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Boy it's been awhile!  I am not going to apologize though.  I hate it when people apologize for not blogging and I refuse to feel guilty about it.  How's that for dumping unnecessary baggage! I've been out of cyber-touch for awhile because life has been SO busy! Jack, my 18 year old, graduated from High School with honors. My family came into town after several years of separation due to family

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I tried running in Adidas.  No joy.  And no picture. I tried running in Asics.  I got weird bleeding blisters on my arches. Bled through the shoe. Gross. Obviously no joy. And no picture. Good thing I'm not on rat poison like Iron Mike or I'd be gushing. Sorry Mike.   I tried running in Mizuno Wave Alchemys. SCORE! 462.8 miles before I replaced them.  I hate orange. Love the shoe. Hate the

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I've been given The Versatile Blogger award by Anne of the Asthma and the Gift of Running blog and I'm honored - thanks Anne!! versatilely ver'sa·tile·ly adv. SYNONYMS   versatile, all-around, many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious. These adjectives mean having many aspects, uses, or abilities: a versatile writer; an all-around athlete; a many-sided subject; a multifaceted

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I did it.  I ran 10.48 miles on Sunday.  Oh YEAH!  Baby!  I'm a Long Distance Runner!  And I owe it all to the kindness of this community of running bloggers. Isn't it amazing? We virtually run  into people (Ha!  Pun intended!) we've never met before and yet develop friendships. The support and encouragement from fellow running bloggers in incredible. For instance, last week I was crushed by my

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(Cheesy Gatorade ad.  Do you know how are it was to find any kind of entertaining picture with the keyword "sweat"?) It's that time again.  Especially here in the south.  When I ran Monday, it was only 67 degrees out but 90% humidity.  It was quite some time, maybe 25 minutes, before I quit sweating.  During my long run the day before, the temperatures got to 77 degrees and  70% humidity.  If

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I think I had the worst run of my life. I planned to run 10.3 miles.  My first double digit run.  20% more that my long run last week of 8.6 miles. Had a fruit smoothie with an egg in it for breakfast an hour or so before I ran. I had to stop at a drugstore for water after mile 3. I stopped at an Urgent Care medical office for water after mile 7. And that's when my iPhone music shorted out.

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What a great week!  Here's the planned running, and my actual running.  I got it all in.   53Rest / XT5Rest / XT3Rest819 5/33.45.23.48.5620.55 And the 8.67 miles? My longest ever. Ever and ever. Next week will be even longer. I spent 2 days psyching myself up for it. I was fairly worried. Why? What if I got cramps. Did I eat the right things for breakfast? What if I experienced a "code

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This is my current running list.  Classic rock, Rock, Country, Alternative, Pop, Christian.  Absolutely, under no circumstances, will I listen to that Justin Beaver kid.  I'm definitely not into Rap, either.  Music affects my running pace.  I really don't listen to the words as much when I'm running as I do in other settings.  For all I know, some of these songs may be totally inappropriate.  (

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April in Review Picture is from Myrtle Beach (some pretty yet random house we drove by.) 72.45 miles total with a 9:20 pace. The closest month before to this many miles was in April of last year at 73.8 miles and a 10:19 pace. April appears to be a good month for me.  I'm close to tying for most miles in a month and I also ran for the 2nd time, the farthest I've ever run before (7.4 miles) as

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What would you do if you were running through your new neighborhood park and you ran past a car parked with the windows rolled slightly down. And saw a black poodle hopping around in the back seat... and then realized a man was sitting in the back seat... and that the poodle was hopping on him... too rhythmically to be actually hopping... and most likely it was not a poodle but a pony tail....

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I didn't fall this week! This week was pretty good.  I'm making consistent progress considering I had to start over.  I didn't really run through the winter months and that's something I'm going to have to work out for next year. I ran my longest run - 7.44 miles - at a 9:26 pace.  I did notice that around mile 4, I had sharp pains on the inside of my left kneecap and back spasms. I was

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My goals this week were to cross train with the Brazil Butt Lift DVDs from Beach Body and to NOT eat peeps. Peeps?  Didn't eat a single one.  It helps that they aren't on the store shelves anymore.  I looked.  Twice. Butt Lift?  I did the 35 minute Bum Bum (pronounced "boom boom") DVD yesterday.  It's one of several DVD workouts that promised to reduce, shape and lift my pear-shaped butt.

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I have an iPhone and I've been using the free version of RunKeeper for quite awhile now. I started using it in April a year ago and since that time the development team has added so many new features.  I finally broke down and bought to Pro version after hearing about it on Two Gomers Run a Marathon.  Oh yes.  I am in Love. Of course RunKeeper tracks your run using the GPS from your iPhone. When

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Run Ladies, Run!!! Meg - BostonMarcia - BostonLaura - BostonJenn - BostonJill - BostonMorgan - Boston And anyone I didn't know was running, too! On a trivial note, I ran today.  And I ran fast.  3.4 miles at an 8:34 pace.   I also swallowed a bug.  Or maybe a cherry blossom.  It didn't wiggle against the back of my throat where it was phlegmy but I didn't see it blow it so it must have snuck

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Damn!  I am one hard-core runner myself!  I ran 5 more miles after receiving this life-threatening wound.  I am a serious, determined, nothing-can-stop-me, hard-core runner! I tripped on the sidewalk.  The fall was executed in slow motion.  I fell forward (of course) and used my hands to break my fall (of course.) I let my left elbow bend and tucked my chin down.  My momentum carried me over my

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OK, interpret this one. I dreamt last night: That I had a white fluffy dog that gave birth to bunny rabbits. That there were two big brown bears and two deers in my back yard. That the bears ran off so my hub and I followed in our truck.  One deer ran past us then the second deer followed, dragging a sled of firewood it had stolen. I don't do drugs, really.  I promise. Now on to running related

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Apparently this photo was taken during the London Marathon in 2008.  I googled "running fast" in Google images.  Very first hit.   Eeewwwww!!

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Eating Habits On a scale of 1 to 10 my eating habits have been about a.... Hmmm.  1.  It's the 60 - 65 Peeps and the Cadbury chocolate eggs that did me in.  I bypassed the Snickers eggs but just can't pass up a good Peep. Hopefully, they will be unavailable for awhile. Running What an awesome week!  Everything felt effortless.  If I felt any odd twinge, I would reassess my form and the twinge

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I ran my usual Friday 3.37 miles today.   My average pace was 8:56 min/mile. Not 10:00 min/mile. I am (relatively) FAST!

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I've been hearing on again/off again how High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFC) is bad for you, toxic for you, the same as any other sweetener, blah blah blah.  How do you know the truth? Not so, say Princeton.  Check out this article:  "A Sweet Problem." In results published online Feb. 26 [2010] by the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, the researchers from the Department of

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Ryder eyewear giveaway! from Tara of Colorado Runner.  (I went to school in Boulder so gotta love her blog.)

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I hope everyone had a Happy Easter.  I have been eating Peeps everyday for a week now.  OMG I love Peeps.  I'm going to miss them so much.  The bunnies, too.  Especially the chocolate bunny Peeps.  Those are awesome!  Easter is over now.  Time to get off the Peeps and show a little discipline and self-control. I got a run in around noon yesterday but the temperature was already up to 74 degrees

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Today's run was an easy 3.4 miles with a 9:28 pace.  My splits are below.  The first 1.5 miles are uphill.  The second 1.2 miles are downhill, and the last .2 is really uphill.  But this is really pretty typical.  The farther I run, the faster I get.  I'm sure there is a point of diminishing returns though.  Maybe at mile 4?  :-) mipaceclimb (ft) 110:1785 29:36-16 38:51-119 49:2118 I plan on

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I despise square roots, quadratic formulas and factoring.  That's why I majored in Political Science and French - no math.  So why am I relearning something I sucked at hated so badly 20 years ago?  Because I love my daughter and she has a test tomorrow. I love Two Gomers.  They're in the second season of their podcast called "Two Gomers Run a Marathon."  The first season was cleverly named "

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My fastest run - a 9:18 pace!  One of my best runs.  No hip pain.  It was awesome!  I was flying and it felt like I was flying.  Windy, cool - 49 degrees.  Nice.  I wore my new $15 running tights.  They were a steal.  I wish I'd had them all winter. That was Wednesday.  Todays's run was similar.  Maybe I'm getting faster? Bonefish Grill - our 19th anniversary was on March 23rd but we celebrated

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