Late last summer I thought I had learned a lesson. I had decided – granted it took me a few weeks once the suggestion was floated – to run a marathon. I was going to, along with several friends – all of whom run different paces, run Wineglass Marathon. I had some issues with cash… Continue reading Re-learning a Lesson
Back in the second week of April, my youngest – the only one still in school – had his spring break. This break was at an odd time – not the week before or the week after Easter but two weeks prior. The timing was inconsequential as we were not traveling but the youngest was.… Continue reading School Vacation
I know I have asked this question before and few things have changed since those posts. How do you measure success in weight loss? Most people will respond with a number on a scale – how much someone weighs. I have to be totally honest. I do not own scales. I have never owned scales… Continue reading Measurements
My area saw over nine inches of rain in April. I believe the average April rainfall is between three and three and a half inches. Rainfall for 2011 is almost three times average and a good deal of that fell last week. To help those of you understand what it looks like when that much… Continue reading Water, Water … Everywhere!
Sitting on a school board in New York State, I know that concussions in youth sports are a hot topic at present. Legislation has been introduced into the legislature that will detail how a student will rehabilitate from a concussion, including believing a concussion to be present whether diagnosed or not. This legislation, which could… Continue reading Concussions
Community! We all live in one but do we have other communities that we are a part of? I know I belong to many different communities. I frequently wonder what makes community and how hard it is to keep a community together. I am a member of the “running” community. A lot of the runners… Continue reading What is Community?
Last Saturday, I spent the entire day on the campus of SUNY-Oneonta. I do not live all that close to Oneonta. It is approximately an 80 mile drive one way. The child known as Number Five does attend the college, though, and is in several performance groups. Last year’s Day of Jazz was held in… Continue reading Day of Jazz – SUNY Oneonta
For those of you who do not know, I love hockey. I have managed, along with going to a college that has two ice rinks and only approximately 2,500 students, to pass this love onto my oldest daughter. Last night, as I stood to clap for the home team as they made the playoffs for… Continue reading Hockey
I have to say that I have been indulging in writing a lot lately but not on my blog. I also have to say that somehow that disappoints me. I have worked hard to get my blog readership and then I ignored you all. To that end, I have some changes in mind. So here… Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-changes
When I first started racing, I was all about races I had heard about, that friends had run. Since my running friend pool was not all that local, these races were here and there. I missed some of the great local races last year in my first year of running races. This year I am… Continue reading Forks XV – Race Recap
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