Not a trip goes by that I don’t think of this and laugh. I have been trying to find an isolated clip of this FOREVER, but my attempts to take matters into my own hands did not produce embed-able results. I think this direct link works, though! If you run into trouble, the show is Burn Notice, the episode...
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Heeeeeeey guys. I have a medium cold and am typing this through a thick fog of Sudafed, so… welcome to Disjointed Town! We begin your scattered tour with a recap of last week’s workouts. Sunday | rest Monday | ran 10.11 miles outside in 1:50 Taking advantage of the mild weather, but with the high pollen count my lungs...
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I skirted the edge of an honest-to-God panic attack the night before the 2016 Wine & Dine Half Marathon. Not because I was nervous about my performance. Not because I was missing any part of my gear. Not because I was sick or injured. I was terrified of sleeping through my alarm. To review: I had three alarms set on my...
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I was a Brooks Ravenna girl for a long time. I started with the Ravenna 4 running shoe and rode it out to the Ravenna 6 with no problems. Each iteration may have had some subtle differences, but for the most part they were unremarkable in that they continued to work fine for my feet. Then, a little over...
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This week in Jenn’s training log: I begin to get overconfident. Sunday | rest That’s not why. Monday | 12.11 miles on the treadmill in 2:00 There it is. I’m, like, SMACK on goal pace. The goal-est pace. So I’m like, come at me, marathon! I need to keep reminding myself I’ve been hurt by goals before… I was...
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Here’s a question that’s been plaguing me for years: should you or should you not italicize the names of theme park rides? I’ve seen it go both ways and I just don’t know. Wikipedia suggests no. Ditto Yahoo Answers. Annnnd that’s about it, as far as an admittedly shallow Google search went. But I’ve seen posts and articles italicizing...
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And now for another story of the thought that goes into trip planning – and how the WDW online reservation system is FULL OF LIES. After two lovely solo trips, I am ready to tour WDW with a buddy again. Lucky for me, my pixie-dusted Disney aura has settled on Pat at least a little, as he has decided...
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s how I’m celebrating. Anyway. Now that Gene has walked us home we can discuss last week’s long run. I’ll tell you one thing: you want an empty gym, you go way early the morning after the Super Bowl. Sunday | rest We had a couple friends over for the Superb Owl. Still maintain I would...
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Hey! You know how there are a lot of posts on this blog? Well, sometimes I like to curate them for you. Always assuming of course that your interests align precisely with my theories about your interests. As such, here’s my yearly roundup of the trip reports and race recaps that have graced this blog; I’ve marked those that...
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It’s trip report time again! I love trip reports! I’m recapping my January 2017 trip to WDW for the marathon. You can see all the posts in this report here. Onward! I am still an annual passholder. I still get free photo downloads. AHAHAHAHA LOOK AT THEM ALL!!!!! Megalomania with a side of slap-happiness ahoy: Does anyone else have no...
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