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Friday Five 2.0-Five “new” races for me!
Read this Post: Friday Five 2.0-Five “new” races for me!Disclaimer: I am promoting these races as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review, find and write race reviews! Happy March! I am hoping that with January and February behind us, March will be better in the weather department. I am proud to say that running…
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Random Thoughts Thursday 9
Read this Post: Random Thoughts Thursday 9Happy Thursday! Hard to believe it is already March. Time is going by too fast. I am looking forward to Spring and the warmer weather. Seriously, I am tired of this cold weather and the changes brought on by Mother Nature. Now let me tell you about my random thoughts. • I remember when the…
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February was good for me!
Read this Post: February was good for me!I cannot believe tomorrow is the last day of February! Two months done for the year. If you have been following along my training for the Illinois Marathon, you know that this winter has sucked. I’ve run in freezing weather and in the snow. It hasn’t been easy and I had to talk myself into…
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Illinois Marathon Training Recap, Week 13
Read this Post: Illinois Marathon Training Recap, Week 13Week #13, February 19-25 M Rest T 3.76 W 2.51 TH 4.91 F Rest S Ran 3.80 S Ran 11.38 Another great week of training for the Illinois Marathon! I didn’t miss/skip any of my workouts. Mother Nature cannot make up her mind about the weather. It rains one day and then cold the next day. Hopefully in March we’ll…
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Friday Five 2.0-Top 5 reasons to run the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K
Read this Post: Friday Five 2.0-Top 5 reasons to run the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8KDisclaimer: I am promoting the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review, find and write race reviews! The Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K is next month and I am excited to run it again. It is one of…
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Random Thoughts Thursday 8
Read this Post: Random Thoughts Thursday 8Happy Thursday! It was a short week and it felt wonderful. Tomorrow all 2nd graders in my school are going on a field trip to the Museum of Science of Industry. It should be fun and I am actually looking to it! Read along for some of my random thoughts. • Are you a pet…
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Dear Running: I do love you but sometimes I don’t!
Read this Post: Dear Running: I do love you but sometimes I don’t!Last week I wrote about why I love running. But it isn’t always unicorns and roses. As much as I love it, there are a few things I don’t like about running. Let me tell you about it. • Chafing all over. Oh boy, that is definitely the worst. Throughout the years I’ve had my…
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Illinois Marathon Training Recap, Week 12
Read this Post: Illinois Marathon Training Recap, Week 12Week #12, February 12-18 M OFF T Ran 3.73 W Ran 6.40 miles TH Ran 3.20 F OFF S Ran 3.36 S Ran 9.72 miles This week was awesome!! At the beginning of the week I dealt with some snow on the sidewalk but we also got some warm weather and most of it did melt. Monday is…
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Random Thoughts Thursday 7
Read this Post: Random Thoughts Thursday 7Man, the groundhog was not kidding with stating that we’ll have 6 weeks of winter! Chicago got so much snow that schools were closed last Friday. And it didn’t stop there because we got more snow on Saturday night. Luckily it’s been warming up and the snow is melting. Hopefully that 6 week prediction will…
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Dear Running: I do love you!
Read this Post: Dear Running: I do love you!No matter how much I complain about running, I will always love it! When I started running in 2005, I couldn’t run a mile. Heck, I couldn’t run 5 minutes. It took me years to get to where I am now (I ran mostly for fun and never paid attention to speed). I focused more…
I was a late bloomer to this running craziness. One of my coworkers would always talk to me about… Read more ›
