April 2010

Three Things Thursday

April 29, 2010

Today I went on a field trip with Jones.  As luck would have it, it was early release day at Shoo’s school and Beer Geek had an all day conference, so I made arrangements for him to go home with a friend for lunch.  When we get out to the festival (40 minutes away), the [...]

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Mind Games

April 28, 2010

I did not want to run today. I specifically did not want to run the 12 miles that I had on the calendar. I wasn’t feeling 100% mentally and I was having some minor GI issues and it’s super windy today. I nearly talked myself out of running, but when I looked at the weather, [...]

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4 months, 500 miles!

April 27, 2010

First, go over and give me a pity vote. Jess is kicking.my.a$$. She may be a better writer, but hey, I’ve got the beer! Back already? OK. So today, I headed out for a “recovery run”. I wasn’t really in the mood to run (I’ve been staying up too late and I’m dragging these days), [...]

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My bus or yours?

April 26, 2010

I got up at 4:30am on Sunday morning to volunteer at the GW Parkway Classic. After a night full of anxiety dreams (I dreamt that I fell back to sleep and missed the event and that Kathy took my t-shirt away. I also dreamt that I couldn’t count to 55 and kept putting the wrong [...]

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And the Winners are…

April 24, 2010

GU giveaway – Random.org gave me 35 and 14, which means that Missy at Ironman, IronThings… at and Lorian at Running Guarantees Sanity win! Email me at mom2shoo at gmail.com. If I don’t hear from you by the Tuesday when I get up, I’ll move on to my backups. Last Mile Half Marathon – Hopefully [...]

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Three Things Thursday

April 23, 2010

As I expected, I am ROCKING the taper. See, unlike “real” marathon runners, I love the cut back in running. Oh, wait, I haven’t actually cut back yet… I ran my 20 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the only part of my body that hurt was one of my toes. So, I figured I should try [...]

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Bring on the taper!

April 21, 2010

Today I ran my last 20 mile run of this training cycle. Woohoo! Unfortunately, that’s Woohoo, it’s done, not Woohoo it went great. Sigh. Actually, the first 15 miles were great. I ran to a friend’s house and then we ran the first 10 together. It was warm and the route was a bit hilly, [...]

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Run for the Beer race report

April 19, 2010

As you know, I can’t pass up a virtual race. Even better, a virtual race that I don’t have to actually run. Thanks to Jamoosh at The Last Mile Lounge for the best race I’ve never run. Disclaimer: This is FICTION and only took place in my head. The Run for with Beerathon When I [...]

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Ryder Hex Sunglasses review and other randomness

April 19, 2010

About a week ago, a box arrived at my doorstep. Inside, were 5 lovely pairs of Ryder sunglasses.* I was beyond excited to receive some pairs to giveaway and two pairs for me to review. After consulting all my loyal followers and my darling husband, I chose a black pair of the Hex sunglasses. I’ve [...]

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GU Recovery Brew Review and some heat training

April 16, 2010

GU Recovery Brew There were a few packages of Recovery Brew in the lovely package* I received a few weeks ago. I’ve now both flavors after long runs, with one long run in between where I didn’t use it. The verdict: It seems to make a difference, but I’m not sure I’d go out of [...]

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