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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This morning I woke up to a large popping sound.  As I tried to figure out what had woken me, I looked up and noticed the ceiling fan slowing down.  Yep, we’d lost power.  I immediately got up and grabbed a cup of coffee from the still warm pot.  (Priorities, people!) Needless to say, this…

I’m not a fast runner.  In the grand scheme of things, there are runners who are faster than me and runners who are slower than me, but no one would ever look at my race times and go “wow, you are speedy.”  In general, I’m fine with that. Two years ago, I had a wonderful…

I’m not a fast runner.  In the grand scheme of things, there are runners who are faster than me and runners who are slower than me, but no one would ever look at my race times and go “wow, you are speedy.”  In general, I’m fine with that. Two years ago, I had a wonderful…

Not being able to run for a couple of weeks has had some interesting results, both good and bad.  I’m looking forward to getting back to running, but I definitely have some things to figure out. 1.  Before I hurt my calf, I was waking up every morning extremely stiff.  Seriously stiff.  I felt like…

It’s ok. You can make fun of me. At least the rust is holding it all together… On the bright side, I rode 1.25 miles yesterday AND ran 1 mile.  The mini-est brick ever, but there was NO pain!  Woot!