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Mondays in Love: For the First Time!
When and where was your first time? Mine was in Detroit in October of 2009. Maybe for some of you it was much longer ago. Maybe you're a marathon virgin (of course this is about running! Geez people!)....
View ArticleCentral Illinois Tornado Recovery: Please Help
Not so long ago, we lived in Central Illinois. As you may have seen in the news, the area was pummeled by severe weather yesterday. Some family friends and friends of friends suffered huge material...
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Mondays in Love: Potpourri
It's ThanksUkkahMas! In our house this means:new placemats for children to utterly destroy in under 1 monthfinding the box to return the fall paraphernalia to the basement trying to remember which...
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Um...Monday?
I feel torn about this Monday. On the one hand, we had an absolutely perfect weekend visiting friends in STL. On the other hand, it's nearing the end of the semester and I'm grumpy and stressed. So...
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2013 in Review
Hello hello, and welcome to 2014!! I realize this recap post is a bit late. December turned out to be a wee bit on the crazy side, so I decided to give myself some time away from the blog. I'm excited...
View ArticleThey said, come join the lot of us. And I said, I just don't know.
I have a big decision to make. Is this the right time to join a running group? And, have I found the right group for me?A few weeks ago my neighbor invited me to attend an info session for our local...
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Yes! I joined [a different] lot of us
I last left the ol' blog with a question: should I join the running group I checked out? That decision, and the conversations I had with a few of you about it, have set off a series of...
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January Recap
The first month of the new year has come to a close. How'd it shape up for you? Here's a look back at my January 2014.# Miles Ran: 51.8. This was higher than my November or December mileage, so I'll...
View ArticleWhat is life like in Utah?
As many of you know, my family and I moved from STL to SLC this past July. While deciding whether to make the move, and even in our relocation decisions on prior moves, I spent a pretty embarrassing...
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Running in Utah Part 1: Inversions
As promised last week, today's post is about Utah's most notorious challenge for runners (and lots of other people): inversions. In short, inversions happen when high pressure weather systems...
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Running in Utah Part 2: Altitude
Wanna get in on a little secret? The day this picture was taken, my running ego was quickly deflated by altitude.This was my first run after arriving in Utah. I knew that altitude would affect that...
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March Recap
Hello hello! I know I'm late to post my March recap. The USB to connect my Garmin to my computer went AWOL for about a week and a half. Stuff happens. :)So how was March? March was lovely! I hit triple...
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Salt Lake Half Race Report
This weekend marked the end of 10 weeks of training and the arrival of the Salt Lake Half-Marathon. Welcome to the race recap!But first, let me back up a few days. For a while, my Garmin Forerunner 405...
View ArticleShifting Gears
When last I posted I was just coming off of my new PR at the Salt Lake Half. Since then I've been shifting gears & moving forward. Here's what's been going on.Gear Shift #1: Changing up injury...
View ArticleA time to run and a time to not run
Last Wednesday morning I very nearly asked my husband, for the first time in our marriage, to give me a shoulder massage before I left for work. This should have been my first clue that something was...
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The Internet's Latest April Recap
Ok, ok. I wasn't going to do an April recap. Then I had to go through my stats anyway to figure out how old my shoes were (400+ miles old!). Then it seemed silly not to write one. So, I'm posting the...
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[Long] Run Away!
I had the pleasure of attending a friend's wedding reception this weekend back in the Midwest. I'm going to get to the running part, hold on (!), but 2 things happened that I can't let pass...
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Yasso 800s, a Rain Check, and Chuck E. Cheese
I shall not contain my Three Things to Thursdays! Last week was quite the week in training, with more than one "first". Let's check in.First up, I did my first Yasso 800s. So what's all the hubbub...
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May Recap
With absolutely no preamble, here's what I've been looking forward to shouting from the rooftops for about a week: this was my highest mileage month ever!Except, it wasn't. By less than 1 mile, the...
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Running in Utah Part 3: The Canyons
Today's post comes as the third installment in the "Running in Utah" series. Parts 1 and 2 covered inversions (you can find that here) and altitude (here). Today's post is related but distinct: the...
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