My new Marathon training plan calls for me to run 4 days a week. Since it is only 4 days a week each run really has to count. They are all hard runs (for me)… Monday – Speed work Wednesday -Temp Run Thursday – My choice 🙂 Saturday – Long Run But, since my long run was yesterday this week…
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I'm Back!
I’m back in the US and busted out 12 miles this morning! It feels great to be back 🙂 I have one last recap post, but it should be blogging as usual from now on! I ran a bunch of food shopping errands today and had a snack or two along the way 🙂My eats today were all over the…
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Guatemala
On the second day inland in Belize we went to Guatemala. Before we left breakfast at the lodge – I ordered homemade granola, yogurt and fruit. The yogurt was kind of weird – slightly tart, but not as smooth as Greek yogurt. It was okay, but looked really pretty 🙂 Cashews on the ride there Tikal! We went to Guatemala…
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Belize: Inland Time
We did one last Bike/Run before we left the island. We spotted this fruit/vegetable stand and bought some fruit. The lady cut up the mango for us! Score! Mangoes are the worst to cut. Yes, we ate 1/4 of a watermelon between us…. After a shower it was time for our last breakfast on the beach… I incorporated these “local…
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You Better Belize It! Day 4
Ben and I went for another Bike/Run this morning. It is super hot and humid here so I am very slow – think between 9 and 10 minute miles. But, at least it’s something right? I’m just going to be happy that I ran at all 🙂 Before we left I got a picture of the sunrise – beautiful 🙂…
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Race Calendar
I don’t have my Race Calendar finalized, but I wanted to post what I know thus far… 9/20 – Local half marathon (may or may not do this depending on how I feel after Belize) 10/25 – Marine Corp Marathon – using this as a training race since I will not be ready for it at all! 12/6 – Columbia…
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Honeymoon: Caitlin and Husband in Napa & SF
Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point went to wine country and San Francisco on her honeymoon in January – so she’s still a newlywed too 🙂 Here is a recap of one of the days of wine, food and fun! First stop: Stag’s Leap, where we discovered you can split a tasting between two people. Thus — we started to save…
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Honeymoon: Heather & Hubby in Jamaica
Hey guys- my name is Heather and I write a food blog called Heather Bakes. I was so excited when Monica asked if I would submit a guest blog about my honeymoon! Though it feels like it was so long ago (almost 5 years!!), here are some highlights: My husband Brian and I were married on June 18, 2005. I…
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Belize Day Three
We started day three with a Bike/Run – This means Ben bikes and I run along side him (kinda like his dog I guess?). Our hotel rents out bikes for free so we grabbed up one of those super early and took off for 5 miles round trip. We went up the beach and across a bridge when it started…
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