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I am currently sitting on a patch of grass right a the entrance of soldier field. I am extremely nervous and we have 5.5 hours before this race begins. We are waiting for the solutions tent to open so we can get our goodie bags. Then we are going back to the hotel so I [...]
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This past week was a good week of training. Got up earlier than normal and enjoyed the cooler temps. I’m still going to follow the training schedule for this upcoming week as usual because I don’t want to break routine before the run on Sunday. I’m very excited about it but starting to get a [...]
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Heidi, Me, Paxton and Cheryl
It was a warm, humid day on Saturday for the OROC 5k in Cleveland. This was Paxton’s first official 5k run and she did it! She hung in there with me the whole race. I could tell it was a struggle for her because she likes to run fast but she [...]
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It took longer than I thought… but today I hit the 500 mile milestone. I have completed 500 miles since I started using the Nike+ sensor in my shoe April 2007. So if I were running to Mississippi to visit my folks I would be between Nashville and Jackson, TN right now
Run, Tammy, [...]
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Wow this summer is flying by. I’m sure it has to do with the anticipation of the Human Race coming up on 8/31/08. I have been following my training plan to the letter and I’m feeling pretty good. Saturday after finishing paper routes with the kids I had Rod again drive me to Clyde and [...]
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Today was a rough day. My mom called me first thing this morning and told me my cousin Josh had been killed in a motorcycle accident. He was only 20 years old. It’s all very sad and so hard to process. Josh was such a nice kid and had so much living to do. My [...]
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Really don’t have much to post about but I’ve been reading through some other running blog sites and it really go the juices flowing. I have been following the training plan closely and I’m averaging a little over 20 miles a week. Now to some folks that is not a lot but to me that [...]
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I am so excited about this race in Chicago! I have been doing everything in my power to get ready for it. I had Rod drop me off in Clyde near the beginning of the bike trail and I ran the distance back to Fremont! 2 years ago riding my bike to Clyde was a [...]
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Ok so I went on a rant a few days ago about not wanting to count points for the rest of my life, blah, blah, blah… well after a few days of hoping on the scale and not liking what I was seeing at all I decided to flip flop (yes I pulled a McCain..sorry [...]
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