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Archives for January 2016

Race Recap: Clearwater Distance Classic 5-Miler

January 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment

  Florida Road Races hosts a handful of races throughout Tampa Bay and I've had my eye on their events for a while. For one, their medals are always so beautiful and running a race in my backyard is always tempting. This year was the 17th annual event and would include multiple distances- a 50K, marathon, halfathon (their terminology for a half marathon), 5-Miler, and 5K. I absolutely love the 5 Mile distance. A bit more challenging than my usual 3 miles, but manageable for me to where I don't truly feel like I'm dying. Not many races offer a 5 Mile (or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exercise. Fitness. Running, Race Recaps Tagged: 5 Miles, Florida Road Races, race, race recap, running

Making It Work Together

January 20, 2016 · Leave a Comment

I drive 52 miles round trip almost every day. On busy days, I drive about 60- home to work. Work to the base. The base to home. And so it goes. On Tuesdays, I can usually squeeze in a run while Pea is at Girl Scouts. But not today. Today, my training schedule called for 3 miles and I got in 1- and a pretty slow mile at that (winds are kickin' up pretty high here in Tampa Bay). And I wanted to be bummed, but... I promised myself that running would never come before my kids. Clearly, I love to run. The equation goes: Me +?? =? ? Me + ?‍?‍?‍? = Happy Life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged: family, life, parenting, running

My Year of Running Dangerously by Tom Foreman {Review}

January 7, 2016 ·

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for free in order to facilitate this review.  I really didn't know what to expect when I started this, but since I'm training for my second half I thought this book would be a great read. Tom has such an amazing way with words. Every single page in this book made me want to put on my shoes, go out, and run. An amazing runner when he was younger, Tom hasn't been a runner for a long while when his daughter Ronnie asks him to run a marathon with her. Over 50 years old, Tom hasn't run a marathon in 30+ … [Read more...]

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Go Get It Done

January 2, 2016 · 2 Comments

As I stood there putting on CJ's pajamas I thought- I really need to be better about giving this dude a bath at an earlier hour. You see, my secret mommy-hood confession is that I wait until it is super close to bedtime and then I'm too tired to give him a bath and then I think "I'll do it in the morning" and well... I think you know how this story ends. I need to do better, I thought. This could be my New Year's Resolution, I thought. And then I laughed out loud and said "yeah right." I can't resolve to do anything, y'all. I can make lists 'til the cows … [Read more...]

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