Running It Off

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  • 10 Mile Race…Canceled

    10 Mile Race…Canceled

    On my list of races I intended to run, the first race, a 10 miler, was scheduled for February 6th. There was too much snow piled up on the side of the road that weekend so they canceled the race that day and postponed it to tomorrow, February 27th. Well it’s going to snow tonight…

  • The Vacation Hangover Cure

    My first week on the Slow Carb diet (aka The 4 Hour Body) went extremely well. I lost 2.4 pounds in the first week of the eating plan. Then I went on vacation. I spent all of last week near Cancun, Mexico at an all-inclusive resort. I thought about waiting to start the Slow Carb…

  • The 4 Hour Body

    I’m currently reading Tim Ferriss’ new book, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman. There’s quite a bit of crazy stuff in here, but as with his last book, The 4-Hour Workweek there are quite a few very cool ideas in here as well. Tim Ferriss is obsessed…

  • 10 Mile Do-Over

    10 Mile Do-Over

    Yesterday, I set out to run my long run of the week. It was about 23 degrees out and cloudy. I wanted to get in 10 miles, and I wanted to pace them at 12 minutes each. My speed really suffers during the final third of my long runs and I want to change that.…

  • This Website Looks Different

    My website just got a facelift. I just changed over to a new platfrom. I was running the Lifestyle WordPress theme but now I’m using the Lifestyle WordPress Child theme on the Genesis platform. If this doesn’t mean anything to you, don’t worry about it!  But I felt like I needed to say something since…

  • Slippery 7 Miles

    Slippery 7 Miles

    I made sure to get out and run today because the forecast is not looking good for the next several days. Starting on Monday we’re supposed to have temperatures as low as -15 degrees. We had a lot of snow this week, including yesterday so I wasn’t expecting great conditions. I got what I expected.…

  • A Fasting 10 Miler

    A Fasting 10 Miler

    I set out today, mid-day in an attempt to run 10 miles. It was a glorious winter day, about 35 degrees out and the wind was pretty mild. I decided to do this one as a fasting run since I am running to lose weight. I learned about fasting runs from this article on Active.com…

  • 10 Miles in the Wind

    10 Miles in the Wind

    I set out for my long run today around noon.  My training plan said I was supposed to run 8 miles, but on the drive to Portland, I kept forgetting that and thinking that I was supposed to run 10 miles.  So thanks to my Garmin 305, I kept going and ran the 10 miles…

  • Bad News Triggers Stress Eating

    Bad News Triggers Stress Eating

    Today I received news concerning family members that is sad but not unexpected.  The news brought with it stress and bad feelings and a general icky-ness that I couldn’t quite shake. I found myself unable (or unwilling) to ignore the fridge.  I cleaned my son’s plate at dinner, I had the remainder of a bottle…

  • Resolution Run in the Mud

    Resolution Run in the Mud

    My husband ran the Maine Running Company’s Resolution Run today while I watched the kids. He came back and said it was beautiful running weather. He ran in shorts and a t-shirt, in January, in Maine. When he got home, I drove to Portland and ran my own resolution run. I did the Trail to…