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A Quiet Spot: Also, a white picket fence
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Enter your email address:. View my complete profile. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Also, a white picket fence. A dinnertime conversation with my three year old: . When I grow up, I'm going to be TWO THINGS! A mommy, and an astronaut! How many kids are you going to have? Holds up three fingers.]. Do you know what you're going to name them? Francis, and Katherine, and . Lily. . Francis is a boy. . Aha How old will they be? One, and two, and three. . Wow, you will be such a busy mom! And a good one, too! From th...
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Run Steph: Finding the joy
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A chronicle of my training for (and completing) my first half marathon. Wednesday, February 22, 2012. I found this shirt at the race expo. I wanted it. So did my daughter. I bought one for myself, and the next day we went back and we bought one for my daughter. She wore hers on race day. She wanted me to wear mine, too, but on the advice of my experienced runner family I opted to wear a shirt that I had trained in. As my daughter noted later, We don't want a repeat of "S. For explanation, see here. There...
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Run Steph: December 2011
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A chronicle of my training for (and completing) my first half marathon. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. I have to tell you, I'm feeling pretty good right now. I thought it was possible. However, more probably, highly unlikely. I snacked on Cheez-its in the car. I drank a Coke. We rolled into town around 4:00. We unloaded the van. And I thought, " No way. Am I going running.". But my husband said, "Are you ready? How many miles are we doing? And he said, "Are we going? It's your call.". We got back from our T...
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Run Steph: Runner's high?
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A chronicle of my training for (and completing) my first half marathon. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. I have to tell you, I'm feeling pretty good right now. I thought it was possible. However, more probably, highly unlikely. I snacked on Cheez-its in the car. I drank a Coke. We rolled into town around 4:00. We unloaded the van. And I thought, " No way. Am I going running.". But my husband said, "Are you ready? How many miles are we doing? And he said, "Are we going? It's your call.". I am a full-time mom w...
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Run Steph: Achilles what?
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A chronicle of my training for (and completing) my first half marathon. Friday, January 20, 2012. FYI, achilles tendonitis is an overuse injury. Factors that contribute include:. Increase in activity,. Less recovery time between activities,. Change of footwear or training surface,. Weak calf muscles,. Decreased range of motion at the ankle joint, usually cause by tight calf muscles,. Running up hills,. I have to tell you, because I haven't yet, that after the epic fail, I did. In order to get there, thou...
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Run Steph: June 2011
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A chronicle of my training for (and completing) my first half marathon. Friday, June 24, 2011. Training - Week One. A little over a week ago I decided that I would run the 2012 Austin Half Marathon. This morning I woke up thinking, Um, am I crazy? Having already committed publicly to do it, backing out is not an option. Thankfully, I have plenty of time to prepare. And I have enlisted the guidance of my husband, the runner. Today concluded week one of my training program and here's what I did. I will fol...
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A Quiet Spot: Everything But the Trapper Keeper
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Enter your email address:. View my complete profile. Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Everything But the Trapper Keeper. Well, knock my socks off and straight into the wash, as Paula Deen would say. My children appear to be channeling normal. Don't get too excited, though; notice the shirt still hangs loose.). Either that, or they're fresh off their first day of Classical Conversations. She's a big personality in a small package," commented one of the room moms from Caroline's class during lunch. Yep. I made th...
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A Quiet Spot: A River Ran Through It
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Enter your email address:. View my complete profile. Saturday, August 20, 2011. A River Ran Through It. Well, not a river, exactly, but a good, hearty, rushing creek. The one where we've spent hours wading, swimming, building dams, enjoying the natural water slide. Now there's not a drop of water to be found. Hello, historic Texas drought.). Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man. A terrific book being read at night by the father and son in this house). August 20, 2011 at 2:12 PM. Bull C...
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A Quiet Spot: Perhaps He Needs Some Woolen Socks?
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Enter your email address:. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Perhaps He Needs Some Woolen Socks? Mom," said Caroline as we drove along - truly, there's no place like the car for great discussions - "I think the earth must really be shaped like a teardrop. Because Mt. Everest is so, so tall. It's, like, a spiky point, and the earth is a ball.". She burst out compassionately. "Those mountains are so big and sharp, they must hurt His feet when He rests them there. Ouchies! September 3, ...
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A Quiet Spot: How to Completely Surprise Yourself
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Enter your email address:. View my complete profile. Tuesday, February 22, 2011. How to Completely Surprise Yourself. As promised yesterday, here is my Guide to Running a Half Marathon for NonAthletes. Because we hold this truth to be self-evident: If I can do this, you can too. Remember, my sport of choice in high school = piano.). So here are a few tips that washed up the shore of my conscious mind during the two hours and thirty one minutes it took me to run the Livestrong Half Marathon. 2 Find a group.
