Category Archives: Running
Vegan chocolate pie. (Yep, vegan.)
So, embarrassing confession time: I have a total 13-year-old girl crush on Scott Jurek. (For those of you who actually knew me when I was 13 … this is pretty much the same kind of crush I once had on … Continue reading
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I have awesome co-workers (and an awesome dad)
I’m not really into asking for birthday presents — it feels weird after a certain age, right? — but apparently my team mates at work definitely know what I like: And my favorite thing of all — my birthday … Continue reading
I just read a hilarious article on running mantras in the September issue of Runner’s World. The author mostly has a nonsensical thought processes while running — though I can identify with this fleeting thoughts while passing a small dead … Continue reading
Monster run
It’s Sunday! And I don’t have to get on an airplane! In fact, I don’t have to get on one until Wednesday evening and then I get to turn around and come right back home Thursday evening. Seriously, I have … Continue reading
Revelation/affirmation
I just finished reading “Born to Run” an amazing book by Christopher McDougall. Whether or not you are a runner, you should read this book. There’s a lot in it about the mechanics of running and if that bores you, … Continue reading
So true…
Yesterday I got to run outside for once and realized I’m not in slump at all, I just hate, hate, hate treadmills with a passion. When I finally got to be home for a day and get outside in the … Continue reading
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Slump
Things I did today: watch six episodes of the X-Files, take three naps, eat about 1,000,000 cherries. Things I did not do: run. I seem to be in kind of a slump the past 10 days — I only ran … Continue reading
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Nerdy way to pass the time.
I’m about to out myself as a huge nerd, but often when I am running I pretend that I’m in some kind of crazy survival scenario to pass the time/motivate myself to keep going. I recently discovered Smith and Bybee … Continue reading
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I’m about to head out for my long Sunday run. Going 10 miles today which, miraculously, has become a distance that seems like no big deal. It never ceases to amaze me what my body can get used to doing. … Continue reading
