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Yesterday I set out to run my 8.25 race as part of my 11 mile training run.  (I plan to run 4 miles on my actual birthday.  I will not be doing 40k, unless you want to add all my miles for the week together LOL) It was supposed to be 63 degrees at 6:30…

Yesterday I set out to run my 8.25 race as part of my 11 mile training run.  (I plan to run 4 miles on my actual birthday.  I will not be doing 40k, unless you want to add all my miles for the week together LOL) It was supposed to be 63 degrees at 6:30…

Friday night I met up with Running Diva Mom, Chelsea, Heather, Kerri, and Mom Running from Cancer for dinner at Porta Bella, a wonderful Italian restaurant near State Street in Madison.  They were all getting ready to run the Madison Mini on Saturday, but let me crash their party.  (I hemmed and hawed all summer…

Last night I went in to Madison and met up with five other running blogging women.  It was organized by Running Diva Mom and it was a blast.  We got some cool goodies, had some laughs and ate some yummy italian food.  I’ll post some pictures and links tomorrow. There were 85 entries in the…

Yesterday, I did my first reverse triathlon.  Aren’t you impressed?  Ok, I’ll be honest – the run was real.  My dad and I did 4 miles at a 9:46 pace.  He wanted to go faster, but two days of fast running had pretty much trashed my legs. After the run, we took the boys over…

1.  My running has been going really well this week.  I ran four miles on Tuesday with my dad and we finished in 35:17, with the last mile clocking in at 8:34.   We weren’t planning on going that fast and I was worried about what it would do to my mile repeats on Wednesday.  Much…

HUGE!! thanks to RunningLaur for creating this.  Feel free to print for use in your race report.

A little bullet pointy goodness to start the day: Jones found out his teacher assignment for the year.  He got the one third grade teacher he actually knows.  I’m not sure who was happier – him or me.  He’s a pretty anxious kid, so having a known (and loved) entity to start the year will…

Tonia! Winner? What winner? Tonia gets the award for craziest, most awesome runner. In case you don’t read her blog (ok, I know you all read it, who doesn’t?), she ran the 40K Mama Goes Masters Virtual Race this weekend ALL.BY.HERSELF in three 10k loops and a last 10K on the treadmill. If that doesn’t…

Yesterday, Beer Geek and I got to attend the Great Taste of the Midwest for the first time. We’ve wanted to go for years, but getting tickets involves a lottery, camping out overnight or having connections. Finally, we found a connection. ;o) (You didn’t think I actually camped out overnight, did you? I’m way too…

Ignore the radar picture you see on the computer  Think to yourself that the clouds are nice and the breeze feels great Decide to run a little faster than easy pace on the first mile (9:36) Decide at the end of the first mile to keep running away from the house Get very focused on…

Recently I was contacted by CSN stores to give away a $60 gift certificate for use in any of their stores.  Since I’m always excited to get something to give to my loyal readers,  I happily said yes.  I’ve been waiting for a special occasion to offer this and we all know how much I…