It’s Friday and the topic of today’s Friday Five link up with Cynthia, Courtney, and Mar is “Running Tips”. Since I’ve been struggling with not wanting to run lately, I decided to share a few things that help get me out the door when I’d rather be parked on the couch with a trash novel…
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Friday Five: Favorite Summer Drinks
Today’s topic for the Friday Five with Cynthia, Mar, and Courtney is your 5 favorite summer drinks. I think it will come as no surprise that beer is on my list. In fact, last year I wrote a post about my five favorite summer beers. I thought about doing the same this year, but there…
Will run for swag (or beer or bling)
It’s time for Friday Five with Cynthia, Courtney, and Mar. This week’s topic is “best race swag”. I’ve gotten some great swag over the years including hats, half zips, bottle openers, and glasses. And Skirt Sports has given out some cute tops and skirts for their virtual races. But here are my favorites.. 1. The…
Five things I was doing a decade ago
Today’s topic for Friday Five with Courtney, Mar, and Cynthia is “Five things I was doing a decade ago”. Hmm, there are a lot of things I was doing a decade ago, but if I look back at 2005, I can think of 3 things I was doing and 2 things I wasn’t…
Five things to do with (older) kids in DC in the summer
I’m pretty sure that Mother Nature missed the memo and decided that summer is coming early. I ran four miles yesterday in “feels like” 95 and thought I was going to die. Ah, welcome to Washington,DC summer: hot, humid, and sunny. My boys get out of school next week and they aren’t going to many…
Five veggies to love this summer
I love veggies. LOVE.THEM. I have never been one to not eat my veggies. (All of my healthy eating issues stem from the snacks I eat after my veggies LOL.) My parents tell me that when I was little, they’d serve themselves the vegetable at dinner and not give me any. Then when I’d ask,…
Five Race Day Rituals
I’m sitting in a hotel in Pennsylvania, up way later than I’d planned. I thought I’d write this post earlier today, but a week of things like urgent care visits, kids home sick, and soccer practice gone awry led to a day of scrambling to get ready to leave. Thankfully, the traffic leaving DC was…