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1.  Tuesday I met with our accountant and today I’m meeting with our financial advisor.  I’m really loving being a running coach, but I’m absolutely hating the whole self-employed thing.  Trying to figure out our taxes and how much I can put away for retirement is making my head spin.  Thank goodness for professionals that…

Beer Geek is an awesome photographer, especially for someone who has never been trained and uses a digital point and shoot (high end point and shoot, but point and shoot, nonetheless.)  We have a series of pictures on our living room wall that he took that are just AMAZING.  We were all excited about a…

Or maybe I should title this “Going Minimalist”, since I live in an urban area and true barefoot running can be hazardous. I’ve been playing with barefoot running for a while now.  Before my achilles issue, I got up to a four mile run, once a week.  All of my other miles were done in…

We all do it.  It’s called a race.  ;o) Today, however, I’m paying for the privilege of running around my neighborhood.  Due to Beer Geek having a crazy work schedule, some evening meetings, soccer practice, and Shoo’s best bud being out of town, I have no time today where I won’t have Shoo with me. …

That’s what it took, doorstep of our hotel to doorstep of our house.  That’s one third the time it took us to actually get to St. Maarten.  Our trip home went, for the most part, smoothly.  Someone must have realized that I didn’t run much on vacation, so I had the pleasure of a sprint…

Lest you think I’ve spent the entire vacation sitting on the beach drinking fruity drinks, here are some pictures that prove otherwise.  (I’m not actually a hang out on the beach kind of girl.) At the top of the Fort in Marigot: On a zipline course at Loterie Farm: And right before a run on…

Seriously.  Just don’t do it. I’ve been stuck in Boston because of a snow storm coming back from Iceland.  I got to sleep in an airport in Nebraska thanks to a snow storm.    I got to take an extra ferry between islands to catch an airplane on another island during a windstorm while in the…

We are now on hour 25 in Philadelphia.  We should have been in St. Maarten yesterday.  We are currently waiting on the glue to dry on our rescheduled flight which is now an hour and a half late and counting.  No lie. In an effort to make the best of it, we did the touristy…

This half was the final piece of my Cupcake Virtual Marathon. (Not sure what’s up with the color, but  notice the excellent $3 Target sweatshirt) Short story: It wasn’t my best half, but it wasn’t my worst. I finished in 2:13 and didn’t throw up. Long story: I got up at 3:30 am to get…

1.  I showered this morning before the kids woke up.  I’m not running today.  It’s my one total rest day before National as I’ll run a couple of easy miles to loosen things up tomorrow.  I’m kind of afraid my body will go into shock. 2.  I bought a pair of the Merrell Pace Gloves…

I’ve been channeling my inner Emily and Katie lately and, umm, not showering a lot.  I’ve found that if I shower before my run, I have a really hard time getting motivated to run.  Usually this is not a problem as I get up, get the kids ready, drop them off at school (yeah, I…

Not running National this weekend and looking for a fun 5k for a cause?  Head on out to the 1st Annual Red Shoe Run & Walk 5K  at Dulles Station, Herndon, VA.   This is a great cause and it’s an event for the whole family. This is the first year of the walk, but Ronald…