Yesterday, my stomach was in knots… today, it’s not much better. I have that “I FEEL SO HUNGRYYYYYYY” feeling in my stomach but nothing is appealing. Well, except for comfort food. And comfort food to me is chocolate… LOTS of chocolate. But I know that what comforts me now, will ail me in the future. [...]

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“Where are you?” [With the fear that my already altered routine, would yet be rerouted again] “Just about to get on Pellissippi…” [My Spidey-sense telling me that a trip to a certain school] “The School called, The Elder threw up alot in class. He’s with the nurse. Can you go get him? I don’t know [...]

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Roger that! There are 10 DAYS, well technically 9 and some change and I will on the road to complete the first of two marathons back to back. This will be a first for me, as I have done 2 marathons MONTHS apart, not 8 days… and it’s no wonder that I will be officially [...]

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Well, I didn't exercise at lunch today because I am in another mini-taper for my Thanksgiving race – Autumnfest 8k. I would like to thank the co-worker that brought in what can best be described as Terrybane… or commercially known as Tootsie Rolls. I have been “carbo-loading” with these things all day long, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thank [...]

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It is common practice (almost mandatory) in marathoning to decrease the amount of miles ran per week progressively as you approach marathon day. This transition is called The Taper and is probably the worst part of the whole marathoning training. For the past 10-16 weeks you have putting the mileage on the road, doing the [...]

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Talk about being nervous, this is it, down to last few days before the race actually starts. I saw on the website that there are about 3200 people registered for the marathon at this point! That is a BUNCH of people. Also the weather looks like it is going to be unseasonably warm (in the [...]

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