On Sunday, we had an unusual visitor in our backyard. I was cooking dinner when Jon walked into the kitchen and caught movement out of the corner of his eye. When he looked outside, he saw this big bird sitting on our fence in the backyard. I immediately got out my...
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This week’s stats: Running: 16.8 miCycling: 47 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 105 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 95 minWarm up/Stretching: 60 minMeditation: 30 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week was a week of milestones and emotions. There were a lot of reasons for celebration – I reached 15k...
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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. It’s always a sad day when you have been buying something for years and you show up at the store one morning and find out the item...
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LOVING | my new Asics Novablast 3s. Solid recommendation, SHU! Thank you. And I recently read that Rachel bought the same shoe (different color) too and is also very happy with it. They’re definitely more cushioned than I was used to but I like how they feel. CELEBRATING | 1400...
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photo credit: @glenncarstenspeters via Unsplash I might have mentioned here or there that I am in a not-watching-many-movies-or-TV series phase in my life. It’s not that I don’t want to watch anything, but time is limited, Jon currently doesn’t have the interest or attention span to watch movies, so other...
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This week’s stats: Running: 15.8 miCycling: 40.2 miBootcamp: 60 minStrength: 120 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 115 minWarm-up/Stretching: 70 minMeditation: 20 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week was a deload week – at least for the Team Wilpers Run Challenge. Easy runs only. I’ll take it, although...
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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about, or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. Feedly behaved for a couple of weeks until it didn’t. As I heard from others, I don’t think it’s only my blog now. I’ve heard that there...
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If you know a little bit about me (and this blog) then you know that I’ve been a huge Pearl Jam fan since the early 90s and that this blog was, fittingly, named after one of their songs. Despite my strong desire to see them more often, I had not...
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