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It comes as no surprise to any of my regular readers to hear that I like beer and I like to run. But it did bring me to the attention of someone else – The Beer Runner! Go check out my interview on his blog on Draft Magazine!!! And for Three Things Thursday: 1. I…

I woke up early (as in before 6am) this morning because I was stressed about today’s storm. I needed a to do a real grocery shopping trip, which I hadn’t done in almost two weeks. Beer Geek suggested I head to the store right then. So, I put on my big girl panties and went…

The weather today was beautiful! If there had not been 20+ inches of snow on the ground, it would have been perfect for the 7 mile tempo run that was on my marathon training schedule. Instead, I spent most of my day with a shovel in my hands. In fact, I’m now having difficulty moving…

I couldn’t come up with any really exciting topic for #400, so Mother Nature took care of it for me. Yes, all my East Coast peeps, I am to blame for the 16 inches of snow (and counting) LOL Yesterday morning, Beer Geek and the boys pounded some 28″ stakes into the ground along the…

1. I got my 13.1 miles in today. The roads and sidewalks weren’t bad and my pace was ok. I think I averaged a 10:08 pace, which is acceptable for FIRST and fast for Higdon. Garmin went funky on me for a bit, so I don’t have good splits, but I did the last mile…

Yesterday, instead of running*, I did the following: Shoveled some snow Had some hot cocoa Ate some chili and cornbread (oops forgot to take a picture) Drank some yummy beers With these crazy people All in all, it was a very successful day. For those who care, “Santa’s Butt” was a surprisingly good beer. As…

1. I went to the gym again today. I didn’t want to, but I did it just so I could post here. Really. I did learn a few things: a)I need my ipod, b)I need to borrow some large print books from the library, and c)I need to wear longer shorts if I’m going to…

Some people have training plans that they’ve created in excel, complete with color coding and paces, etc. Mine? Looks like this: I had another not so hot run today. It was the first run in a long time where every single mile was over 10 minutes and I was struggling even to do that. I…

Growing up, I always considered myself intelligent. I never questioned my ability to learn pretty much anything I wanted to learn. I did well in high school without half trying. I went to a top college and was not as successful as I should have been, but that was my own fault, not lack of…

Yesterday was supposed to be either a 5 mile tempo or 6 miles easy, depending on which plan I was using. I decided to do a 6.2 mile tempo because I was participating in Casey’s virtual 10K. The boys woke me up 6! times Friday night, so I missed my morning run opportunity and decided…

Beautiful because: I was a lucky recipient of the Beautiful Blogger award from Lizard Runs, a local running blogger that I recently found. Thanks! I’m supposed to list 7 random things about me and then tag 7 bloggers, so here goes: In high school, I “lettered” for being the track team manager and also for…

As I mentioned in my last post, I went a little overboard on my purchasing at Whole Foods. But really, I usually only have one beer a night on Friday and Saturday night and if I’m only going to have one, it’d better be good LOL. Friday night, Beer Geek and I cracked open the…