1: lobstah roll 2: pairs of lobstah socks. Thankfully only one pair was worn this way. 1: bowl of chowdah 1: maiden voyage to Tim Hortons 3 runs: 1 sucky, 1 stellar, 1 solid 4: ice cream encounters: check out peanut putter paradise from a great place in Bar Harbor. The absolute best ice cream [Read More]
9 For Friday
1. I’ve been up since 4 (thank you grass-eating dog) and haven’t done a damn thing. 2. When I hauled the trash to the curb (thank you golf-junketing Caveman–wait I DID do something), I found this standing in our driveway. WTF? 3. I’m going to go pump some serious iron now. Really I am. Now. [Read More]
Inspired or Defeated?
Google images I saw a comment on another blog the other day that made me sad. It said something to the effect of (paraphrasing here): …”especially when I read running blogs and see these super athletes running 10 and 11 miles at paces I cannot hold for even one mile….then I go out and run [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Party Brick Edition
I rubbed, I wrapped, I grilled, I baked, and of course I rode and ran. Hell what didn’t I do? 2 parties, back-to-back25 kids2 cakes1 dayA party brick if you will Friday found me frantically constructing Thing 1’s birthday cake. It started with a brownie emergency. When I turned them out of the pan, a [Read More]
As the Compost Turns: Part II
It’s been about a month now since our kitchen compost project started. It seems like we add SO much stuff yet the bin never fills more than maybe 1/3. Much to my delight….not….soon after the worms were added, I noticed many of them were coming up to the top of the bin–eeeeew! Apparently this indicates [Read More]
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
I kicked off week 3 (I know time flies) of Twin Cities Marathon training this morning. For the first time in forever I’m not using the RLRF plan and I’ve gotta say, things are a little pretty unfamiliar.Up ’til now I considered myself fairly open minded. When I saw outrageously hard workouts on paper I’d [Read More]
Race Report: North Shore Half Marathon
North Shore Half Marathon With the wild weather we’ve had lately, we lucked out: mid-50’s, clear, low humidity, wind not an issue. I got to the race a tad later than I wanted and paid for that in time spent trolling for parking. By the time I found a spot, the porta potty lines were [Read More]
Confession Friday: Natural Remedies for Ants
1. I have a half marathon this weekend with a mongo hill in it and I’ve done zippo in the hill training department. Not even gonna try to make any excuses. This is NOT a goal race though. Just a training run. 2. Since marathon training started, I’ve dropped my brick workouts like a hot [Read More]
As the Compost Turns
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago Thing 1 was doing container composting with her Girl Scout Troop. First we got a 20-gallon container with a lid that snaps shut VERY tightly. Air holes were poked in the top. We started off with shredded newspaper on the bottom topped with kitchen scraps. The more finely [Read More]
Depleted Not Defeated: 5k Race Report
Chalk this one up as a character builder. With the way I’ve been running lately, I must be quite the character by now. I hadn’t mentioned it last week, because who really cares that Thing 2 gifted me with a special little flu strain? The fever, chills and body aches subsided after a couple of [Read More]
