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Running, Recovery and Racing Update

by - Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Just wanted to give a quick update on where things stand in terms of running and recovering from my stress fracture. I came down with either a cold or allergies or something last week because of the weather changing. I tried to run through it on Monday and managed to do 25 consecutive...

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Homecoming Weekend (In Pictures)

by - Tuesday, October 29, 2013
There's nothing quite like Homecoming weekend in College Park. It was easily our biggest and best tailgate of the season. (And of course means, I pretty much still don't have a voice today.)Here's a snapshot of our day in College Park (in pretty much everyone's pictures but my own...)The whole groupMe, Zac and...

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Marine Corps Marathon Weekend

by - Friday, October 25, 2013
It's MCM Weekend, one of my favorite weekends in DC.Spectating with Megan a few years agoI've been spectating or running this race for the last four or five years and it's hands down one of the most fun races to be involved with.Last year was my first time actually running MCM, and though...

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The Best Sports Bra I've Ever Worn

by - Tuesday, October 22, 2013
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so I feel it's as good a time as ever to talk about boob health. And I don't really mean the cancer prevention stuff (though that's all really important too).I'm more talking picking the right sports bra to protect the girls while you're working out.I've been wearing...

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Establishing a New Routine

by - Monday, October 21, 2013
Happy Monday friends!I'm glad to be working from home today since I woke up yesterday with a bit of a cold. Man as soon as the cold weather starts to move in, I almost always end up with a sore throat and stuffy nose.It's feeling a bit better this morning, but it's nice...

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Running Across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

by - Friday, October 18, 2013
Many years ago, my friend's stepdad was telling me about this awesome 10K that used to exist where you started on one side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and then raced across the bridge to the other side.I thought that race sounded so cool, and I was so bummed that it didn't exist...

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Cooking My Way Through the Furlough

by - Thursday, October 17, 2013
Whoooo furlough is over and I officially get to go back to work! I woke up this morning, put on real clothes for the first time in 16 days and practically skipped out the door to the Metro, even though it was still pitch black outside.When did this happen?While I will miss workout...

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Getting My Butt Kicked By a Personal Trainer

by - Wednesday, October 16, 2013
I know I mentioned in a pervious post that Sarah took me with her to work out with her personal trainer last week. We had a blast and her personal trainer told me that anytime I wanted to tag along I was more than welcome. (Living the furlough life people!)Lucky for me, Sarah...

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That Time I Ran Without Pain

by - Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Wheeeee I finally ran with no pain in my foot!!!HAPPY DANCE!!!After a weekend of being on my feet and wearing regular shoes (including a pair of heels to my cousin's baby shower) and not the boot anymore, I was super, super nervous to try running on Monday.Laura's baby shower. Wearing heels for the...

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My P90X Experiment

by - Monday, October 14, 2013
I mentioned in my last post that I have a plan for slowly getting some of my health and fitness back.When I've fallen out of a fitness routine due to injury, I need a solid plan to get back on track or else it's too easy to get wishy washy about it and...

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Getting Back to It

by - Wednesday, October 09, 2013
After more than three months of dealing with my foot injury, I'm more than ready to get back to running and in general being in shape.I tried to stick with some sort of cross-training while I was injured, but could never really get myself too excited about biking and swimming. I would stick...

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Furlough 5K

by - Thursday, October 03, 2013
Man the life of a furloughed federal employee is boring as hell.All the free entertainment in DC is closed, and no one wants to do anything that costs money.So I've been trying to amuse myself other ways. My apartment is freakishly clean. I found a bunch of new recipes to try. I've managed...

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