Friday – 30 min. upper body weights + abs Saturday – Jingle Bell 5K. So fun!! Met up with friends and we wore matching jingle hats & scarves that one friend had made last year. The course was rolling and I was very focused on not destroying my still-puffy ankle so I didn’t PR. My [...]
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I did our local 5K on Thanksgiving morning with 7,500 other people and their dogs. It was a perfect morning for running – chilly but not unbearably so, clear, and calm. The course was reasonably flat with mostly small hills. Running through the quiet, peaceful downtown felt like running through a movie set. Or [...]
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My official time was 55:28. I placed fourth in my AG, missing third place by six seconds. Nerts! A picture if you please. See if you can spot the RoadID and Sports Beans! … Tonight I made this recipe for the first time (I added fresh spinach and used chicken broth instead of veggie broth) [...]
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The day started out with a 4:15am alarm. Way too early. Showered, changed into several layers as I wasn’t sure how the weather would turn out, made breakfast to go, kissed D goodbye, and was on the road at 5:30. In the car I had a sprouted grain english muffin with natural pb and ab [...]
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A couple of pictures from the race this weekend: … My new New Balance 1225′s have arrived! I’m heading to the gym for weights tonight but plan to break them in tomorrow with a 2 miler indoors (new shoe test run) followed by 4-5 outside. … My eating has been rather interesting over the last [...]
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