August 2009

State #8 – a different sort of race

August 29, 2009

Normally, when I run a race as part of my quest for 50 states, I really RACE it. That doesn’t mean it necessarily works out to a PR or that I even run it well, it just means I push myself as hard as I can. Today’s race was not that sort of race. Back [...]

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TIART: What to eat before a long run

August 27, 2009

Today Jill‘s question over at the Runner’s Lounge Take It and Run Thursday is “What do you eat before your long run?” It took me a long time to come up with an answer to this question. Not that it took me a long time to think about, but that I tried a whole bunch [...]

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Semi-Wordless Wednesday: Turning 39

August 26, 2009

The cake (and I have no idea why blogger insists on turning it sideways, no matter what changes I make) Me with a “classy” gift from one aunt What was in the package (complete with a card that said:“A woman should age with sophistication and grace…A good stiff drink couldn’t hurt either” My gift from [...]

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One more year till master’s status

August 25, 2009

Today started off with a nice, unintentional 8 mile run. Dad and I headed out with plans to meet my mom and the boys at the local farmer’s market. The farmer’s market is only 2.5 miles from their house, so Dad suggested we go the “long way” in order to get a total of six [...]

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100% humidity

August 22, 2009

In some place, 100% humidity would mean it was actually raining. Not in Virginia. Here it meant that all the rain we got last night was coming up from the ground and making it feel like I was running underwater. Since I’ve never really perfected that breathing water thing, it was a pretty miserable run. [...]

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That sucking sound you hear?

August 21, 2009

That would be the heat sucking every bit of life out of me. It’s 9:00 am here and it already “feels like” 88 and is only projected to go up. (Jess wrote a nice explanation of this once, but I’m too lazy to go find it.) I hate being hot. HATE IT. And I’ve been [...]

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I am SO over summer (even though I’ve found more shorts)

August 19, 2009

Today was another hot and humid day here in the south. When the boys and I met up with friends for a walk to the playground at 8:30am this morning, it was already uncomfortable. We walked to the playground, hung out there for a while, walked to Whole Foods and Barnes and Noble (Jones has [...]

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Creamsicles, handhelds, and treadmills, oh my

August 18, 2009

Saturday night we had some friends over for dinner. The wife doesn’t drink beer, so I elected her as my co-guinea pig and made her drink XC2‘s POM/vodka concoction. We mixed equal parts POM and orange juice and added vanilla vodka to taste. The resultant drink was a bit too sweet, so we added some [...]

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No tempo for me

August 15, 2009

Yesterday, a very generous friend offered to take both boys (she has one boy Jones’ age) so that I could go for a run. I took her up on it and headed out for a run around 2:30 pm in 86 degree weather. I had my handheld filled with berry nuun and didn’t push myself [...]

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Speaking of plans + POM review

August 14, 2009

My running week starts on Monday (mostly because I track my runs on Running Ahead and that’s when they start the week.) So, I made my plans for the week, knowing that Beer Geek would be out of town. My plan for the week: Monday – 3 miles on treadmill after kids go to bed [...]

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