Keep it Quiet

I just finished this for my grandparent’s Christmas gift:

I wasn’t sure I was going to get it done, but I finally just sat down and started on it, and it didn’t take too long.  Around 2 hours? The photo was taken at the Richmond Fall Festival, I had it printed on fabric and I picked [...]

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Progress on the Sweater

A quick shot of my sweater progress…I should probably try it on…or something.
I got a little careless with the waist decreases/increases because my measurements were slightly off somehow. For example, instead of decreasing at 14″ it ended up being at 13.5″.  I must have had too much wine that night.
I’m still only up to 5 [...]

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Ambitious much?

I’m still running. I wasn’t sure if I would keep it up after I did the 5K, which was my original goal.  But I kept at it and now I’m up to about 4.5 miles per run, 4 days a week.  I never dreamed I would be where I’m at.  And I like it.  Crazyness [...]

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I Did It!! My First 5K Run

I DID IT! I ran my first 5K.  It felt awesome.  The weather was perfect even if my hands did freeze during the first half of it, the trail was pretty, there were quite a few people, and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I guess that training really worked, huh.  [...]

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What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

GO CAMPING!
Well, it’s isn’t camping itself that I’m afraid of…it’s more like the going-by-myself part.  But I’m about to embark on this weekend adventure, me and the dog, and do a bunch of things I’ve never done before.
The title of today’s post comes from the book “Who Moved My Cheese?” and it’s a neat little [...]

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25 Days

That’s how many days are left until the race.

I’ve just finished up Week 5 of training, so I get to cross it off.  Time to set the new training intervals on my watch.

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