Yes, yes. I am behind. While BlogHER caused the first delay (no, I didn’t attend but Maria did), my mother being in town for a two week vacation caused my personal delay in my sticking with the Eat, Pray, Love postings. Here’s the background. Maria of BOREDMommy fame is reading and writing about Elizabeth Gilbert’s… Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love – India
One of the reasons my blog has seen less activity in August than is normal was a family reunion. My mother generally flies east for a high school graduation. Since the May that she came and had to wear someone’s winter jacket to a Little League game, she never comes before the end of June… Continue reading Family
Yesterday was my longest run to date, 20 miles. There are many reasons this is important but the biggest thing is I learned some lessons I can apply to life in general. Plan your work and work your plan. I have been following a plan for marathon training. There are a few “ifs” or “buts”… Continue reading Life Lessons from the Long Run
My run for school board this past May was not my first foray into local politics. I had run in 2003 also and the woman who beat me is still on the Board. I had also, several years ago, applied for an open position that was available but withdrew my name after the interview when… Continue reading Board of Education
This particular race was a challenge, not in the course but in the weather. If you look at the pavement we are on, it is very wet. We may have been in a slight sprinkling period as it was taken but there were torrential downpours throughout the race. I was thinking we would be on… Continue reading Race Recap – Catharine Valley Half Marathon
I have been on an extended break. I didn’t think it would happen but family came to visit and I didn’t get to my blog much. You see, my mother lives in the desert southwest. I generally see her once a year. It is usually when she escapes the summer heat in the greater Palm… Continue reading Thank You
Lately, I have been obsessing on numbers – my times on the my runs, pace on my run, the length of my runs, and, unfortunately and very new for me, my age. I have not put it straight in my mind why this sudden obsession with age. I really do not recall having these issues… Continue reading Operation Beautiful – Book Review
This coming Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency was scheduled to hold a public hearing on hydraulic fracturing as a method for removing natural gas from shale deposits. The hearing, the fourth and last in a series of hearings being held across the country, was originally scheduled for the Binghamton, New York area. Binghamton is an… Continue reading The EPA and Security Issues
I have never been a smoothie fan until I started training for a half marathon. Now I am training for a full marathon and I am drinking, eating smoothies all the time. Sometimes, I have them pre-run but usually post run. So here is the one that freaks out all my friends. Undoubtedly, I get… Continue reading Post Run Recovery Smoothie
Today is Saturday, August 7th. I ran 17 (okay, the actual run figured to 16.95) miles today. It took some time but I felt really good running and after I was done. But let me take you back to the scenario this morning. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out where… Continue reading Distance Under My Feet
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