Only 16 Days to the Pig!

So, of course, we did hills. We did just 5 reps of our weekly “up a hill down the other” side repeat routine. I was a little more tired than usual. I think part of it was I had too much Easter […]

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Are Your Favorite ‘Natural’ Foods What you Think?

Just found out my favorite granola bars, the crunchy Kashi brand bars, are made by Kellogg’s! It definitely changes my perception of the brand. Now I’m wondering about the quality. Did Kellogg’s change them at all? Are the ingredients still natural? (What […]

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10 Miles

The 10 miles we walked today would have been much easier if I had slept well last night. For some reason, I kept having disturbing dreams that revolved around the movie we watched last night which caused me to wake and toss […]

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Hills Again!

We did five reps — up the hill, down the other side, then up that hill and back to where we started. We could tell we are getting stronger. Today’s reps were easy until the middle of the third rep. I wish […]

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I’m Not Obsessed

Seriously, I’m not obsessed with getting races to offer women’s sizes — I just want race garments that fit. If the shirts or jackets offered are a brand name and a quality product, the men’s small usually fits me. I get frustrated […]

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Races Offering Women’s Shirts

I can’t figure out a couple of things: 1) Why, when races only gave out cotton T-shirts, did the shirts fit me? 2) When the majority of people who enter races is female, why do races only offer men’s garments? (One race […]

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Training in April Sleet

Yes, I ended up doing a couple of miles in today’s sleet. It felt a lot colder than it actually was because it has been warm lately. Because of that, I wore my winter coat and heavy shoes and walked to the […]

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What do you do with old race numbers?

When straightening my room earlier today, I found a small stack of about six race numbers that had been sitting on my dresser. I then felt the need to dig out my entire collection of numbers. Most are just in a big […]

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Stiff on Saturday

I know I’ve had a good workout that will improve my walking when I can feel my muscles. Late in the afternoon Saturday, my legs were feeling heavy as I climbed the stairs. And then at the movie theater last night, I […]

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9 Miles at Franklin Park

I’m not a big fan of walking at Franklin Park. It’s in our walking club’s rotation for the members who live on that side of town. It’s a little over a 1-mile loop, there were puddles after the recent rain, and the […]

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