ME?!? I can’t believe it. I did it! It was hard. It was wonderful. It was tortuous. It was emotional. It was crampy. It was freakin’ FANTASTIC.
NOT because I had the best time or the fastest run but because I did it. I did the best I could. I set a goal and I [...]

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Today I’m off to pick up my race pack. I can’t believe the BIG day is so close. I can’t believe I, the girl that "can’t run", will be attempting my first marathon in 2 short days.
BAH!
What do I mean "attempt"… Let me rephrase that…
I can’t believe I will be running [...]

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That’s what the husband says to me after returning from my morning run. It wasn’t just any morning run. It was a 13 mile morning run. Half of what I’ll be doing on October 10 for the Baltimore Marathon. Ya gotta love sarcastic husbands who say such things from the bed they haven’t gotten out [...]

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I took a half hour after work and answered some questions. No laughing at my new do. The husband says it’s too “spunky”. :)
Topics included in this video…

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It’s been FOREVER since I shared a running mix, mostly because I’ve been listening to the same stuff for so long. I created this one when I started my training and it’s still my go to. My plan was to create a new mix each month of my training but since I’m sharing January’s [...]

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HOLY COW! I did it.. I freakin’ did it. I have 10 little short months to prepare for… ya ready…

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I’m working too late, again. I really need to get into some sort of schedule. I have this crazy project hanging over my head. I just can’t figure it out and I’m fried (Anyone know infopath and building forms with xsd’s REALLY well? LOL) So excuse my random thoughts post as this is all [...]

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I did it! This morning was the Baltimore Running Festival and I did my 6 mile relay. It was the longest I ever ran and I loved every minute of it!
Don’t get me wrong, about 4 miles into it I was playing mind games with myself and I started to question if I could [...]

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As of tomorrow I’ll have exactly 6 weeks before the Baltimore Marathon. Six weeks to get into shape to run 6 miles. SIX MILES!
I’m more then nervous, especially considering I’ve never run over three miles. So starting tomorrow my training begins. My plan is to focus on time, not distant because when [...]

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