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The Hill*: The Leprechaun**: The Shwag: The Parade***: *Kudos to Pacers and Swim Bike Run Photography for not charging for the photos. **The leprechaun started 8 minutes after the gun went off and still beat 1033 of the 1213 runners. ***’cause nothin’ says St. Paddy like Bolivian dancers.

I’ve had some decent runs lately, but it’s been a long time since I came home from a run with an endorphin buzz. Today’s run was simply the best I’ve had in ages. Training called for a 9 mile “pace” run. I decided to try to run it at about a 10 minute pace (my…

I went to the store today to buy 8 beers for the auction basket… Shoo decided to throw a huge tantrum (he’s 4 – shouldn’t he be done with this?), so I was completely unable to focus. I just grabbed a whole bunch of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina beers. Oh, and one from…

I woke up this morning to the sound of rain on the roof. Not exactly what I wanted to hear when I planned to run to a race, run a race, and then run home again. Hmm, what to wear and what to do? After changing my mind a few times, I settled on capris…

First off, the review: GU Energy Labs sent me a package of GU goodness to review* and share with my readers. Yesterday I had my long run planned, so I decided to take some Cranberry Apple Chomps along. Each bag contains 8 pieces, which is considered two servings. Each serving has 90 calories. Here’s what…

Sunblock! It’s actually warm enough and sunny enough today that I’ve pulled out the sunblock for my arms and legs. 70 spf seems to be a bit of overkill in March, but it’s what I have, so it’ll do. (I am Casper the ghost white even at the end of summer, so major spf is…

Also known as “well, hello there mojo, it’s nice to see you again!” Pre-race: I did not plan to run Razz’s virtual race today. In fact, I did not plan to run at all. However, after a morning spent dealing with the post office (Michelle and Jamoosh, be watching your mailboxes*), grocery store, and Costco,…

I got a new pair of Saucony Triumph 6’s a week ago. I ran my intervals in them on Friday and they were fine, if a little stiff. Today I decided to do hills rather than speed work and headed down hill towards the course of the Four Courts Four Miler. The start for that…

Tonight Beer Geek, the boys and I went to our current favorite brewpub.* They were running a lovely special, which involved a 23 oz glass** to keep filled with a yummy beer. I had their English style stout and it was quite good. When refill time came, they had the option of a $3 refill….

I’m sure you are all disappointed that I’m not doing 30 this week, but that was a heck of a lot of work! 1. Today is an unplanned rest day. Normally, I’d hit the gym and see my old buddy. Instead, I’m going to take it easy and get some errands done. I’m training a…

Look!! You can finally see grass in our front yard! Maybe some day all the snow will be gone. Today’s run was not much fun. I was supposed to do 8 miles and there was just no way that was going to happen. I woke up tired. My quads were a bit stiff (the ice…

Short story: 17.5 miles in 3:00:40 which is a 10:19 pace and only a few seconds per mile off of my marathon goal. Long story: I had to change my normal long run day to today for a variety of reasons. Shoo has a shorter day then normal tomorrow and the weather is supposed to…