After I decided to make the Beat The Deadline 5K my comeback race, the organizers gave me an opportunity to give away another race entry. I polled my Moms Run This Town group for someone else making a comeback from injury and ready for a 5K, and Savanah said she fit the bill.
When a business trip to Austin came up, I contacted my favorite Austin blogger for suggestions of where to stay. When she suggested the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa I was afraid the rates would bust my budget, but apparently the world wasn’t beating a path to Austin on the next-to-last Monday in August.
This is part two of my series on Fitting In Fitness Between Flights, and chronicling how I stayed active on my business trip from heck. If you missed it, check out part one here. Continue reading
I thought “Beat The Deadline” was a cute name for the 5K put on by the National Press Club to support the National Press Club Journalism Institute. We all know that journalists have to get their stories written in time to meet their publication deadlines, but did you know that lawyers live with deadlines too?
In my work as a patent attorney, I often have to make sure a patent application is filed before my inventor’s work is published in a scientific journal, so I have my own publication deadlines to meet. On Saturday, I proved that lawyers can beat the deadline too!
(Thanks to Natalie DiBlasio from RunHaven–who won her age group!–for inviting me to participate in this event!)
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I read three books while I was traveling last week! One I loved, one I probably would have liked better if I hadn’t just read the first one, and one I probably would have liked better if I hadn’t been expecting something different. All three are books that keep you guessing in their own ways.
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