New Shoes

I’ve had it on my list to do for oh, so long.  I have intended to get to that store, to buy those shoes, and I am so thankful that I did.  My old running shoes have lost much of their tread and are tired and worn out, yet I love to lace them up [...]

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My New Years Eve Resolution:

to eat as much good food as possible before I wake up the next morning and realize that I really should resolve to exercise more…because that’s what everyone else did!

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Random Wrap-Up

I’ve had so many things that I’ve wanted to get written, but none of them makes a full post…so here I am going to collect a rather random round-up of recent thoughts and goings-ons.  Proceed with caution: I have a new friend.  She lives near me, and she runs too.  I have been praying for [...]

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Random Notes From the Treadmill

Just have had a few things rattling around in my brain while I run, and I wanted to get them out lest they bump into and break something valuable in there! I am going to have another go at the half marathon gig.  I signed up for one this spring; spring is not hurricane season.  [...]

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My Little Secret (The Final Episode)

I hadn’t planned on having this take up so much blog space, but after publishing that last post about the race I realized that I totally forgot to add some of my favorite details.  They are all fairly random, but they are things that helped me get through the race, either because they were encouraging [...]

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My Little Secret (Part III)

So the big day was approaching, and I was doing all I could to get ready – stretching, eating well, and sleeping well…or trying to sleep well. Two nights before the race, Handsome had a cough.  He slept through all of the hacking; I did not. Then the day before the race, we drove to [...]

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My Little Secret (Part II)

So after my personal treadmill 5k, I knew what I wanted to do. I also knew it was going to take a lot of work. I enlisted my parents and my grandparents; at first they were the only ones I told. I wouldn’t have even told them, except that I needed someone to watch the [...]

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So, I’ve Been Debating Whether Or Not To Let You In On My Little Secret

I used to be really active.  As a kid and pre-teen I danced, played soccer, and a host of other things that I really enjoyed.  When I was in college I hiked just about every chance I got, worked out several times a week, often jogging to and from the gym in the early morning.  [...]

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