Just Keeping On
Taking the Long Way Home
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5d ago
Our early spring was put on hold this week with the return of cold, windy, and snowy weather. By the end of the week, I was feeling a bit fatigued. I don't know if it was due to the cold weather, an impending illness, or just the toll of some very active weeks. I'm finally adjusted to the time difference and am sleeping better. Hopefully, when things warm back up, I'll find my mojo again! Weekly Rundown: Sunday: Ice Age Trail run 7.5 miles Monday: CrossFit Tuesday: Fluid Running Wednesday: trail run 6.5 miles Thursday: CrossFit Friday: run 6.2 miles Saturday: rest/work We were up at the lake ..read more
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Back to Work
Taking the Long Way Home
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1w ago
From California to Wisconsin, I did some traveling this week! I won't deny it--between all the activity of last week and the time change, I was exhausted most of the week. I did my best to stick to my schedule and to my surprise, my runs and CrossFit felt good. Work was really busy and I dove right back in as if I had never left.  It's funny how that happens, isn't it? Weekly Rundown Sunday: trail run 8 miles Monday: CrossFit with 1050m running Tuesday: rest/work Wednesday: run 7 miles Thursday: CrossFit Friday: run 6 miles Saturday: rest/travel to Wisconsin With plans to fly home fro ..read more
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Mini Book Reviews: February 2024
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2w ago
Disclaimer: I received copies of The Road from Belhaven, My Side of the River, and Wandering Stars from NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for my review. This post contains affiliate links. February was a great month of reading for me. While I work on getting through all my NetGalley prereleases, I also was able to fit in a couple of books that I wanted to read. I'm happy to say that all 3 NetGalley books were great and my personal selections were too. If I were to recommend a book that everyone will like, I would pick Kristin Hannah's book, The Women. I believe this may be her best book ..read more
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The Real Deal
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3w ago
It sure seems that the groundhog was right this year! This false spring we've been experiencing may be the real deal.  We had some really strong storms this week with multiple tornados--a real rarity in February for us--a sure sign that the weather is shifting. I've been enjoying some nice runs and even got to run in shorts this week. We were above 70F this week and we're supposed to hit that again. If this warm weather pattern is wrong, I don't want to be right.  Weekly Rundown Sunday: Ice Age Trail run 7 miles 1100ft Monday: CrossFit Tuesday: run 6 miles Wednesday: Fluid Running T ..read more
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It's All Good
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1M ago
On Saturday, I always sit down to finish up my weekly rundown. I write up my workouts in all week long and at the end of the week, I try to find a common theme to come up with a title for my post. This has been a pretty uneventful week and I have to admit that I was at a loss for a title! In fact, it's been all good this week. So there it is... Weekly Rundown: Sunday: Ice Age Trail run 6 miles/800 ft. Monday: CrossFit Tuesday: Fluid Running Wednesday: trail run 5.25 miles Thursday: CrossFit Friday: run 6.3 miles Saturday: rest/work We were up at the lake last weekend, so on Sunday morning ..read more
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Moving Forward
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1M ago
I runfess... I am happy to have that half marathon behind me.  Every race teaches us something new. What will I take away from this race? I won't play the age card or blame my struggles on RA, but long distances are definitely becoming more difficult for me. This week, it felt good to dial it back a bit--to just run and let my body recover. I'm trying to sort out what happened on the race course and why I struggled with my breathing. Did I run too fast at the start? Was I affected by the poor air quality? Was I anxious?  For sure, I wasn't properly fueled, having forgotten my smoothi ..read more
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F3 Lake Half Marathon Race Recap
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1M ago
The F3 Lake Half Marathon is Chicago's unofficial start to race season. Although it's been around for 15 years, I've never done it. The weather in January in Chicago is unpredictable and usually awful. This year, except for one week in January, we've had really mild, sunny conditions. My friend and fellow Brooks ambassador Frankie put pressure on me to sign up. I took a leap of faith and hoped for the best as I filled out the application. My youngest son wanted to join me, so I signed him up too! The race starts at 10 am outside of Soldier Field in downtown Chicago, so I picked up my son at h ..read more
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Life and a Race
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1M ago
My anxiety level was high this week and it wasn't just due to my impending half marathon.  There was last week's sad news that my young patient had passed. This week, my parents asked me to fix their computer again. Like many of us, they are struggling with many passwords, however, their solution is to keep creating new user names and passwords, which eventually gets them locked out of their accounts. I arrived with new solutions and was greeted by my mom, sporting a black eye. My sister had warned me that on the day before, my mom was on her treadmill when the phone rang. She forgot ..read more
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Mini Book Reviews: January 2024
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2M ago
Disclaimer: I received ARCs of Come and Get It and Martyr! from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my unbiased review. This post contains affiliate links. I kicked off 2024 with the resolution to read my NetGalley ARCs before they are published! I have so many that I have fallen behind. I love that they send me so many books to review but now I am below 80% and need to fix that. Moving forward, I'll be sharing a mix of upcoming new releases from NetGalley as well as library holds and backlist books.  This month had 5 very different books. My favorite one was Martyr!. You can ..read more
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Better Days Ahead
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2M ago
It's the end of January, it's gray, and I'm glad to see this month come to an end. The days are getting longer and my early morning runs aren't as dark as they have been. The bitter cold we were experiencing has gone away and we're back into the 30s and 40s. The snowpack is dwindling quickly. It's also race week! Earlier this month, I optimistically signed up for a half marathon--one that I've avoided in the past because who wants to run 13.1 miles in the dark of winter? Thankfully, we've had mostly mild temperatures, and looking ahead to next weekend, the forecast calls for more of the same ..read more
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