I achieved something this weekend! For the last two years, my goal has been to break 2 hours in a half marathon. My fastest time before now was 2:02:44 so I was getting close! Today, I ran the Brookings half marathon and my official chip time was 1:57:53!! I chopped almost 5 whole minutes off […]
I was struggling to come up with a topic to write about this week, and the other day when I chose to read my book instead of brainstorm, I decided: why not write about some good books I’ve read recently!? I promise there won’t be any spoilers ahead, so feel free to read freely with
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I’ve had a couple people ask me recently if I’m working on another book, and I realized I’ve been pretty quiet on the topic for a while now. So, I figured now was as good a time as any to give a little update. The short answer is yes, I am working on another book.
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First of all, I\’d like to sincerely apologize for jinxing the weather this week by writing about how nice it was last week. It looks like I may be the sole reason winter is back – my bad y\’all! Hopefully Mother Nature finds her cool here pretty soon. Anyway, I\’d like to talk about healthy
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Y’all it finally feels like Spring!! We went from a blizzard one week to 80 degrees the next, and while it was a little wild, I’m so happy to get outside and not freeze! It was especially nice to get out and run without a dozen layers on. The early morning runs it was still
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Last weekend I saw on Facebook a bunch of photos posted from this year\’s club nationals swim meet, and oh boy did it send me down memory lane! I dug up a bunch of photos from my college swimming days, and spent a lot of time thinking about all the wonderful memories and friendships I
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So, I\’m sure I\’m not the only one who\’s over this never ending winter we\’ve been experiencing. It\’s enough to drive us all crazy! Especially when we experience rain, hail, thunder, lightning, AND snow all in the same day – Mother Nature is straight up losing her cool. And on top of that, another snow
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For those of you who don\’t know, I\’ve been working from home for the last month while our office undergoes some construction. Having only worked from home on a random snow day here and there in the past, this was a bit of an adjustment! It is obviously becoming a lot more common these days
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Alright y\’all, it\’s time for another birthday interview! Next up is my wonderful mom! I\’ve asked her the same questions I asked my sister and my dad on their birthdays, so you\’ll have to take a peak back at their interviews to see how similar they are. What\’s your favorite place you\’ve ever visited?Jamaica What\’s
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So by now I\’m sure you\’ve seen the posts on my Facebook page – as well as other\’s pages – about the DASH Around Kampeska Half Marathon and Half Marathon Relay going on May 20th around our beautiful Lake Kampeska! I want to take a moment and try to convince all of you to sign
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