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Beer Geek was on travel this week, so I was doing the solo parenting gig.  I don’t know how anyone does this on a regular basis.  I was brain dead by last night and it was only Wednesday.  Thankfully, a good friend was in town for a conference and stayed at our house for two…

Yesterday at the end of my 5.4 mile run, I hit 500 miles for the year.  This is the latest I’ve hit that number since I started actually keeping track in 2008.  I’m a little bummed about my low mileage this year, but considering my achilles injury and my transition to minimalist running, I shouldn’t…

Running and I have not been getting along lately.  None of my runs have gone well for a while.  Occasionally I’ll feel good for a small part of the run and I’m still getting the mental boost, but physically they have just felt awful. Some of my issue is the heat.  I don’t like hot…

1.  Yesterday was Shoo’s Kindergarten Orientation.  The parents got to sit in the library and hear about how awesome our school is, while the kids got to go on a tour of the school and play games in one of the K classrooms.  It was weird being an “oldtimer” and knowing all teachers and staff…

I don’t know about you all, but my memories of Bengay are mostly the smell and the jokes in college about putting it the wrong area and regretting it.  I’m sure I used it in the past, but it’s not really something I’ve kept around the house. When I got contacted to try their new…

You know, to climb back on… This past week was rough on my body.  I think I had a stomach bug in addition to the hangover.  I didn’t feel good from Thursday night until yesterday afternoon, which put a real damper on my enjoyment of the actual Savor event.  :o(  I hardly drank any beer…

This week is a big week in craft beer in DC.  Savor happens on Friday and Saturday and there were a ton of events surrounding it.  My parents came into town to watch the boys, so we’ve been working on the house and socializing with their friends in the area.  Needless to say, I haven’t…

I played hooky from my crazy life yesterday morning.  I dropped Jones off at school and Shoo and I hit the road for Richmond to visit T and G.  I hadn’t seen them since we ran a race together last June, so I was super excited. The Good: Chatting with G for a long while…

I played hooky from my crazy life yesterday morning.  I dropped Jones off at school and Shoo and I hit the road for Richmond to visit T and G.  I hadn’t seen them since we ran a race together last June, so I was super excited. The Good: Chatting with G for a long while…

At the beginning of May, I set a goal of getting back up to 100 miles a month and running at least one double digit run. Neither happened. And, surprisingly, I’m ok with that.  There are plenty of reasons/excuses for it not happening:  heat, sick kids, work picking up, volunteering… But, when it comes right…

(Got the song stuck in your head now?) Yesterday was a better day.  We started the day with Rolling Thunder.  Every year, we stand on a bridge over 66 to watch the motorcycles drive from Fairfax to the Pentagon parking lot.   This year, I ran from our house to the viewing spot to get…

Or in the case of this weekend, a frisbee. Friday night we got a call from the doctor’s office with the results of all of Jones’ tests.  We weren’t surprised to hear that the long strep test was positive.  Disappointed, as this likely means a tonsillectomy this summer, but not surprised.  What caught us off…