2017 Army Ten Miler Recap

Today I ran my 10th Army Ten Miler. After 10 times you’d think there wouldn’t be much more to say about this race, but this year was different in many ways. I wasn’t at my best and the humidity was at its worst, but my 2017 Army Ten Miler recap isn’t as quite as gloomy as the weather.  

2017 Army Ten Miler Recap

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October Controversies — Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up

Welcome to the October Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up, where all are welcome, whether you like pumpkin spice lattes or loath them. Our goal for this link-up is to give people an opportunity to share what’s going on in our lives, so we can get to know each other better and support each other in all our endeavors. Since it’s no fun to have coffee alone, make sure you leave comments on other blogs in the link up, and don’t forget to visit my co-host Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner.

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Lifeline 100 Century Ride Recap

Last weekend my husband and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. How did we mark such a momentous occasion? By spending 7 hours on our bikes doing the Lifeline 100 Century Ride in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of course! What could be more romantic??

Lifeline 100 Century Ride Recap
It wasn’t the first time we spent our anniversary cycling. For our 25th, we took the day off work and spent the day riding to Leesburg and back–about 67 miles round trip. Since our anniversary fell on a weekend this year, and since completing a century ride was on my husband’s “bucket list,” the Lifeline 100 Century Ride seemed like a perfect fit.

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Alternative Plantar Fasciitis Treatment

Between recovering from my not-quite-a-race last weekend, resting up for our century ride, and focusing on my plantar fasciitis treatment, this week was relatively quiet on the workout front. While I had a break from business travel, work still kept me busy with 12 hour days Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday–but I made it home just in time for the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy! #priorities.

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
Since plantar fasciitis is an injury that can plague runners, I thought you might be interested in learning about my alternative plantar fasciitis treatment–especially since it seems to be working.

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September Runfessions

How can it be the end of September already?! Luckily I have until next weekend to get ready to host the Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up again–please mark your calendars and plain to join Deborah and me as we catch up over coffee. Today it’s time to share our monthly Runfessions. Make sure you give an extra-special shout out to our host Marcia for her great Berlin Marathon last weekend! 

I’m also joining the Friday Five link up hosted at Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness.

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