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Praying for Boston and everywhere else
As I sit here watching the coverage of the race (finally, I won't watch it when the kids are around) I am just as horrified, if not more so, since the news was broken at work today. I think about the...
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Together Tuesday
This morning started out with my alarm going and my motivation getting me out of bed. Its funny sometimes I just do what is right, other times I have to talk myself into getting up and still others I...
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Taper Time
I am running the Nike Women's Half in DC next weekend. It is the first running of this race. Nike runs a marathon in San Francisco each year. So far I have mixed feelings about this race. The...
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Kids Schedules!
Spring sports have begun and I am struggling a little bit. My family eats dinner together about 3 times a week, which is a significant decrease from our usual 7 days. Not only that, but my ability to...
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The Month Flies By, But Some Moments You Must Grab
Today was uneventful.That isn't true.I got up and went to bootcamp. Circuit day. Ouch, enough said.I am pretty sure I fell back to sleep when I got home.Work - It was great. A project I have been...
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Nature is Deadly
So I am a little wacked out this week. I am looking forward to the race, the weather looks great, the girls from Moms Run This Town are excited and life is good.Well except for one thing.I feel like...
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Race Weekend - Expo
While the Nike Women's Marathon expo"tique" opened on Thursday, but I couldn't break away from work and kids sports until late Saturday afternoon. This was a mistake. Nothing could be done, but I feel...
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Race Day - Nike Women's Marathon
Race day started EARLY. What is it about these folks and early races? It wasn't as early as Disney, but I was at the metro at 5 AM. I had arranged to meet several ladies from the Moms Run This Town...
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Racing for the Bling
The crowd moved towards the start line much faster then I expected considering the number of racers. I crossed the startline about 11 minutes after the start. The 15,000 women and 500 men headed...
View ArticleApril Goal Review
I feel like I fell off the wagon a little bit this past month. Bootcamp moved outside and it messed with my mojo a little bit. I did ok the first week, but then the weather turned a little wetter and...
View ArticleThe Little Victories and Start From Where You Are
I decided last week that I needed to get back in the swing of things. May was my month to get it together and make that last push towards bikini season. The first of May came and went and I hadn't...
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Keeping at It
Nothing very earth shattering to report today.Rain today, bagged on bootcamp. I had an early presentation to give to the Leadership Team and I didn't sleep well at all last night, so it may have been...
View ArticleLooking Forward to Mothers Day
This weekend is going to be interesting. My son and husband leave Friday night for a Boy Scout campout, so the girl and I will be hanging together. Must think of some fun things for us to do, as that...
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Girls Night
Friday night my husband and son took off for a Boy Scout camping trip. As soon as they left at 6:30, my girl and I headed for the stores. our mission? To replace her sandals. Her current pair, while...
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Mother's Day Fun
We started Mothers day bright and early. The rain had cleared thankfully and we were ready to race. We headed out to Reston and after parking and walking quite a distance arrived just in time to slip...
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Eating Right or Trying To
I have been slowly experimenting with introducing new foods to my diet. Recently I have been playing at making smoothies. I pulled out the blender we had been given for our wedding *cough* a few years...
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The Presents Keep Coming
As I said earlier Mother's Day was full of our normal. Kids and parents going every which way. We did have a good time going out to dinner. They told me what my presents were, a book for my race bibs...
View ArticleI am here
I haven't gone away, just struggling to get out of the hole my work has so kindly dug for me over the last 2 weeks or so. I took off about a week and a half in May to just focus on sleep. It wasn't a...
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Late for Bed
Sleep is the #1 thing to get in the way of my morning workouts. I am trying very hard to get in the morning habit because it suits the life with two active kids and a crazy schedule. 5:40 comes early...
View ArticleSummer has Arrived
well summer is here, but the spring activities and the weather didn't seem to get the message. Things continue to be very busy with work and home. Man these kids are hard to keep track of. Mine seem to...
View ArticleBack to the Beginning
So I think I mentioned I have been all over the place lately. Today was the last day of school. Yea, that means that all the papers that have been breeding in my kids desks and cubbies come home to...
View ArticleBack to Business
Whew, it has been a crazy few weeks. I gave myself a break from blogging because we had so much going on, but really work has been kicking my behind. I am not out of the woods yet, but can see the...
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July - Half way there, or not
As you know I have set out several goals broken out by month and today is July 1.One of my goals is to run 750 miles. I am getting there, but am not 50% there yet.I am however at 43%. And I have...
View Article3.5 pounds
3.5 pounds, it really isn't much in the scheme of things. It could be a swing of a bad eating weekend or some heavily salted food.Right now that 3 lbs is making me worry.153 lbs is a rounding error to...
View ArticleGetting Back the Mojovation
A few favorites from around the web as I get my blogging legs under me again.Love that word, mojovation. I didn't make it up, can't take credit, but teachers borrow liberally, so its ok right? I heard...
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