The reason I’m not posting is …

I’ve been rising early this week to get my training in before work. By the time I have time to write something, all I want to do is sleep!
Promise to write something useful today though. Hey, at least I’ve been getting my training in, right?

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Checking in

It’s Wednesday, the day after the Inauguration. Did you watch it yesterday? Even if you aren’t crazy about Obama, a change in administration is always exciting, with expectations running high.
This morning was rough, but I still made it to the gym shortly after 5:30. The promise of “sleeping in” til 6:30 tomorrow [...]

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Wow, I’m feeling it now

Ah, training. It makes you thankful for the rest days!
During my run today (indoors, of course) my right leg started to give me trouble. Close to, but not exactly like, the pain I had during the half marathon. I possibly need to do better, more thorough stretching. But tomorrow’s [...]

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The things you see at the gym

I won’t go into detail, but let’s just say it’ll leave one wondering.
Another 5:30 day, home by 7am after a short stop at the grocery (as I had run out of sweetener for my coffee). I shoveled the back walk a bit, too, so I could get to the house, and the dogs would [...]

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Beating the snow

Last night, I set everything out: socks, shoes, bra, HRM, shirt, shorts. Prepared my bag: two bottles of water, iPod Shuffle, gym card, washcloth.
And set my alarm for 4:50AM.
I decided to do another early morning run to beat the snow that is falling in the area today. The drive home [...]

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It’s 4:45 am. Clearly, this is the time of day that you should….

Get up and go to the gym! At least, that’s what I did this morning.
My husband leaves for work around 4am, and he kisses me goodbye every morning. This morning, I had trouble falling back asleep. Toss, turn, rinse, repeat. At 4:25, I turned over hoping to find sleep. At [...]

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You may have heard this one before, but …

it’s time to begin again. The last six weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster for me. But things are now sorting themselves out, and it’s time to get back into a routine. Boring, right?
I know, but routines can help keep us sane when the world is falling apart. [...]

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3 days til kickoff

This morning I filled out and returned the Week 1: Assessing Your Current Fitness page, which will help the coaches figure out what to do with 65 runners and walkers of varying capabilities.  Soon we’ll have the call times and I can get that on the schedule.
Failed to make it to my cycling session this morning, [...]

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