8.0 Miles

02.19.2011
8.0 Miles

Ow. That about summarizes the 8 mile training with Holli (aka The Great Askini) today for the RunTheBluegrass half marathon. For some reason, I was really having some mental roadblocks- telling myself I was tired or too slow. For some reason last week’s 7.2 seemed

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The Twenties

02.18.2011
The Twenties

Lately, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about my 30th birthday. Not that I’m scared to be 30- I really don’t care (although it will be weird to not be considered a ‘twenty-something’ anymore). I’m thinking about it because I want a big party. Birthdays

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Don’t worry about me!

02.17.2011

I went out tonight to support two friends who got some great creative space together. Fat Emmie would have stayed at home. But today, I felt good and went anyway. I didn’t know who else would be there, but I ended up seeing people I

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Dumpy Butt

02.16.2011
Dumpy Butt

As I posted over on Facebook today, I have a bad case of dumpy butt. The ironic thing is that I just picked these up from alterations yesterday. When I dropped them off 2 weeks ago, all I noticed was that the legs were too

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Half Marathon Training Tips

02.14.2011

This is a guest post from Emily, who blogs at Big Life, Little Blog: One girl’s bigger than life journey to a healthier, happier self; and tweets at @emtucky. Not only does she have the best name ever *smirk*, she is a great encourager and I

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Weigh In | 2.14.11

02.14.2011
Weigh In | 2.14.11

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you. Starting weight: 455 Last weigh in: 352 Today: 354 Loss this week: +2 Total lost: -101 I am not disappointed as you might think. After starting my half-marathon training this week, my legs are a little swollen and

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7.2 Miles

02.12.2011
7.2 Miles

Today, I woke up bright eyed and not-so bushytailed and headed out to meet great new friend Holli (aka The Great Askini) for some half-marathon training. Not only has she been a great encourager, she is training with me, doing the half, and has donated

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