races

Sometimes It Pays to Be Last

January 17, 2013

If you saw Tuesday’s post, then you figured out that we did, indeed, make it down to Disney for marathon weekend. Nathan hasn’t missed one yet (including when he was in the womb), but it was Sarah Kate’s first. I didn’t plan to take her, but her school had half-day off on Thursday and all [...]

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Ten (Photos) for Tuesday: Disney Magic

January 15, 2013

I’m sitting here at my desk late on Monday night, wishing I had the energy to weave a tale together for you about the past few days (and honestly, to edit these photos quite a bit more!), but it just ain’t happening. So I’ll be a little bit of a tease and post some photos [...]

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Strength vs. Fragility: Tiger Parenting, Disability and Expectations

February 16, 2012

  This week, the Washington Times published a story about Moshe Kai Cavalin, a California boy who completed two associates degrees by age 9 and will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from UCLA at age 14. Most of us would categorize Cavalin as a genius, but he doesn’t see himself that way. In fact, he’s [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Tortoise and Hare Edition

January 11, 2012

I was training for the Marine Corps Marathon when I learned I was pregnant with Nathan. My doctor, knowing I was an experienced distance runner, allowed me to continue, and I went on to complete the marathon while sixteen weeks pregnant, and the Walt Disney World Half Marathon (and the 5K the day before) while [...]

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Tri, Tri Again (The Triathlon, Part 2)

September 20, 2011

For Part 1, check out last Thursday’s “Might As Well Tri” I woke before the alarm went off at 4am and headed into the bathroom to get dressed. Mr. Andi emerged shortly thereafter and assured me that he was better and we would be doing the triathlon. I applied my tri-tats and headed to the [...]

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Might As Well Tri (The Triathlon, Part 1)

September 15, 2011

My enthusiasm following Sarah Kate’s stellar swim meet performance earlier this summer led me to proclaim on Twitter that when my friend Donna completed the Chesapeake Bay Swim, I would commit to a triathlon. She did it, so… It. Was. On. Given that I’m a marathoner, it seems logical that I’d want to move up [...]

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A Few Good Friends

April 13, 2011

Last April, Sarah Kate decided she wanted to do the Bookin’ for Books 1-mile Pun Run to benefit her school library. She trained by walking around our neighborhood with me, listening to her iPod Shuffle. The race was held again this past Saturday, and she wanted to do it again. She didn’t train this time, [...]

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Running My Own Race

February 9, 2011

It’s been a month now since I ran the Walt Disney World Marathon and I have another marathon on my schedule for this Sunday, so it’s high time that I either blog about it or make a conscious decision that I’m not going to blog about it. Even though this wasn’t my first marathon, they [...]

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I’m Back!

October 4, 2010

Back to blogging as part of the 31 for 21 Blog Challenge.  Back home from a whirlwind trip to Walt Disney World.  And back to racing!  The Wine & Dine Half Marathon was my first race since I did the Walt Disney World Half Marathon back in January while 27 weeks pregnant.  It is so [...]

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Bookin’

June 3, 2010

Bookin’ 4 Books was a small local “inaugural” race held on April 24 to benefit the school libraries. As such, it was heavily promoted in Sarah Kate’s school. There were two events: the 5k Plot Trot and the 1 Mile Pun Run (not a typo – we are incorporating book themes here!) Sarah Kate insisted [...]

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