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We’re going to Grafton!
May 21, Vino 100 in Grafton, Wisconsin.
Denise and I will be there, talking about Team Challenge, CCFA, our friends with Crohn’s and colitis, and what we are doing to help!  Come and share a glass of wine with us, and bid on a variety of items in our silent auction.  It’ll be [...]

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Training run – AM

Did 5 miles this morning.
I laid in bed for a short while after the alarm went off (at 4:55), considering my legs.  They felt tired, or was that me?  My tooth is bothering me, should I sleep more?  Need to call the dentist later.  Just get up, there’s no better time today.  Staff lunch meeting, [...]

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Week 4: Training Summary

Scheduled:
Monday: Active recovery
Tuesday: 4 miles
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: 4 miles
Friday: off
Saturday:  20 minute run
Sunday: 30 minute run
Accomplished:
Monday:  11am flight from DC to MKE.  I got home and did things such as laundry, baked one batch of chocolate chip cookies, two batches of my grandma’s bread, and prepared for my week.  Slogging my belongings through the Metro and National can [...]

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Things I learned while mountain biking …

1.  I need proper shoes.  Or pedals.  Or both.  I wore my old trail running shoes, as they are the only athletic shoes I presently own besides my running shoes, and I wasn’t going to wear those to ride possibly muddy trails.  Between the too-old shoes lacking tread, the pedals on my bike being the [...]

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Returning to the schedule

I was away this weekend, visiting my niece Marjorie, in Virginia.  It was a lovely time with a lovely young lady, even though the visit was far too short.
Though we did a TON of walking, Metro riding, and stair climbing, I did not get my training runs in.  I’m also behind in writing my weekly [...]

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Brainstorming!

My teammate (and friend) Denise and I last night had a very good phone call.  We came up with a Plan of Action and several ideas towards organizing an event to support our fundraising efforts for the half marathon.
Already this morning I have sent several emails, and I know Denise has talked to some people [...]

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Week 2: Training Summary

Week 2.  I battled through a whole lot of “I don’t want to go run today” to actually get all my workouts in.  Go figure.
Scheduled:
Monday: Active recovery
Tuesday: 4 miles
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: 3 miles
Friday: off
Saturday: Easy 20 minute walk
Sunday: 50 minutes at 5/1

Accomplished:
Monday: Two and a half hours of shopping.  I don’t know if this really counts, [...]

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My faulty memory

Well, what do you know?  Upon consulting my training schedule this morning, it turns out that yesterday was a 3 mile run, not a 4 miler. 
Oops!  Well, I’ll take the extra mile as a bonus mile.  The next few weeks are 4/4s on T/Th anyway, so “go me” for getting to it a week early!

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Rough week – so far

This week has turned into a week of forcing myself to train.  My head is filled with all sorts of reason to put off the run until tomorrow.  I’ll rest today and do it tomorrow.  Procrastination is a pitfall.  With the help of some folks, I’ve been able to power through it and get my [...]

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The importance of words

Reading about running makes me want to run. 
Whether I’m reading other blogs here on WordPress, or the many Runner’s World magazines around our apartment, or the Off The Couch blog on the local paper’s website, I eat it up.  Training runs, injury woes, marathon experiences, half marathon highs and lows, all of it.  I get [...]

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Week 1: Training summary

It’s been a good week.  I mostly stuck to the training schedule. 
What was scheduled:
Monday: Active recovery – core work, bike, swim, easy effort.
Tuesday: 2 miles
Wednesday: off
Thursday: 3 miles
Friday: off
Saturday: 20 minute walk
Sunday: 40 minute run, at 5/1 (run 5 minutes, walk 1 minute)
What I did:
Monday: stability ball core workout.  Took about 15 minutes, burned about [...]

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Gratefulness

During the next 16 weeks, I expect (and hope) to go through a lot of changes.  Not only physically, but mentally as well.  The first step in this began when I challenged my boundaries by joining Team Challenge in the first place – setting a goal of raisings funds for a good cause.  I’ve always [...]

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