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8 on 9/10/11

September 12, 2011

A while back, I was browsing the Internet for Fun Activities and came across registration for the Mackinac Island 8 Mile race. Last year, it was my first race with compression tights and I broke an hour. I realized as I looked at the page that 2011 is my last chance to run this in [...]

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Meet Jill, Gym-Goer and Guest Blogger Extraordinaire

December 15, 2010

Happy Wednesday, readers! Today I’m making a departure from my usual format. Yes. I’m posting a guest blog, which I’m sure you will find awesome and entertaining.  Meet Jill, one of my fave friends who used to be from Lansing and now lives in Boston. She is far less reclusive than I and has an [...]

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Racing = Food

August 9, 2010

One good thing about running races is that eating is even more enjoyable afterward. Over the weekend, I got to eat at two great restaurants. After the race on Saturday, we ate at the Travelers Club International Restaurant and Tuba Museum. They have a terrible website, but my hamburger was really good and I loved [...]

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A Tad of Frustration

July 30, 2010

I guess in order to really appreciate happiness you have to have some not-so-great times also. Yesterday was a pretty banner day, what with Biggby’s in the morning with Mom and Dad and dinner with Nicole. Martial arts class, surprisingly, was the lowlight of the day—luckily, it was only a small portion. The thing about [...]

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Slackerrr/JK

June 9, 2010

When my alarm rang at 4:45 a.m. this morning, I chose to ignore it for at least 30 minutes. I do that just about every day. I don’t like having to get up right when the alarm rings, so usually it’s set for a ridiculously early hour. 4:45 gives me enough time to decide whether [...]

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HOT.

May 25, 2010

Almost overnight it has become summer. Ahh, the weather in Michigan; a mere two weekends ago, it was 50° for my long run. This morning it was in the 60s at 6:15 a.m. And tomorrow: I feel that that forecast is completely inappropriate. 87 degrees? What? I think something is seriously wack, because it’s not [...]

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