Hills, Hills, Hills! Oh my!

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Posted on January 8, 2009

He he he he! Check it out:

I did a couple miles of hill runn’n at Buena Vista park. I felt good and I definitely needed to get outside. It was a gorgeous day! I won’t tell you how gorgeous, ’cause…

Sunday mmmmmm!!!

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Posted on January 4, 2009

I’ve had a relaxing Sunday, spending 22 of the last hours in my pjs…the other two hours I was in my running clothes and in the shower :)

I had a wonderful 4 mile run. On Sundays they close the road…

Happy New Year! & December Shoe Winner

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Posted on January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!!!

I returned from Wisconsin yesterday. The Bay area blogger meetup was 2 hours after I landed, so I quick changed out of my cute little black skirt into my grubby running gear at the airport and waited for…

Car Chase

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Posted on December 29, 2008

([Car Chase * Explosions] on TV) + (Running on Treadmill) = ?

Hmmm…no, probably not that…but…

If you’ve ever wondered about this quintessential equation, wonder no further! The answer is a topsy turvy run, packed with excitement, lots of grabbing onto the…

Thankful for Return Policies

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Posted on December 27, 2008

I’ve been making use of return policies a lot lately. First it was running shoes (7 pairs at once…holy embarrassing), now it’s marathons.

Yep, I decided to make an exchange of my marathon. When I picked Napa Valley, I wasn’t figuring…

Merry Christmas! Santa is a little late…

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Posted on December 26, 2008

It is the 26th, time for a shoe drawing…but, the running shoe Santa is, ahem, running a little behind…well, the truth is, I left all the paper review sheets with names and email addresses back in San Francisco. So, the…

Walk a Mile in Someone Elses Shoes.

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Posted on December 19, 2008

I’m back in Wisconsin! And guess what it did…it snowed - 10 inches! I have completely given up on running outside…it is too dang cold, and while there can be something magical about running in a snowy winter wonderland, I…

Thirteen! 13! Thirteen!

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Posted on December 16, 2008

I did my 13!  It was grueling, took me 2.5 hours and I was shuffl’n along like a 90 year old man at the end - but it was also a beautiful route, the ocean looked like heaven and the…

The Church of Garmin*

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Posted on December 12, 2008

I joined it!  Thanks to an early X-mas gift from my ‘rents (thanks mom & dad!). I went for my first run today wearing it, and it definitely was a good kick in the butt to keep myself going as…

Runner’s High

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Posted on December 10, 2008

Ahhhh!!! I feel so great! I just got back from what I thought was a 10 mile run (it was actually only a little over 8). It was so much better than my last 8 miler. My knees don’t hurt…