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A Run At the WhiteHouse

  This was by far my most memorable, grueling “run” for the year. I just finished a 5.5 mile run in a town called WhiteHouse in Westmoreland, Jamaica. This by far was the most challenging, yet most entertaining run I have had in quite some time. We are currently staying at a house that is [...]

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Just “shuffle”ing along…..

Another pretty solid week of running was finished with a 10 mile run Saturday morning. This was my best run since coming back to running. Everything felt fairly effortless, and my pace got quicker as I clipped off every mile. You have those type of runs every couple of weeks, where you feel like you [...]

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2 x 4 = 8 good runs!!!

I have had 2 consecutive 4 run weeks. I guess one of the good things about putting in all that training in the past is that your body can accomodate to the new stress pretty quickly. I ran a total of 22 miles last week, and this week I ran: 5 miles on Tuesday 7 [...]

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Perks of the job….

A few hours ago, I went on cnn.com and started to browse the website, like I usually do daily and saw a poll question… re: Do you like your job? I was able to pick from the following: 1. Hate it 2. Don’t really care for it… but it’s a paycheck 3. I’m living my [...]

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Good news… bad news….

I ran for the 1st time this week… and I got some good news… and some bad news… Bad news first… My knee started to bother me at the 2.5 mile mark. It didn’t bother me a lot, but it didn’t feel like my other side, so instead of doing 8 miles, I only did [...]

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The 5k Challenge!!!

I have never been on a bike for more than 60 minutes in my life….until today. I rode the stationary bike at my house for 90 min. this morning. Gosh, my butt hurts!!! Anyways it was a good workout… not like running, but a good workout. I feel like I am getting some good benefits [...]

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Balance…..

Before I go on a rant… let me start out by saying, “I ran today…. and I didn’t cramp!!!!!!” Ok, well maybe that wasn’t too funny, but I have had in the back of my mind all week, “What if I start cramping all the time, when I run?” “Was last Sunday, the start of [...]

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