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The 5K Nate Run Recap

Shane woke both Ted and I up at 5:20 am. This would normally not be a problem but we got home late after having such great time at the wedding. Natured called but we think mostly, Shane wanted to play. Ted was up to tend to beasty boy and I got up to dilly-dally & blog before taking Shane for a 2 mile warm up before my race. 6 am: Banana with 1 TBS peanut butter. My stomach was a little over active this morning. I’m sure that was due to “wedding food” which was not my usual pre-run meal. [...]

By Joanne|2010-06-14T15:47:56-04:00June 12, 2010|Running|12 Comments

Big footed family

I think our family has big feet. My Uncle is visiting my parents in South Carolina this week. He is over from England and my mother said they were going out today to get him some new shoes. He wears a size 14. That’s right. SIZE 14 !!!! The following comparison resulted in my conclusion that I have big feet: Both Ted’s daughters are taller than I am at 5’8” and 5’10’. Respective shoe sizes are about 8 1/2 and 10. I am 5’6”. I wear a 9 or 9 1/2 . My feet hadn’t used to be that big. [...]

By Joanne|2010-04-14T06:13:08-04:00April 14, 2010|Quick Meals, Running|16 Comments

Trying Nike

Yesterday my new pair of winter runners arrived. I'm not a Nike sneaker person anymore - just their clothes. I switched to Saucony as my brand of choice and remain pretty faithful to them, however, when I was doing a search for winter/weatherproof running shoes, the Nike Structure Triax II came up on sale. I tried them out this morning and they're great! I would have bought Saucony but didn't see what I was looking for in the description. Getting out of bed was a real chore. The alarm went off and it was a total surprise. I was having [...]