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We can all agree that running forever on a treadmill can be mentally exhausting. It’s the proverbial hamster-in-the-wheel feeling that makes it more awful than it really has to be. That’s why I love a good Netflix and ‘Mill session. I’m usually wasting a good 15 minutes before my run scrolling through Netflix trying to …

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I’m slowly building base miles after the week of IT band torture. This was the last week of school and that means some stress miles happened. I still don’t have a hard and fast training plan or race scheduled. Until I get school out of the way, I’m just wallowing along. Tuesday-5 miles Thursday-3 miles …

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No favorites today. This is a reflection post on the last day of school and start of summer for us. Just like the first day of teacher training in August, my friends I teach with in Kindergarten met up at City Café for the last day of school breakfast. Whenever we have these days that …

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And it smells like bacon. Gifts from friends that are fellow teachers are always on point. Today was the last day with kiddos. They left at lunch and the faculty ate together in blessed silence or adult conversation. The last week of school is usually so stressful, nobody wants to even look at each other …

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This was a much better week! Last week, I had to deal with some IT band issues and cranky hip. Things seemed to have settled down and I got in a few more miles this week. Each run was slow and easy. I focused on enjoying running and not hard training. Monday-3miles Wednesday-2.5 miles Thursday-2 …

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4 miles. That’s ALL I got this week. I took Monday off to rest up and when I ran Tuesday morning, my IT band seized up bad. It’s been years since I felt this kind of IT pain. I knew from experience to stop running and try to remember all the at-home things my physical …

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It was a pretty good week! I’m still extremely upset that I had to miss the Rock’n’Roll Nashville half marathon. I was in shape for it and I love that city for racing. So now what? I’m meandering around checking out some local races here and there. We are not going out west this summer …

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