Sharing My Life One Bite at a Time
This is the toughest part of winter for me: right after the holidays, but months away from spring. It’s a long stretch between now and April (or even May). The winters in Boston usually seem like they will never end. This might sound crazy, but marathon training has really changed my perspective on winter. Even my [...]
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Happy New Years Eve!! I hope you have some fun plans this evening to ring in 2011! Classic photo of us. Tonight, Mal and I are going out to dinner together and then celebrating the new year at a friend’s house party, where I will not play flip cup with champagne. Worst idea ever. Breakfast [...]
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The marathon is getting so close!! I can’t believe that it’s a little over two weeks away. I feels like we were just signing up for it! It’s getting real, people! A special box with all of our Team In Training gear arrived in the mail today. Inside was our uniforms, t-shirts, emergency bracelets, dinner [...]
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Exciting news on the fundraising front! OpenSky will donate $1 to Team In Training for everyone who follows Carrots ‘N’ Cake from now until our marathon day on January 16th! OpenSky now features flash sales, which means my favorite items will be offered at 30-50% off!! You can only find out about these deals if [...]
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I thought this morning’s run would never, ever end! I felt like I “passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then walked through the Lincoln Tunnel.” Seriously, it was so tough. I struggled through the entire thing. I thought running 15 miles would [...]
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We did it!!! Mal and I both tackled 20 miles this morning! Boo-YAH! At 6:30 this morning, I ate my usual pre-run breakfast. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Then, Mal and I drove to South Boston to meet our team. We didn’t want to be late for our 20-miler, so we gave ourselves [...]
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Oh, the life of a food journal blogger. We’re a “special” bunch! Do you have any idea how many photos of my oatmeal I’ve taken in the past three years? It must be tens of thousands. Seriously. I only put 2-5 photos of my breakfast on my blog each morning, but just think about how [...]
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I’m such a sap when it comes to marathon stuff. I get teary-eyed at the Boston Marathon every single year, I almost cried (tears of happiness) when I finished 18 miles last weekend, and I can barely read my favorite running quotes without getting a little choked-up thinking about my own upcoming marathon. So, I [...]
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So, which do you want to hear first: the good news or the bad news? Hmm? Ok, let’s keep things positive and start with the good news! This morning, I ran 10.18 miles with my TNT team. I finished in 1:35:52, which was an average pace of 9:25/mile. I’m happy about this. See, I am [...]
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Welcome to my Holiday Bake Sale to raise money for Team In Training! As you probably know, Mal and I are training for the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon in January with Team In Training. We’ve already raised $6,500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (thanks to many of you!), but we know we can [...]
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