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January 2023 ~ Running Progress Report

Progress This year has gotten off to a very slow start. Couple of health issues and LOTS of cold weather. I'd like to blame being wimpy to getting older, but let's face it I've always been wimpy when it comes to cold weather. I'm pretty sure I used up all my crummy weather mojo running… Continue reading January 2023 ~ Running Progress Report

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2022 Running Round Up

December Running Progress With December's required mileage being 59.52 it looked good to make 2022's annual goal of 700 miles. Especially since at the end of November saw me being ahead of the game by 17.07 Between the cold and crummy weather, last minute Christmas crafting crush, and an aggressive cold - I came up… Continue reading 2022 Running Round Up

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Pixie is all about the after-run scones

Pixie was pretty sure the scone that they brought to the table was for her. I did share. She HAD just ran 3 miles after all.

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2022 Running Update: Mar & Apr

As any type of resolution, motivation dwindles. Especially with crummy weather and Spring time colds. In the last update I was +33.51 miles ahead of the game for this year's running goal In March only 46.52 miles were achieved. This was -8.03 of the monthly goal, decreasing my lead to 25.48 miles for the year.… Continue reading 2022 Running Update: Mar & Apr

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Taji 100 – 2022 : Mission Accomplished

Just barely @ 100.10 miles. It was less than last year, but it still counts. Nearly all of the challenges of last year applied, except the ice storm and related damage. This year brought a new challenge. Nearly every time I start a run, something hurts. Often times it it more than one thing. As… Continue reading Taji 100 – 2022 : Mission Accomplished

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Running 2022 – Progress Update

Earlier I shared my running goals for this year. I started 11 days already into the new year. I knew that I'd have to push pretty hard to meet the 54.55 miles/month goal. I managed 42.51 miles, 12.04 miles short of goal. 13 days active. February has the goal of 4.17 miles a day (only… Continue reading Running 2022 – Progress Update

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Running Goals for 2022

At the end of 2021, DW mentioned that he was close to making his running goal of 1,000 miles. I never gave the idea of making a running goal for the whole year. For the last couple of years I have participated in the Taji 100 challenge of 100 miles in the month of February.… Continue reading Running Goals for 2022

knitting · Quilts · Wellness

Workbasket – And a Little of That

Workbasket previously Where I was ~ Row 142 Where I am now ~ Row 3 Sigh. You may be asking yourself as to why anyone would keep doing this to themselves. I've wondered the same thing myself. Finishing this project is now a challenge that I mean to over come! As of October 1st, I… Continue reading Workbasket – And a Little of That

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Taji 100 – Mission Accomplished 2021

I successfully finished with 101.46 miles! It only took me 66 hours and 53 minutes. My challenges: sore musclesvery sore Achilles tendoncold weatherwet weathericy weatherlots of tree debrispersonal tantrumslack of motivationfeeling sorry for myselfshort day light hoursthe amount of miles that had to be run each day that I was available to runsick to death… Continue reading Taji 100 – Mission Accomplished 2021