Eek. I got a reminder in the mail this weekend that my first half-marathon is ONLY 48 days away. This might be a good time to tell you how I feel about that and how my training is going. I am a little past the halfway mark of my training...
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Home is where the Dom is… Do you ever watch “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”? I love that show. It’s so interesting and Anthony Bourdain is just a fabulous guide taking us to all different kind of places around the world. I love the way he is able to talk to...
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And just like that, it’s June. We’ve almost reached the half-way point of 2016. Can you believe it? This month is going to be pretty low-key for me overall (as far as I can tell). + I will continue building up my running mileage as part of my half-marathon training...
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Today is Global Running Day, an occasion to celebrate all the joys of running and I pledged to run 4 miles in celebration! You can pledge your miles over here. Brooks Running also organizes a fun campaign for Global Running Day – download a bib, find a run in your area...
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1. I’ve been loving my homemade granola this month. I’ve been having it for breakfast with greek yogurt, blueberries and strawberries pretty much every single day and it’s just so good. 2. I’ve started working on a new knitting project with another skein of my long gradient yarn and I can’t...
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Our long Memorial Day weekend was mostly low-key and laid back. + Friday was J and my 10th anniversary. We wanted to go somewhere for a day trip and I had suggested going back to the Fremont Diner in Sonoma/Napa Valley. I had just been there two weeks ago with...
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reading The Ramblers by Aidan Donnelley Rowley (Aidan blogs, too.) listening to the Budgets and Cents Podcast. I am kind of in a budgeting phase right now and the topics that are covered are informative and give me food for thought (although, to be completely honest, I am really picky...
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On a whim, and to get some more race experience under my belt, I signed up for the Davis Pride Run for Equality 10k two weeks ago. At my last 10k race (which was my first race ever), I was a little overwhelmed trying to find my running pace and...
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