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Archive for May, 2009
Of course…
Posted in running, tagged crohn's, fundraising on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Crohn’s fundraising activities
Posted in running, tagged balloon, beer tasting, ccfa, crohn's, event, fundraising, peggy, vino 100 on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recommittment is this week. I’m on the fence, but I feel obligated to recommit.
In light of that, plans are in the works for another wine night at Vino 100 in Wauwatosa. Nothing is definite at the moment, but we will hold a raffle with all proceeds going to the CCFA.
Peggy is [...]
Five days running
Posted in running, tagged cabin, napa, progress, race, running on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what I’m up to right now! This morning marked my fifth day in a row of running, -with no walk breaks-. This is a huge accomplishment for me, and I’m not sure where it came from, but I’ll take it.
All of my runs usually involve walk breaks. But since the half [...]
Kenosha, check. Next up, Racine!
Posted in running, tagged Denise, Lighthouse Run, race, racine, running on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Lighthouse Run is Saturday, June 20th, and I will be there! Denise and I are registered for the 10-miler. (No, we are not attached at the hip. Really.)
It’s nice to have another race on the schedule, between now and Napa. Ten miles at that time will be nice preparation for [...]
Short one
Posted in running, tagged group training, milwaukee adventure boot camp, recovery, running, team challenge, training on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I was up this morning at 6:30, I decided to go for a small run around the block. 1.15 miles, just enough to test the waters, so to speak. In reality, I could have gone for more probably, because that distance felt just enough to be a warm up!
But I completed the [...]
This is how it happened
Posted in event, race, running, tagged Denise, race, running, wisconsin half marathon, wisconsin marathon on May 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Friday:
I left work a little after 1pm, and picked up Denise at her house. We headed for REI to make sure we had all the fuel we needed for the race, and then to the spa at the Pfister for express pedicures. Pretty toes after the race take preparation before the race! [...]
We did it!
Posted in running, tagged half marathon, race, running on May 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Denise and I finished the half marathon! I got a PR along the way as well! Injury free and ready for more!
(Better race report later!)