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At Last I See the Light
Today was an epic day. At last I see the light….between my thighs. Lemme explain. At my office, we have a handicapped accessible bathroom that has a mirror designed for someone in a wheelchair, so it tilts down. The mirror reflects my image from my knees up to almost the top of my head. Today,…
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Small victory
I went for a quick run after work. I didn’t want too much time to go by since my crappy run on Saturday. I wanted to get that good feeling back. I did a 5k around Back Cove. It was such a beautiful night, I couldn’t resist. It was about 50 degrees with a moderate…
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Hilly, windy, crappy training run
I drove up to Freeport yesterday to run this route again. I need to get some hill work in before my next half marathon on May 1st and Freeport has plenty of hills. It was overcast and about 45 degrees, which was fine. What wasn’t fine was the 15 mph winds. Those were not…
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Update on my Swollen Hands
Last week was a bit scary for me. On the Friday before the Race the Runways Half Marathon, we had a big snowstorm. Huge, heavy flakes fell rapidly and accumulate to what I would guess to be about 5 inches on our driveway. I was working from home that day, so I pulled out the…
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Race Report: Race the Runways Half Marathon
Saturday April 2nd, was the Race the Runways Half Marathon on the Naval Air Base in Brunswick, Maine. This was the first year for this race, and it featured a course that included a few miles on the runways. It snowed on Friday, which was April Fools Day. The snow was heavy and wet.…
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Slow Carb Diet Progress – 5 weeks
I’ve been following Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet for five weeks now. I started right after I got back from my vacation in Mexico and have been very pleased with my progress so far. According to the book, women over 40 with kids often struggle during the first 4-6 weeks, so my expectations were…
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11 Miles Inspired By Greatness
I set out on Sunday to run 11 miles, which was what my half marathon training plan was telling me to do. The weather, 45 degrees and sunny, was pretty good for this time of year, especially considering it snowed Saturday morning. I decided to run in Freeport which was not unrelated to my having…
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10 Mile Slog (slow jog)
Even though my last double digit mileage run was January 30th, and my longest run since then was 6 miles, I set out today to run 10. The reason I did something this foolish is that I signed up for the Race the Runways Half Marathon which is in exactly 21 days, so I have…
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Traveling and the Slow Carb Diet
I had to go to Boston for several days this week. I was attending a two day training for my job. I was worried that I was going to have real trouble following the Slow Carb diet while I was away. That turned out to be untrue. I had no trouble at all. Breakfast I…
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Running and the Slow Carb diet
I’ve been eating differently for the last few weeks, doing the Slow Carb diet. In a nutshell it’s no white carbs, no dairy, no fruit and no sugar/sweeteners for 6 days a week. The 7th day anything goes. It is going extraordinarily well. I have lost 8 pounds and I feel really great. I…