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There goes the castle.
It’s a grey cold windy day with flakes of snow blowing sideways past my window. None of it is sticking, although we woke to enough to lightly blanket the grass and the deck was white. I have Italian...
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Wild and Crazy. Nothing stopping us now.
I saw Dr. K this morning and my back is definitely better, so I headed out for a slow easy 4 miler in the neighborhood to practice my stride. Beautiful morning – sunny and breezy, it was great to be...
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Calories Calories everywhere…
Since I’m so ecstatic about being out of shape so I can burn more calories, calories now show up everywhere. It’s like when you get dressed up all nice to go out to dinner. Then, on the way to the...
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It’s all fun and games until the clowns show up.
If you are an athletic type – and I mean any type of activity, walking, running, swimming, cycling, exercise classes – you know how hard you had to work to achieve whatever level of fitness you desire...
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I haven’t been right here. Where were you?
I was abducted by Aliens! I was sucked into a Black Hole! I was transported to an alternate universe! I fell deeply asleep for forty years! Ok, maybe I just got busy and then went out-of-town. Sorry,...
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Never leave home without it
Tuesday was the one year anniversary of my dad’s passing (I like the word “passing’”. Passages. Life is a series of them.) so I was visiting with my mom for the past week. She lives in the hills...
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OCD much?
Hubs and I were out of town last week. You might think I would feel completely free to leave town now the kids are grown and gone, no worries, enjoy the trip, relax, eat drink and be merry. But, no....
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Good luck with that.
I’m sure it’s the same for you two faithful followers of my world-famous, mind-numbingly fascinating blog in which I constantly whine about butts falling off, snakes, crappy weather, and tigers in...
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Confidence? Reality? A spoonful of sugar?
“To do your best, you’ve gotta believe in yourself. There is a functional link between physiology and psychology. If you have the confidence to do something, your body will respond. With confidence you...
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If I ever did that again, not that I will, but if I did…
As someone once said, “I know worrying works because 99% of everything I worry about never happens.” Saturday, 2:45am, dark, warm, muggy. I’d been awake for a while, trying to sleep but failing. My...
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Lost and Found
Man, it’s been busy around here. Bunch of crazy people keep registering for stuff. We’ve processed over 1100 memberships, have over 1700 registered for the RRS and over 1100 ladies doing Women...
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I didn’t see that one coming.
Well, over here in wonderland it’s been a merry-go-round of crazy people registering for races and memberships and emailing me to find out if they can contract for services. I’m kinda shaking my head....
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I can’t brain today
It’s 3:30am and I’m chugging copious amounts of coffee from my beloved Grumpy Cat cup which questions, Do I look like I rise and shine? which you both know I do not. This is the coffee cup I should be...
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If I only had a brain, Part 2
#crazynutjobrunner So the alarm went off at 4:40 am and while I can’t express how happy I am to be training for another marathon, I’ve definitely hit That Point in the process. I despise the marimba...
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Taper week
It’s finally here: Taper week. Running less. Eating more. And – I’m pretty Zen. You both know that’s not my style. Hubs mostly looks a bit shell shocked and walks carefully through the house. He...
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M- Minus 1
Almost exactly, as it’s 4:44am and the race starts at 5am tomorrow. I’ve been looking at digital clocks since 2:34. At least the numbers are all even. What did we do before digital clocks? Were our...
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The Embracing of the Suck.
(please see Chris McCormack and his article: http://triathlon.competitor.com/2013/05/training/chris-mccormack-embrace-the-suck_76419) – you won’t regret it, just getting through life, it takes a lot...
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Running Hot and Cold
A few weeks ago I said something about “my” 50k’s to a fellow runner who was surprised to learn I’d done any, not that I couldn’t but they just didn’t know I had. This in turn surprised me, only...
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Running Hot and Cold…and Stupid
So after the positive (albeit cold and slow) success of my first 50K I re-upped for the next year’s event as soon as it was open. This time Hubs came along and did the 25K. We stayed at the very swank...
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A little leg-jiggle.
It’s 4:42 am and I’m sitting here doing some crazy mad leg jiggling. Wound up. Excited. Nervous, doubting, hopeful. Weather.com is reporting in a delightful 57 degrees, I’m sipping some coffee so...
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