Category: Fitness
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Running 20 miles does not make one a party animal
So, it’s Tuesday, and I ran 20 miles on Saturday. Why am I just now writing about it? Because I’m just now recovered! Ok, that’s not really true. I’ve been busy with work and an out-of-town friend visiting also, but I have been on a total runner’s high since that run and I am so…
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Holiday food in, 10,000 calories out
Got this in my email from TrySports this week. Who in the Charlotte area wants to do it? Kevin and I are going to, and Crystal and Brandi and Corey are probably in. We should get a whole group together! 10,000 calories is nothing! (Well, not nothing, but attainable!) Will update later with the new…
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You know it’s a great day when you get free shoes …
Ok, I know I have written about my favorite running store, TrySports, only about half a million times on here. Every time I go in there they find some way to amaze me. I have written before about how great they are at fitting people for shoes. They really listen to what you have to…
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Writing designing running hiking traveling – let’s just all move to New York City!
Time to update my bucket list. I wrote this a little more than a year ago. Here’s what the list was then, and how it’s going (items in green are in-progress or done!): 1. Write a novel. How it’s going: I have written the first draft of a novel. And I am working on the…
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Two confessions
1. I went to the Marine Corps Ball in Charlotte this weekend, and I wore the same dress I wore at the Marine Corps Ball in 2007 in Washington, D.C. Hey, I’m trying to save money! 2. I was a porker at the ball in 2007. Not entirely my fault – I was on some…
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Bring it on, November
Today is the 13th, which means November is almost over. I’ve got 2 more long Saturday runs before tapering starts before my marathon (tapering is running lesser distances to give my muscles a chance to recover before The Big Day.) Tomorrow I run 15 miles, next Saturday 20 miles (gulp!), then 12 miles the following…
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I’m in a workout slump today
I am to run 5 miles. And I just don’t want to. And I have no idea why. It’s about to rain. I should go now, before it gets bad. But I don’t want to. Kevin said he’s in a little bit of a slump too; is it the weather? Or the length of time…
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I did it! I rode my bike! And I ran 18 miles – all in one weekend!
Recently I picked up a new bike from REI. And then I tried to ride it. And that was very, very difficult, as you can read about here. Seeing as how I have a little race to run in 33 days, I figured safe is better than sorry. So I had Jeff take off my…
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… and the pictures to prove it …
Yesterday I wrote way too many words to describe the Spinx Runfest Half Marathon, Flight of the Vampire 5K weekend experience. Today I’ll overcompensate with way too many pictures. Sound good? And in preparation for the 5K: I was trying to decide what to wear, and in the end, I was happiest with this costume,…
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I did it. What’s next?
I am a half-marathoner. I did it. And I can honestly say it could not have gone any better. The weather was absolutely perfect (overcast and rainy, around 60 degrees) for the Spinx Runfest Half Marathon in Greenville, SC. My clothes were perfect, nothing was rubbing or hurting or cutting or annoying. The new race…