2015 Running Focus
Every year I have a new focus for my running. In 2011, I just wanted to run my first race and figure out what this running this is all about. Check. In 2012, I worked on my speed so I wouldn't freeze during the Polar Night Half in January of 2014. Check. In 2014, I...
read moreSeattle Marathon Early Bird Rate Through May 31
I'm currently on my way to a wedding in Wilmington, North Carolina. I wrote this post ahead of time, much like I wrote the last post ahead of time. Wrote four at the same time, so there is still one more surprise. Don't want to post a million things on one day and...
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Treadmill Inclines
This speed training I picked up from the Internet, most likely this Runner's World article. It's on the Treadmill, which I know most people dread, but I actually enjoy. I don't enjoy mind-numbingly long runs on it, but I do enjoy using it for interval and incline...
read moreQuick Pyramid Session
Last night, the Seattle Marathon Twitter chat (#RunSeattleChat) was about picking up speed to avoid the 90 Bridge Bus. That, by the way, is my goal for both the RnR and the Seattle Marathon: don't get picked up before crossing the bridge. One of the questions was...
read moreBlaine Wetzel on Seattle Refined
http://www.komonews.com/seattlerefined/eat-drink/Blaine-Wetzel-tells-us-about-how-you-can-still-score-tickets-to-the-Gelinaz-Shuffle-his-James-Beard-Award-and-his-upcoming-book-303982041.htmlA Chat With James Beard Winner, Blaine Wetzel The Willow's Inn dinner for Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle sold out, so the timing of this isn't so amazing, but it's an interesting interview. Plus Chef Wetzel has a cookbook coming out.
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Snohomish Women’s Half
Race two of the new season went better than race one with the exception of a toe I slammed on a bench the night before. I woke up with a swollen bruised, very broken toe. Running funny on a broken toe made my calf stiffen up and made my gait a little crazy. On May 17,...
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119 Days to go…….
Not that I'm counting, but in 119 days I'll be running through the vineyards of France. Here's a photo from last year for inspiration! View image | gettyimages.com And yes that is a wine station! View image | gettyimages.com
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Gelinaz Shuffle
It's shocking to me that the Gelinaz Shuffle isn't sold out yet!!! I set alarms to remind me to buy tickets to the only local restaurant participating and was ready when the tickets went on sale a bit early. I nabbed a two top for the Willow's Inn dinner with surprise...
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Why you should train…really!
I'm not the best at training. I skip runs. I walk when I should be running. I stop and take photos. I do lots of things that have very little to making myself a better runner. That's why I sign up for so may races, so that I'm forced to run. After my first half...
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Chef’s Table: Massimo Botturro reminds me of a dinner…
Watching "Chef's Table" on Netflix brought me back a few years to my dinner at Osteria Francescana. It starts by going in depth in how he cooks from his memories (that is a paraphrase of course). The night we ate dinner at Osteria Francescana in October 2011, the...
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― Margaret Atwood
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“The internet is 95 percent porn and spam” ― Margaret Atwood In case you're wondering, which I'm sure you aren't, I got so much comment spam that I just turned off comments on the site for a while and then deleted them all. In order to make the process simple, I...
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Great Movie Ride Wedding
So for the last however long, some of you have known I was getting married, but the location was super secret. See, we wanted the wedding to be a total surprise for our guests, so I couldn't talk about it online. Well the cat is out of the bag. While the actual...
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It’s done! We got hitched
So we finally made it super official and had a wedding, complete with reception for our friends and family. I can guarantee you that my wedding was probably crazier than yours, but that doesn't mean I don't think yours is awesome too. It just didn't have all this!...
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I may be Dopey but…
I could write a recap, but it was four days of running and it was cold and then hot and then cold and then hot, and there were Disney things. I rode Expedition Everest during the half--achievement unlocked. So because who needs another recap, I share just the photos....
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Quadzuki Done
You won't get many pictures because it rained on Friday, no it sleeted and dumped buckets on Friday morning, and my phone died. I hadn't done a cloud backup in a while. So yeah that's Quadzuki 2014 for you. That's me above at the Seattle Ghost. Thursday for the Wittle...
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Disney Pre-Wedding
When we booked our amazing photographers, we received an engagement shoot. Despite the lack of actual engagement, we did some pre-wedding photos. Here are just a few.
read moreRecap: Yellowstone Half Marathon
This is a bit of a work in progress as I still have to find all the photos taken during the race and post those, but I wanted to get these words out of my head so I can write other stuff. So the Yellowstone Half Marathon....it was well, challenging. First I'll get all...
read moreThis is not the wedding blog you’re looking for….
Well, the cat is out of the bag enough that I can finally blog about it---Artboy and I are planning a Disney Fairy Tale wedding for February 2015. What? Yeah, an actual wedding. Finally! Now, this isn't going to become a wedding blog, but it's Disney and it's a huge...
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