I was sitting having dinner with a good friend on Thursday evening. Dinner was delicious – couscous, green pepper, onion, tilapia all together with a citrus vinaigrette. We each had a glass of cold chardonnay. It had been a long, hot day and it was nice to have adult conversation with dinner. My friend, in the… Continue reading Is There a Marathon in My Future?
I am not even sure I can find the words to describe the race yesterday. I traveled with friends to Utica for the Boilermaker 15K. Yesterday’s 33rd running of the race held its largest field ever and the largest number of finishers. This makes it the largest 15K road race in the United States, although… Continue reading Boilermaker 15K – Race Recap
Yup! I have them at the moment. It is Wednesday morning – though you all won’t see this until Saturday by which time I should have a full blown case of nerves. Back near the end of February and beginning of March, I started getting nervous. I had made this huge goal – a race… Continue reading Nerves
So I posted some photos from a Happy Hour at Chapter House in Ithaca a couple weeks ago. Now summer has hit in earnest here in the Northeast, I wanted sunshine and outside for happy hour. Did I find it? You bet! Didn’t even really have to go looking as I knew where I was… Continue reading Friday Fun – Retake!
Yes, the midpoint of the year has come and gone and I didn’t review my goals, my aspirations. To be totally honest, the only public aspiration I have is to run a race every month this year. The original goal – announced in a guest post at Motherese – was to do so for every… Continue reading Mid-Year Review
So many things go into the quality of life we all enjoy in our various communities. The community itself looks to enhance the quality of life for its residents in attempts to keep people interested in living in the community. I have found that one item that really plays to quality of my life is… Continue reading Quality of Life
I am running in a 15K on Sunday. It is not just any 15K. This race is the Boilermaker. This will be the 32nd running of the race. So, in planning out my week, I knew I wanted to get one more long run in before the race so it would have to be two… Continue reading Long Run
My friend Hillary just had her third child, a beautiful little girl. She is a wonderful woman who is also a huge advocate for other women in our world. On top of the birth of her baby last week, she celebrated the NYS Senate and Assembly passing the Midwifery Modernization Act – something she had… Continue reading Look for Me at Infinite Learners
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