A few weeks ago I announced that I registered for my first bike race, the 2011 Ride for the Red which benefits the American Red Cross. I signed up for the 15.5 mile ride and had just three weeks to train for it. THREE weeks to go from riding ZERO miles to 15.5. Was I [...]
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What started as an ordinary night at the gym, turned into a night that would forever change me. It was a year ago today that I ran for the first time. I put all my fears and doubts aside, stepped outside of my comfort zone and just ran. To be honest, it was more of [...]
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I was writing an entirely different post today about some really cool stuff that I’ve experienced lately when I came to the flashback part and was stopped dead in my tracks. You know, the little flashbacks I’ve been leaving at the bottom of my posts where I link to my post from that day last [...]
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It’s time for my Hot 100 update. The Hot 100 began on September 23 which is exactly 100 days away from the end of the year. It’s a way to set goals and remain focused on them to end the year with a bang. Here were my goals for this week: 1. Run 15 miles [...]
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The Drop Dead Gorgeous by December Challenge is being hosted by the awesome Jess. It’s never too late to join so contact her if you want to be a part of the growing movement of women (and men) on personal journeys to celebrate our beauty from within! #1 This week I gave my daughter a [...]
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Catch up time. There are a few things I’ve been needing to share here and haven’t yet, so here goes the laundry list of everything including the kitchen sink. MIRACLE MILES 15K I know at first it might seem like that’s a typo and that maybe I really meant to type “5K”, but it’s for [...]
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Weekly Goals Update: Run at least 10 miles this week. Success! I ran 10.2 miles this week! Ride my bike at least once this week. Couldn’t ride this week due to my tire. I need a new tube and wasn’t able to get one yet. Not drink ANY soda. Success! I’m on day 291 of [...]
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Wow. I can’t believe I’ve been at this for 41 weeks now! Gettin’ close to a year – SO exciting! I weighed in this morning at 200.8 lbs which is a 2.6 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 55.2 pounds. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I have an interesting story to [...]
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I weighed in yesterday at 201.0 lbs which is a 1.2 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far back to 55 pounds. I am so happy to be back on track! I’m so pleased with myself this week and not just because I posted a loss, but the whole [...]
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One of my goals for 2010 was to organize a family reunion. As I posted the other day, we had it on May 29th and I had so much fun. Yeah, it was a little overwhelming to plan and I stressed myself out over way more than I needed to, but it went really well [...]
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