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5 Degrees and Orange Chocolate Muffins

It was still dark. I pulled on my silky “johns”, compression pants (hard to do- trust me=TIGHT!), Injinji padded toe socks, winter socks over the Injinji’s, sports bra, long shirt and (FINALLY) went downstairs. The temperature read 2 degrees. Ted mentioned something about it being off a few degrees so I made myself feel better by accepting that I would run in 5 degrees weather. Head sock, chapstick, mid weight running coat with vest, and thick mittens. A reflective vest. I was ready to go. No Shane this morning. I had a long run scheduled and it was too cold [...]

By Joanne|2011-05-26T20:47:00-04:00January 15, 2011|Baking, Exercises|15 Comments

23 Glorious Miles and Millet Salad

Today was my last long run before the marathon. For confidence sake, I had to do 23 miles. It started out as a really bad run, got heaps better, went a bit down hill, then ended on a good note. I wore the top and skort that is the outfit for my marathon. I wore the pace band around my lower arm to protect against the chafe that the phone sleeve gives me. I wore my Newtons and my Injinji socks. I had the running fuel which I planned to use for the marathon. Banana, Gu Shot, Clif Shot, Sports [...]