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On the Race Calendar

Tonight’s post is brought to you by the letter P, for pollen. My allergies are kicking my ass, and as a result, my ass is firmly planted in bed. Speaking of pollen, my mom found a really interesting article on why New York allergies can be so bad: turns out […]

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Actively Recovering

While my stubbornness was part of what got me through the race yesterday–let’s be real here. The other thing that got me through was the prospect of brunch with my friends. That sounded way more fun than laying in bed feeling sorry for myself. Before heading to brunch, we all […]

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More/Fitness Half Race Day Goals

I’m running the More/Fitness Half on Sunday, courtesy of the lovely folks at Fitness magazine. It’s the second time I’m running it. The first time I ran it, it was the third of three halfs in a row, and it was less than fun. My legs were completely exhausted. Going […]

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The Little Things

Every Thursday, I read Ali’s Thankful Thursday Thing, and it makes me smile, if even just for a few minutes at the beginning of a long day. This week has been a good one. Nothing terribly exciting or wonderful has happened, but it’s still just been a decent week. I […]

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On Top of the World

By 9am this morning, I was reminded why I’ve chosen this healthy lifestyle. The plan this morning was to run 5 miles at half-marathon goal pace–8:42. I woke up and by the time I got moving, I thought I didn’t quite have enough time to get all 5 miles done–but […]

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