that folks, is apparently how I afford to be a stay at home mom and still stimulate the “econonmy”. LOL In other news, I had [...]

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Spring Training

March 19, 2009

Today’s topic over at the Runner’s Lounge is “Spring Training”. I’m a big fan of spring (not so much of summer). It’s my favorite time of the year. My tips: 1) Make sure you have some variety – there are a lot of options out there. One day have a pilsner, another day a [...]

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