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Tag: Kevin

  • It’s like riding a bike …

    Uh, that saying is so misleading. Riding a bike is so not like riding a bike. If you know what I mean. Quick background: I was one with my bike as a kid. Rode it for fun even, not exercise. Got a Schwinn in 8th grade. Stopped riding sometime around high school. Dug it out…

  • Some scissors and some free time …

    So when I joined TrySports‘ Triple Rewards Club, I got a free T-shirt. Not just any free T-shirt. A moisture-wicking tech tee. Those are not cheap – can cost up to $50. And they are great for running in. Except … even though I got a size small, it was way too big for me.…

  • My new ride

    What a better way to be woken up on a Sunday morning than a phone call from Kevin: “I’m at the REI yard sale. Are you coming?” Actually, that wasn’t the best part. I did get up and grab a shower and start getting ready, and then I got another phone call from him: “Get…

  • I am getting stronger

    I am near the end of week 7 of marathon training, and I haven’t been writing too much about how the training itself is going. Why is that? Well, because it seems as if marathon training is easier than my running schedule was prior to this. The week before training began I ran 47 miles.…

  • No idle hands at this house

    This weekend, in pictures and thoughts: The run: I didn’t take pictures of everything, of course. I didn’t photograph me waking up at 4:30 a.m. just to get my run in because I knew I had a busy day ahead. I was home before the sun came up, so it would have been a picture…

  • Help me be clever

    Kevin, Jenny, Chuck and I are talking about running the 2010 Cooper River Bridge Run together. This is so special to me as I have fond memories of my first and only bridge run, with Jenny, in 2008. (Want to see how far Kevin has come? Check out his comment on that post!) I’m going…

  • The strength to keep going

    This was not my race to run, and when I approached the team van near the end of it and saw the physical pain written all over their faces – I was both relieved and jealous I hadn’t been a part of it. This race falls into the category of “insane.” When I asked veteran…

  • Overweight people at the gym

    I mentioned yesterday that I could blog on this topic, and someone asked me if I was going to make fun of overweight people at the gym. Oh, heavens no! I hate that someone even thought that for a moment. The reason the topic has been on my mind lately is that I have had…

  • Items I have found while helping my parents move

    – a cassette tape labeled, in my handwriting, “Dad’s cool mix.” I haven’t yet uncovered a tape player to see what’s on this gem. – a framed photo of me as a child asleep on a training potty, my wonder woman panties around my ankle and a book in my lap. My grandmother had this…

  • What not to say in the bathroom

    Driving halfway across the country with my parents is both interesting and reminiscent of car trips when younger. We are driving to Texas so we can pack up their home so they can move back East. But of course I am thinking o summers spent traveling to visit family out west. It is strange not…