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CyberMonday Deals for the runner in your life

December 2, 2013 by MCM Mama 5 Comments

CyberMonday Deals for the runner in your life

We had a lovely weekend, with some busy and lots of relaxing.  I had five whole days of sleeping in! (Granted, sleeping in means 8am these days, but still...) It's always a little rough getting back to normal mornings. Yawn!   I continued with Elf4Health and successfully completed all of last week's challenges.  Perhaps the most satisfying was removing myself from mailing lists.   It was so freeing to hit "unsubscribe".  I carried this over to blog reading as well and finally got rid of those blogs I always skipped in my reader.  Maybe I'll have more time to comment on blogs I love if I stop wasting time on the ones that make me go "meh". The hardest challenge this week will be to work out with a buddy.  I need to do it early … [Read more...]

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Saucony Kinvara 4 make me feel sassy!

May 1, 2013 by MCM Mama 3 Comments

Saucony Kinvara 4 make me feel sassy!

When an unexpected box showed up at my door a few weeks ago, I picked it up and thought "who sent me an empty box?"  Seriously. It was that light.  Turns out, Saucony sent me a pair of Kinvara 4's to try out. I'll admit I didn't exactly jump for joy when I opened the box.  I mean, I loved the packaging, but I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to like the shoes.  I had tried on the Kinvara 3's not long before and they didn't work for me.  (I bought the Virrata's instead.) But, I love shoes.  No, really, I have a ridiculous number of shoes.  So, I decided to give the 4s a try. According to Saucony: Building on its award winning pedigree, the Kinvara 4 is a perfect synthesis of celebrated design elements from previous versions. … [Read more...]

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39.3 miles in the Saucony Virrata

April 9, 2013 by MCM Mama 9 Comments

39.3 miles in the Saucony Virrata

For the last year+, I've been on a quest.  For what?  The perfect running shoe. When I started wearing minimalist shoes, I found that I run too heavy and on too much pavement to run major mileage with little or no cushion.  Don't get me wrong, I love my Vibrams and my Pace Gloves, but my feet and calves were not at all enamored of them once I started half marathon training.  My trashed feet at the end of last spring's half convinced me I needed to find a new solution. I decided I needed a cushioned, zero drop shoe. Apparently Saucony was listening and designed the Virrata with me in mind. From the Saucony website: The Virrata is our lightest and most flexible training shoe and allows your foot to move naturally. We removed … [Read more...]

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A slightly obnoxious mom and wife who loves good beer and running, who struggles a bit with depression especially in the winter and when running isn’t allowed, who’d rather go on a fun vacation than upgrade the kitchen or add a master bath.

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Running late on my runfessions

Running late on my runfessions

That seems to be the story of my life lately. I’m desperately trying to catch up on everything that fell through the cracks this fall. In the last week, I’ve had a mammogram and a skin check (both came out fine), as well as figured out our health insurance for 2020 and sent in all […]

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