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My First 5k

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On May 19, I ran my first 5k.  What an experience that was!  It was bitter-sweet, in many ways. First of all, I woke up at 4am that morning to loud claps of thunder,  lightening and pounding rain.  This can’t be good, I thought to myself.   The race started at 9am, but we had to get registered so we were there around 8am.  The Mister, my friend and I stood in the rain for an hour and waited to go.  I decided to leave my glasses in the car because I knew they would just annoy me in the rain.  … Keep on reading —->

The Outdoors Is My Gym

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Lately I’ve started to fall in love with running.  This is a completely new thing and something I never envisioned would EVER happen.  There are a few reasons I avoided running for so long: I never thought I could do it.  I didn’t believe I was physically capable of running for any distance. I’m a smoker and I always thought smokers can’t run.  This is totally a myth I was too self-conscious to take my work out to a public place. Then in January, I said nuts to all of those reasons that I avoided running and decided to try it.  It … Keep on reading —->

Happy Leap Day – Monthly Update

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February 29th, eh?  This only comes around once every 4 years.  I would like to say that I have something fantastic planned for this extra day, but alas I do not. It’s just another Wednesday on my calendar.  For some reason, I’m kind of kicking myself for not getting married on a leap day.  That just sounds fun.  Don’t ask me why – I couldn’t really explain why I think so. For all the leap day babies out there – Happy Birthday! I’ve updated the progress on my student loan payment and my wedding savings. I have to admit that … Keep on reading —->