I am a recreational runner and in no way can I compare myself to these amazing professional athletes – I’m talking about the best female runners in the United States. Kara Goucher and Tera Moody are two of these women. These ladies had “bad” runs this week. Well, bad for them, I guess. Those stats would have been life changing…
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Running in the Dark
I was Running in the Dark today because I had to wake up super early to get to work on time. I left for my run at 5:30am – which I’ve done before, but for some reason the sun was making no attempts to rise yet! I was actually scared because it was so dark! I couldn’t even see the…
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Weekend Rewind
How was your weekend! I was MIA because the blog was getting some work done – it will be revealed soon 🙂 On Saturday I had crappy run that resulted in a revelation – I need to get my shit together. Isn’t that a profound revelation? Yeah, I know. I missed the “b.l.o.g” (I spell it out when I talk…
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Serious about Running
I have always said that I run because I like it, well actually – I love it. It’s my favorite hobby after blogging 🙂 But, I think I need to take it more seriously since I’m training for 26.2 miles and all. I had another super crappy run this weekend and it’s very frustrating. I’m at a point where another…
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Muffin Friday!
I was very excited for Cookie Friday 🙂 After lunch I went to the grocery store next door to my work. I headed straight to the bakery and was ready to grab a chocolate chip cookie…but this Chocolate Chip Muffin caught my eye instead! How is this for a balanced lifestyle – a chocolate chip muffin and a health magazine?…
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IE – Make Peace With Food
So, I focused on Honoring My Hunger this week and it was a learning experience. I don’t expect to be able to read my hunger perfectly at this point, but I’m trying to be more aware. The third principle of Intuitive Eating is Make Peace With Food. From the Intuitive Eating website: Call a truce, stop the food fight! Give…
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Friday Treat
It’s Friday! I know Tina has Cookie Friday and I’ve been having a Friday treat too! I can’t decide what it will be yet. But, I know it will start with a DD iced coffee! Run = 5 miles, slow with a few walk breaks on the hills. Damn hills… A breakfast in parts…I need to eat within 30 minutes…
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My Blog Slogan
Hello friends, I am currently working on completely re-vamping and improving the blog. I am trying to pin down my new slogan and wanted your opinion. Let me know what you think… [polldaddy poll=1898172]
Chick me out
Do you get it? It’s like “Check me out” but not. Ha. I have A LOT of Chickpeas to eat. I’m not complaining, but I just realized I have 2 Chickpea centered meals in a row today! I could not read my hunger at all today! I didn’t feel hungry, but it had been 4 hours since I ate –…
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