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Fitness Friday Giveaway
by
Debbie
It's the day after Thanksgiving and it just happens to be ...Fitness Friday!And no, I'm not going to skip it this week. Yes, many of you probably overate yesterday. After all, who can resist turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and oh so much more? I just hope you practiced a bit of portion control.However, today's a new day. Don't give up ...
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Very Thankful.
by
Rachel M.
On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, I have the chance to look back and really analyze the good stuff. First, I want to say thank you, readers for reading and supporting this blog. Second, too often I get sucked into the “why me?” crap {spent 1.5 hours driving home from the mountains with a very sick, puking, whining 3 year old} only to r ...
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Thanksgiving ‘09
by
Monica O.
I started the day with a 6 miler. My legs are tired from running four days in a row, but I wanted to get in some good mileage before all the eats!Breakfast was oat bran. I needed something warm after a cold run! I made the whole Thanksgiving spread with the help of my mom. This was our first time ever doing it like this. Normally we have T-day with ...
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New Job, New Obstacles
by
Susan
Okay, am I the only non-American who’s been oddly craving turkey and stuffing all day? :P Well, holiday or not, I hope everyone had a fabulous Thursday :DMine started off a little too early for my liking, so I went for a little comfort in a big bowl of oat bran.With almond butter and marshmallow fluff. Mature, yet immature all at the same tim ...
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Turkey Trots and Derby. Must be Thanksgiving
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Joey A.
Seems my Thanksgiving Holidays are getting quite predictable. As always, there is the great time and food shared with my family but my day usually starts quite early when I could be sleeping in. I think it was 1999 when I ran the Ridgewood Turkey Trot and that was the last time I have run in it but I have been a volunteer every year since. At first ...
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Shauna M.
What is "MS" tired? It is not the usual sleepiness you feel after lunch. It's not the dragging feeling the morning after the night before. It's the "get me to a bed before I drop to the floor in the grocery store" kind of feeling. It's giving your shopping cart full of groceries to a stock person to put away because you just can ...
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Top ten gift ideas for that amatuer athlete in your life (part 1)
by
Roman M.
With
the holidays knocking at the door, we have updated our annual Top Ten
gifts for that amatuer athlete in your life feature. Here they are
arranged from least to most expensive.Warning Number One is a Shameless self promoting plug:1) If you or your tri
buddy have any ambitions of ever doing an Ironman; “No Seriously My
Training Starts Tomo ...
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Gratitude by my father Duane Cardall
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Paul Cardall
Today I am grateful for family. Trials can destroy a family or bring them closer together. Our family is stronger because of what we've been through this past year. My extended family is stronger. I attribute my own success and the success of our extended family to the wisdom and love of my mother and father who've always put us first. My father, a ...
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Lynn - Bonjour Boston!
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Actors Diet
Or....I should really say Waltham, because that's where we're staying. We'll be heading over to our Aunt Gail's house nearby for Thanksgiving "dinner" at 3pm.Our airport travels really weren't bad! I vastly overestimated the time it would take to sit in traffic, drop Julius off at the dog boarder's, etc. and we wound up at LAX 3 hours b ...
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A Triathlete's Thanksgiving
by
Roman M.
It only seems right that at this holiday time of the year I take stock and give thanks---from a endurance athlete’s point of view.I’m thankful for Chlorine!Now that I spend countless hours at the local pool, swimming back and forth like some caged and deranged zoo animal, I give thanks to modern chemistry. For without it the local young ...
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