July 2011

Five random thoughts Friday

July 29, 2011

I haven’t run since the race last Saturday. I have, however, done some form of exercise each day, including a walk yesterday that had 444 steps. My quads should be ready to go for the hill tomorrow (not). I have been averaging a book a day on my iphone. Unfortunately, the amount I read is [...]

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Oh, the irony

July 27, 2011

Sarah at Running (to keep up) with a Toddler asked me “What is your favorite distance to run?” My favorite distance? 10K I know I’m unusual in that. Most people don’t like it because it’s too long to go flat out like a 5k, but too short to consider a true endurance race and take [...]

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Addiction

July 25, 2011

One of the reasons I put off getting a smart phone is that I was worried that I’d end up spending ALL my time reading blogs, checking email, and playing on facebook. When I finally broke down and got one because I needed to be able to do work on the run, I stayed away [...]

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Wicked awful 10k

July 24, 2011

Remember that 10k I’ve been babbling about? Yeah, I ran that today. The best thing I can say about the actual run is that I finished. I’ll post a real race report later, but some highlights: A wicked hill at the half mile point that I could barely *walk* up – running it was NOT [...]

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TTT: Hot

July 21, 2011

1. Virginia is going through a major heatwave right now with some ridiculous humidity. I know some people will run in that kind of weather, but I’m a weather wimp. Give me 20 degrees and snowy and I’ll be out there, but 90+ degrees with matching humidity is so not happening. So, I hit the [...]

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A winner and other random stuff

July 18, 2011

Thank you all for the awesome questions! I have tons to write about this summer, assuming I ever have more than five minutes to myself. The winner of my mini-giveaway is Lauren at The Running Cook, who is the perfect recipient since she’s training for her first marathon! Lauren, if you email me quickly at [...]

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Square One

July 16, 2011

I realized yesterday when I was out on my 4 mile run that I’ve ended up pretty much back at square one. I made myself run at a comfortable pace yesterday so that I could finish the run feeling strong. My comfortable pace is now a full minute per mile slower than it used to [...]

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TTT: Single parenting

July 14, 2011

Beer Geek travels fairly regularly for work. It’s not as frequently as it used to be, but it’s often enough to be a significant part of our lives. Before kids, I totally embraced the “when the cat’s away, the mouse will play” mentality. I made plans every night with girlfriends to go shopping or the [...]

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Gotein Winner and “Ask me a ?” giveaway

July 12, 2011

First off, sorry for the delay on this. The winner of the Gotein giveaway is… Brandi at Chronicles of a Mama on the Move. Brandi, shoot me an email at mom2shoo at gmail.com and I’ll get the samples right out. And now on to the mini-giveaway… I recently discovered that I have a huge [...]

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