Running It Off

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  • Day 365 | Looking Back and Looking Forward

    Day 365 | Looking Back and Looking Forward

    Goals. I like to take time on the last day of the year to reflect on what I’ve accomplished and to set goals for the upcoming year.  I feel very strongly that goals work if you set them and don’t forget them.  This year I feel very good about what I was able to do,…

  • Day 360 | Running Outside in Winter

    Day 360 | Running Outside in Winter

    It was in the low 20’s today, with a wind chill that made it feel about 16 degrees F.  According to the media, there is supposed to be a blizzard tomorrow so I really wanted to get a run in today. I dressed in layers, I wore long underwear and a long sleeve wicking shirt.…

  • Day 352 | Writers Block and Running Block

    Day 352 | Writers Block and Running Block

    A couple of weeks ago, I told my friends and family on facebook about this website.  Up until that point, I had been writing this rather anonymously and really didn’t want anyone I knew to read it (except my husband).    But I made up my mind that I was going to be brave, and…

  • Day 324 | Running in the Wind

    Day 324 | Running in the Wind

    Today was a crisp and windy day. The forecast called for the winds to pick up in the afternoon so I made sure to get going before noon. I didn’t have clear plan. I thought I would run somewhere between 3 and 8 miles. That sounds pretty silly but I just hadn’t given it much…

  • Day 321 | Clearing Mental Space

    Day 321 | Clearing Mental Space

    Now that the medical drama that was my life is over, I am finally able to concentrate on my fitness goals once again. I feel like my brain has more space in it now, and I can focus on getting the exercise in and on eating right. I have had a great week so far.…

  • Day 319 | Got My Ass Kicked

    Day 319 | Got My Ass Kicked

    Now that I am back to being fully healthy again, I went back to the boot camp class at the YMCA today.  It was wonderful to be back. I was nervous that I would struggle and I was worried about how much fitness I had lost. I didn’t do too badly. I could run and…

  • Day 311 | Bookending the Pregnancy Saga

    Day 311 | Bookending the Pregnancy Saga

    I decided on Friday that no matter what, I was going to run the Maine Coast Half Marathon today. There were many reasons why I should run, and lots of reasons why I could have stayed home.  But in the end, I believe what it came down to was that I needed to bookend this…

  • Day 309 | Deciding to Run

    Day 309 | Deciding to Run

    I have a choice to make.  I can either run 13.1 miles on Sunday or I can not.   I’m signed up to run the women-only Maine Coast Half Marathon (aka another Pikermi) with my sister-in-law. I haven’t trained for this one.   My longest run since the Bar Harbor Half in September was an…

  • Day 303 | Running Again Tomorrow

    I am feeling so much better.  I have lost the extra weight that I gained from the surgery (phew!) and am back to where I’ve been.  I was dizzy for a few days but now am ready to start running again.  I’m up in the midcoast of Maine this weekend.  It’s cold but absolutely beautiful. …

  • Day 300 | Awake and Alive and 6 Pounds Heavier

    I had the D&C surgery yesterday.   It was basically a vacuum procedure, there was no cutting involved.    It all went very well.   The staff was very nice and I felt confident in my doctor’s ability and the anesthesiologist’s as well.  I was asleep during the entire procedure, and I was very relieved just to have…