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Homemade Trail Mix Recipe
Making your own trail mix could not be easier or more forgiving (have fun with the ingredient choices and portions below to make it to your liking)! I threw some together for a preschool class snack...
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January Miles and February Goals
January represented the last month in the off-season for me. I took it relatively easy as I tried to heal from shin splints and an adductor magnus groin strain injury. January Miles Note that my...
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Saint Patrick’s Day Greens and Eggs
Happy Saint Paddy’s Day everyone! A leprechaun visited my house in the wee hours of the morning. He left shamrocks and little green pots of “gold” (quarters) for me and the kids to find. My house might...
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PCRF Reaching for the Cure 5K 2013 Recap and Review
My oldest daughter trained with her elementary school’s running club for a 5K. She is 11 and she had run two 5Ks before, but this would be the first one she would run by herself. It turns out that the...
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The Best Support Team
I just realized I left out the best part of my Spring Blast Half Marathon race recap! Mike and my three girls often cheer me on at races and act as my support crew by handing me replacement bottles of...
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iCureMelanoma 5K 2015 Race Recap
I had a fantastic morning with my family and friends at the iCureMelanoma 5K in Fullerton, California today! It’s a great community event for runners, walkers and anyone interested in supporting...
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Newest Race on My Calendar
The newest race on my calendar is one of California’s oldest races — the Fontana Days Run Half Marathon, which was first held in 1955. The race takes place on Saturday, June 4, 2016. That’s over five...
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Celebrating a New Age Group
That’s right folks, today is the big 4-5, which oddly seems a lot more momentous than the big 4-0 did. Turning 40 was the impetus for this whole fitness journey to begin for me — I wanted to get “fit...
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Yosemite Half Marathon 2018 Recap and Review
Did you ever sign up for a race months in advance, and then those months flew by and you wondered what you were thinking when you signed up for that race? That happened to me when I signed up for the...
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Hiking Mount Whitney
I don’t even know how to talk about my recent experience hiking to the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet. It was amazing, challenging, surreal,...
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