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Thursday, I did not want to run. I would not have wanted to run even if the weather had been the perfect running weather.  I would not have wanted to run even if I only had a few miles on the schedule.  Neither of these was the case.  It was rainy.  It was 50 degrees. …

Winner, whining and wine would sound better, but we all know I drink beer.  ;o) 1.  I’ve been really lucky lately.  I won a Gas Cap from Dash a couple of weeks ago.  I haven’t stored gu in it yet, but I did run in it on Tuesday and I really like it.  This week,…

Yes, that is a butterfly on my head.  No, it was not photoshopped on – if it were, I’d have removed the bags under my eyes, the “smile lines” and the crapppy hair cut…

Normally, in a head to head battle, sleep loses every time.  I can function on less sleep than the average person (this totally saved me when Jones was a baby), so I tend to stay up late and get up early to manage to get everything done.  Last night, I crashed.  Seriously.  I almost went…

Normally, in a head to head battle, sleep loses every time.  I can function on less sleep than the average person (this totally saved me when Jones was a baby), so I tend to stay up late and get up early to manage to get everything done.  Last night, I crashed.  Seriously.  I almost went…

It’s funny how when your life is not set up for full-time work, having two full-time days can pretty much derail the train.  I expected the two days of class to mess up those two days.  I hadn’t really thought about what they’d do to subsequent days.   Add in Halloween and a lunch out to…

Then: Now: Happy birthday to my crazy little Halloween baby!!! On an unrelated front: I haven’t run in two days and I’m starting to get the shakes.  ;o)  OK, not really, but I can definitely tell I need the endorphin boost.  I spent from 8-5 on Friday and Saturday learning the very basics of coaching. …

Back in 2008, in the days of Take it and Run Thursday, I wrote a six word running memoir.  At the time, my running fell into four “time periods” in my life.  I hadn’t run my first marathon at that point, I’d only been blogging for a short while, and the running path ahead of…

1.  Jones has always been kind of studious.  From an early age, he’s said he wanted to be a paleontologist.  And yes, he’s known that word since he was three.  Lately, he’s said he wants to be an engineer and an inventor.  Oh, and a zoologist because he wants to invent things for animals.  OK…

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to run 100 miles a month for the entire year.  Most months that’s slightly less than 25 miles a week.  This is not a super high number for me.  I’ve managed 20+ mile weeks for probably 90% of the weeks in the last two years….

Short story:  1:32ish and I had so much fun! Long story:  My dad and I headed over to the race around 7am.   We went the back way because of potential lane closures, but got super lucky and found a great parking place.  A short walk later, we were at the starting area.  With 30 minutes…

Yesterday, my parents and I headed over to pick up our packets for the Army 10 miler.  The expo for this event is pretty extensive and I knew from facebook that Lift Your Sole was going to be there.  LYS had offered a code for facebook fans and I had every intention of using it. …