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  • A 2017 Retrospective

    As I reflect on 2017 and reread my three, yes three, goal posts from the beginning of that year, I am struck by how appropriate my theme for 2018 really is. If I had applied that theme to my actions in 2017, I believe that I would have had greater success. For this post, I…

  • 2018: The Deep Dive

    With the start of the new year comes a preponderance of resolutions, anti-resolutions, intentions and every shade in between. I have found myself in many of those camps. I have made specific resolutions. I have made goals, goals upon goals. Last year, I set up some intentions which I will revisit in next week’s post.…

  • Hair of the Dog 10 Miler – “Race Recap”

    Also known as the race that didn’t happen. After my experience last year I was sure that I would run this race every year, make it a holiday habit like the TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k. After this year’s experience, I scour race listings to find another race with which to kick off the new year.…

  • The Book Project

    Back in spring of this year, I embarked on a project that has taken me months to complete. That project? Downsizing my book collection. Anyone that knows me would have a hard time figuring out why I embarked on such a project. After all, I am the girl who routinely received stacks of books for…

  • Hilton Head Jingle Jingle 5k 2017 – Race Recap

    Race #139 5k #48 2017 Race #21 2017 5k #5 Hilton Head Jingle Jingle 5k #3 Like I mentioned last year, I planned and executed a dedicated training plan for this race in the hopes that I would make my 5k PR not so much of an anomaly and try to PR. This course could…

  • Simple Living Aspirations

    Anyone who knows me, knows that I rarely sit and do one thing at a time. While I read, I walk around. While I watch TV, I cross stitch. While I work on school-related things, I listen to podcasts. My grandma once asked me if my hands were ever still. Nope. As I mentioned before,…

  • Feeling Left Behind

    As the oldest grandchild on both sides of my family, I accomplished a lot of firsts for the new generation. I was the first born, obviously, the first to go to school, the first the graduate from high school and then college. As I entered adulthood these firsts slowed until they now have trickled into…

  • TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k 2017 – Race Recap

    Race #138 8k #12 2017 Race #20 2017 8k #1 TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k #8 So…before I get to the recap of today’s race, I have to admit that for the first time since I started running, I did not write a recap of a race that I ran. Last Saturday Mom and I ran…

  • The Reason Why

    Nine years ago, many people wondered why I chose Lakeview Middle School for my practicum and student teaching. Some of my cohort members had not even heard of the school. A little over a year ago, when I first got the job that I currently have, many of the same questions arose. AT a summer…

  • For Love of the Run

    A little over a week ago, I ran my 43rd half marathon. Sometime in the midst of the run a recurring thought popped into my head, the thought of wanting to be done already. This thought and others like it occur fairly often during runs of all types, not just races. Why do I do…

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