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CrossFit: Stepping outside of one box, and into another
CrossFit: the response, to which, tends to be a spectrum ranging from an exuberant love of anything related to it (all hail the CULT-TURE of CrossFit) to a visceral disdain and fear of the sport. I can...
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Friday Favorites: Zipfizz Health Energy Drink
I across stumbled Zipfizz several years back while wandering the aisles of Costco one weekend. They were giving out samples of Citrus flavor in a 16oz bottle of water and, like all free samples, I...
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Memorial Day:Remembering the Fallen
I woke up Friday morning to a facebook feed full of"OMG. Three day weekend. Time to Par-tay."and"Wooo hooo...Memorial Day - Poolz open beeatches."and I was annoyed.Annoyed because too many people take...
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Today We Run
Today we run. Not to train - but to honor our fallen.We run for those who can't run. We run for the Sons and Daughters who didn't come home. We run for the Daddies and Mommies and the children that...
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Marine Corps Historic Half - in Blue
About a year after I ran the Marine Corps Historic Half, I found myself up at a ridiculous hour heading to Virginia to do it again. At least this year, I knew going in that it would not be pretty.My...
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Starting Over
"The goal's always simple: to push myself. Past discomfort, into pain. Outlast the pain. aim for numbness. To come out the other side...feeling a little destroyed. Then I know I've won." ~ Cait Chock....
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Peaks and Valleys Along Your Journey
I’ve been in a valley lately in my training/physical performance. Some self-imposed and some out of my control. In typical OCD fashion, I’ve hyper focused and over analyzed, trying to figure out why...
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The Weekly Ramble #1
If you had the faintest impression that I did this for a living, allow me this moment to set the record straight - I don't.Sure, it would be great to make my living writing a blog, lifting weights, and...
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Running Into God
The other day I logged into facebook and a July 15, 2015 post from Dean Karnazes showed up in my feed. The caption read, "If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run...
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The Weekly Ramble #2
What's New:I have another 18 miles in the books and ten weeks until I hit the trail for a 50k. Crazy - I know. I also can't believe that I'm actually following a 50k training plan that does, in fact,...
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Asthma Sucks
Asthma sucks. I spent my childhood watching my grandmother and mother suffer and die young from COPD. I cared for many asthmatic patients as an ICU Nurse. I witnessed one my closest friends have...
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The Weekly Ramble: #3 - A Somewhat Late Edition
What's New:Knocked out my twenty mile road and nine mile trail training runs. Although they were tough runs, they were just the confidence builders I needed for the coming weeks. Unfortunately, my...
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The Weekly Ramble #4: Find Your Fierce
This weekend is the Chicago Marathon and many of my friends and readers will be there. Although I will not be running it with them, I will carry them all in my heart as I run my longest unsupported...
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Mentors, Motivators, and Inspirations: Sid Busch
"I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the...
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Change is Good...Right?
It's been a tough year full of changes and unexpected twists but I've managed to arrive at the other end relatively unscathed. Still, a lot has changed and more is on the horizon.I moved and while it...
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Back at Square One (or Damn My A** Hurts)
I've started running again and while it may not be far or fast, I AM running. Naturally, the muscles that I put on a six week vacation are disgruntled - in other words, my ass hurts.I had forgotten...
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Returning to Blue Ridge
If you had asked me five years ago if I wanted to run the Blue Ridge Marathon, I would have laughed at you and questioned your sobriety. Five years ago, however, I was not a runner. Today is a much...
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Little Rock Marathon or the Race with the Big A** Medal
In the spring after I started running, I started following the blog, Run with Jess. She's an upbeat running mom with a huge following. The post that initially got my attention was her race recap of the...
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Sox Boxican and Ambassador Announcement
Last March, I purchased my very first pair of The Sox Box socks as a part of a St Patty’s 5K run in Baltimore. Theresa, had directed me to the site which had a plethora of fun and sassy socks for all...
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Little Rock Marathon Pt 1
#lrmarathon #GameOn Eeekkk# #ambsdrA photo posted by Theresa C. (@gobelieveconquer) on Mar 4, 2016 at 11:10am PSTIt was a few years in the making, but I finally made it to the Little Rock Marathon....
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