Bastille Day Run Down

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Coco

Why do we (in the U.S.) celebrate “Bastille Day” on July 14 when the French simply celebrate “Quatorze Juillet” or “la Fête Nationale”? Maybe it makes more sense to mark an event in another country’s history rather than celebrate that country, especially when the event is said to have inspired our own fight for independence.

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Running In Boulder, Biking In DC

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Coco

I missed last week’s Weekly Run Down because I was helping my daughter move to a new place in Boulder, Colorado. Since I love running in Boulder, I packed my running gear and got out for a short run–even though I was pretty tired from all the packing and cleaning.

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Boulder Creek

Truth be told, I crashed at 8 pm Saturday, and was well-rested when jet leg and daylight woke me up early Sunday.

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Celebrating The Fourth At The July Coffee Date

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Coco

Welcome to the July Ultimate Coffee Date! Deborah and I are so glad you are participating in our virtual get-together by linking up your post about what’s going on in your life and visiting and commenting on other coffee date posts. We know it’s a big vacation weekend, and appreciate you stopping by! ultimate coffee date

Grab the html code for our new coffee date badge here:

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Summer Slump Runfessions

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Coco

How can it be the last Friday of June already? Looking at the calendar makes it feel like summer is 1/3 over, but really it just started last week on June 21. No matter how quickly the months go by, I’ve always got plenty of runfessions. It always feels good to bare my soul soles and come clean at the runfessional over at Marcia’s Healthy Slice.

Thanks to Lacey and Miranda for the Fairytales and Fitness Friday Five link up.

Make plans to join the July Ultimate Coffee Date next weekend — Deborah and I will open the (link-up) doors on Friday, and keep the coffee brewing through Sunday. 

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Lawyers Have Heart Race Photos Redux

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Coco

It’s been three weeks since I ran the Lawyers Have Heart 5K (you can read my recap here), but I just received my race photos. Since I didn’t take many pictures myself, and these are pretty good, I thought they’d be worth sharing.

This is the most scenic view, from the last 1/2 mile.

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