Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Chicago Quarter Marathon 2017 Race Recap
Race #123 Quarter Marathon #1 2017 Race #7 Chicago Quarter Marathon #1 As I planned this Spring Break trip, I briefly conducted a search for races in Chicago happening on either Sunday after we arrived or today, right before we headed home. I knew that in a city this large, there must be something. A…
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2017 Travels – Chicago, the Preparation
After a year of no travel, I am beyond excited to get started on a summer filled to the brim with travel. On the agenda for the summer? The UK, Hilton Head Island, road trip to Maine/Prince Edward Island, and San Francisco. All of this starts with a sampler in Chicago which, when this post…
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Sugar vs. the Budget
I have known for a while that my sweet tooth has teetered on the edge of out of control. As a child I drank a minimum of a can of soda a day. I loved fruity candy like Twizzlers and Starbust and once filled up the center portion of my Trapper Keeper notebook with Starburst…
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Greer Earth Day Run 10 Miler 2017 Race Recap
Race #122 10 Miler #3 2017 Race #6 2017 10 Miler #2 Greer Earth Day Run #3 This race feels like the red-headed step child of the Greenville Track Club’s series of races. First they have to deal with train crossings and issues with CSX. Then they move the race to Travelers Rest for two…
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Faith Rooted in Joy not Fear
Last Wednesday, on the one year anniversary of the terror attack in Brussels, a radicalized British-born man drove his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge killing three and injuring forty before exiting the vehicle and fatally stabbing a police officer. The assailant was then killed by other police officers before he could…
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A Hero’s 5k 2017 – Race Recap
Race #121 5k #44 2017 Race #5 2017 5k #1 A Hero’s 5k #3 It has been a while since I ran this race. I am much different runner than the first and second time that I ran this race back in 2011 and 2012. Additionally, this year I want to focus on longer distances,…
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Sickness Induced Apathy
Over my life I have not been sick often. I am incredibly grateful for this health. When I do get sick, I consider myself a rather terrible patient, not the worst, but no where near decent. Even the slightest cold makes me feel like the most apathetic person. I thrive on goal making and goal…
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Hit on at Walmart
I had a vastly different post planned for this week than this. I could not, however, pass up the subject that completely unexpectedly landed at my feet. I headed to Walmart Saturday evening with the intent of picking up some thread for my next cross-stitch project and some groceries so I would have something to…
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A Day without Caffeine
I drink a lot of coffee. Anyone who knows me responds, “No, duh.” I could attempt to trace this back to when I first started drinking coffee-if I remembered-and my subsequent evolution as a coffee drinker. That would appeal to my strength of context but would not serve the point of this essay. Currently, I…
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More with Less
One of my strengths according to strengthsfinder is Learner. A Learner “will always be drawn to the process of learning. The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting for you.” This has played out in my life repeatedly. I have never met a topic that I haven’t wanted to learn more…
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