When It All Falls Down

Oh hey. I’m not going to launch into some diatribe about how, “I’ve been MIA,” or force you to sit through some recap of my life over the past three months. Let’s just say, I didn’t need writing and writing didn’t need me. And now? Well, we need each other again, and that makes for [...]

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Holidazzle

I don’t know if I’m going to get around to posting tonight’s regularly scheduled “25 Days of Christmas Cookies” recipe, because… well, as you can see, things are getting pretty Christmas-y around here. Nothing says Christmas like forcibly dressing your snaggle-toothed (the light brown one) and unnecessarily terrified (the black and brown one) dogs in [...]

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How I Stopped Hating Running

A few issues ago, Runner’s World did a story on Kara Goucher. Goucher is a world-class runner, but apparently, she psyches herself out before every race, which is like, kind of a big deal when you’re competition could feasibly give you a 20 minute head start and still out-kick you at the finish. The article [...]

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the chatty(nooga) checklist

just 12 short hours until we head to Chattanooga! in light of our planned, semi-early start tomorrow, i’ve spent my evening getting all of the essentials taken care of, like: a fresh manicure. obvi this is an essential because i want my nails too look good in all of my race photos. i mean, if [...]

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sunday funday: getting my (fat) ass in gear

hello world and welcome to another edition of sunday funday. usually my sunday fundays consist of a long run and lots of other productive activities that prepare me for the week, but my motivation has apparently been eaten by a giant vortex of suck and thus, i have been choosing to partake in activities that [...]

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