October 2010

Happy Birthday to Shoo and Withdrawal symptoms

October 31, 2010

Then: Now: Happy birthday to my crazy little Halloween baby!!! On an unrelated front: I haven’t run in two days and I’m starting to get the shakes.  ;o)  OK, not really, but I can definitely tell I need the endorphin boost.  I spent from 8-5 on Friday and Saturday learning the very basics of coaching.  [...]

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Flashback Friday: 6 Word Running Memoir

October 29, 2010

Back in 2008, in the days of Take it and Run Thursday, I wrote a six word running memoir.  At the time, my running fell into four “time periods” in my life.  I hadn’t run my first marathon at that point, I’d only been blogging for a short while, and the running path ahead of [...]

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Three things Thursday

October 28, 2010

1.  Jones has always been kind of studious.  From an early age, he’s said he wanted to be a paleontologist.  And yes, he’s known that word since he was three.  Lately, he’s said he wants to be an engineer and an inventor.  Oh, and a zoologist because he wants to invent things for animals.  OK [...]

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Poor planning

October 27, 2010

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to run 100 miles a month for the entire year.  Most months that’s slightly less than 25 miles a week.  This is not a super high number for me.  I’ve managed 20+ mile weeks for probably 90% of the weeks in the last two years. [...]

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Wild Kratts!

October 26, 2010

This past weekend, while I was running my heart out at the Army 10 Miler, the boys (and my mom and Beer Geek) were out at the Reston Zoo.  They’d been invited by PBS to participate in the taping of the promo materials for the new “Wild Kratts” show that will begin airing in January. [...]

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Army 10 miler race report

October 25, 2010

Short story:  1:32ish and I had so much fun! Long story:  My dad and I headed over to the race around 7am.   We went the back way because of potential lane closures, but got super lucky and found a great parking place.  A short walk later, we were at the starting area.  With 30 minutes [...]

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My new bling

October 23, 2010

Yesterday, my parents and I headed over to pick up our packets for the Army 10 miler.  The expo for this event is pretty extensive and I knew from facebook that Lift Your Sole was going to be there.  LYS had offered a code for facebook fans and I had every intention of using it.  [...]

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A new reason to run

October 22, 2010

I’ve pretty much always been a solo runner.  I didn’t listen to music.  I’d just enjoy the solitude and listen to my own breathing.   The only person I ran with was my dad.  Running with him has always been my favorite kind of running, but I never really had any urge to run with anyone [...]

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Three Things Thursday

October 21, 2010

1.  This weekend my dad and I are running the Army 10 miler.  I’m not in good enough shape to break 1:30, so I think I’m going to try to convince him to just run it for fun.  It’s my last year running it, so I’d kind of like to enjoy the sights rather than [...]

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Sort of Wordless Wednesday: Baby steps

October 20, 2010

This morning Shoo’s preschool is holding a “coffee fundraiser”.  All the moms who sell stuff or provide services are setting up tables at the monthly Parents’ Coffee.  Some percentage of each person’s sales will be donated back to the school.  Even though I’m not quite ready yet, I decided to start getting my name out [...]

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