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If I were on Instagram…
This is what my weekend would look like! Race recap coming soon!
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Rise. Shine. Shuffle. PR!
No secrets here…as the title suggests, I had an awesome race this weekend! I feel like the term PR is a little fancy considering this is only my 2nd or 3rd 8k race, but I blew away my time from the...
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Indoor BRICK
With the launch of running season behind me and a Shamrock Shuffle 8k PR in my pocket, it is time to dive into some more serious training. Ok, so probably not super serious, but definitely more time...
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High Waters
How was your day? If you answered wet, then I feel your pain! We got hit BIG TIME with rain and flooding, making for quite the eventful morning! I had planned on meeting a friend at the track for a...
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Great Western Half Marathon Recap
I didn’t want to run. Not ever…just this morning…and maybe just this early in the morning. As you all know, I am the type of person who really enjoys running, racing, training. But, I’ve been in...
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Weekend Over
Our weekend (stay)cation is over and it was back to the real world, complete with laundry and car maintenance appointments. But first, I got in one last weekend workout. I was debating between the...
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Starting Summer on LSD [Lake Shore Drive]
Memorial Day is the kick to for summer and despite the cold temperatures here in Chicago, that is exactly what we did! For the second year in a row, I booked a back to back weekend with the Soldier...
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Under the Grey Clouds
We’ve hit the ultimate low with lack of food in our house. I’m not exactly sure how this happened because I did go to the grocery store (two I think) this past weekend but we are basically out of...
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This is the day that Doesn’t End…
Our alarm went off at 6:30am, and the BOY and I snoozed twice before actually walking up! We were able to get ourselves pulled together and out of the door on the way to the Heartland 5k for K9’s....
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Why Tri Iron Girl and Race Recap
Sunday June, 16, 2013 PRE RACE: So I probably stayed up 1 hour too late and had about 1/2 glass of wine too many, but here I am, it’s 5am and I need to be awake. I lost the BOY to last night’s...
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3 Month Marathon Planning
So as I was going for a walk last week, I started thinking about what my next race should be. And then it hit me…the Chicago Marathon is 3 months away! That is my next race and training needs to...
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9 Before 9
I woke up at 6am with the sun (ok the sun was already out and shining), but it felt REALLY early. The goal was to get out the door by 6:30am and home by 8am. My phone said 68 degrees which seemed...
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7 miles and Another Weeknight (Crockpot) Dinner
It’s finally cooling off which makes morning runs so much more enjoyable! This morning’s run was a 7 mile race pace run along the path. My race belt and I hit the trail on this gorgeous morning....
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Dark Clouds, Blue Skies, and More Dark Clouds
We had our coldest summer weekend in Wisconsin to date! We drove up to Green Lake, leaving around 1:30pm on Friday in the midst of rain storms, but when we arrived the sun was shining and the sky was...
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Chipotle Turkey Meatloaf with a Side of Running
After a week of talking about it, it was finally time to make Chipotle Turkey Meatloaf for dinner tonight. It’s a good thing that the turkey was still fresh and ready to go! Coming back from...
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Door County Part 1: How I Cheated on Running
I really wanted to name this post ‘How I Cheated on Running and Sucked as a Marathoner’, but that seemed like a lot to fit into one post. So I broke it into a two part series. Let’s rewind to last...
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Before the wishes begin, I should tell you that it’s not actually my birthday. That’s a few weeks away. But my birthday present arrived yesterday…so Happy Birthday to Me!!! I postponed yesteday’s...
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Thank Goodness for 4 Mile Runs
Confession #1 I have been the worst blogger! I haven’t read any other blogs, including my Mom’s, in over a week. And I haven’t taken pictures of anything other than Cooper since we got back from Door...
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Reinforcements
With my longest training run of the year ahead of me, I called in reinforcements. Of course my mom, was more than happy to come ride with me during my 16 mile run this morning. But more...
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Five For Friday IX {Confession Edition}
Confession # 1 The rain continued to pour, and I didn’t make it to the grocery store yesterday to make homemade soup. Confession #2 I didn’t workout yesterday (meaning I did nada for two days in a...
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