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It’s shocking but painfully true, and clearly I have been on Pinterest more than I should be. But have you noticed it? Women all over America are already pinning adorable ideas for their holiday gift giving onto their pinterest walls, they’re getting ideas for teacher’s gifts. They are deciding how to decorate their entry hall …
In 9 days I will be leaving for the Disneyland Half where I am running the Dumbo Double Dare. I have been training especially hard for this race and am OH SO excited!! Some of you reading this (you know who you are) run a half or a full marathon as part of your regular …
My Disney Bling! After yesterday’s post about failures, I started thinking through all the mistakes I’ve made over the years at RunDisney events. I’m a veteran of quite a few Disney races (8 to be exact) and although any race is a big deal, with the travel, the excitement and the amazing theme parks included …
Over on the FB page we were having a conversation today about mistakes I’ve made during races. In this case, it was that I tend to try new things too close to race day which I know is wrong but sometimes is inevitable (but don’t worry, I’ve done it plenty of times when it could …
I have been sort of compulsively racing since my first half marathon in March of 2010 when I ran the Dallas RnR Half. It was an amazing race and since it was my very first, I was filled with nerves and apprehension. I knew I had trained well (although due to a lot of ice …
Since we are in Arizona this week at my mom’s, I asked Stephanie to do a post about healthy living and specifically, healthy meal planning. She’s a genius at this for her own family and it’s the one area where I need a lot of work! Hope you enjoy this as much as I did. …
I’m sitting in my dining room drinking coffee and up a whole hour earlier because I WAS going to go for a four mile run this morning but my left calf is not cooperating so I find myself with some time on my hands. I’ve been wanting to write a post about those of you …
Friends, it’s been a tough week, there’s no getting around it. Since last weekend when I sat here chatting about Dumbo Double Dare training, we’ve had my sweet mom-in-law checked out of in patient rehab after a broken hip and got her set up at home and had our youngest undergo minor out-patient surgery (which …
I am writing this while the anxiety is actually happening and I feel like that will help everyone to know I’m not saying this about somebody else, writing from an inauthentic place, or regurgitating info I read in Runner’s World. One of my twins is going in for relatively minor, out-patient surgery tomorrow. But my …