working? running! and a winner!

[if this post is up, it means i did not have another relapse and am actually at work on a friday. pretty soon my co-workers might think i am conveniently scheduling vertigo episodes on thursdays/fridays. anyway, hopefully you are reading this and i am not sitting on the bathroom floor again.] i've...

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psa: lucky brand jeans

ok so i found a great deal  ($129 pair of lucky brand skinny jeans for only $9.99) but 10 minutes after posting about it they were already sold out. boo lucky!! so this whole part of the post is edited. giveaway still on though! don't forget to throw your name in the hat for some clif shots + random treats! no, the random treats won't be stale pieces of gum from the crevices of my car or the...

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i'm on a boat

with all this non-running talk lately, you guys probably thought i'd shelved my shoes. while i have been taking more rest-days and running shorter mileage, i am still trying to get out there and run - even if just for 10 minutes. some days i even settle for little walk just to log some time on my legs - 26.2 miles is no jaunt in the park. proof that things haven't been going well from a "marathon...

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coming to terms

i've been working on talking myself into this for over two weeks now. i promised myself after new york that i would not train for another marathon while in this crazy work/life situation; at the time i thought i was done in kentucky in january, giving me time to train for boston on a more "normal" schedule. i haven't put myself wholeheartedly (or even half) into training for boston, and with the re-flare...

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should've got an a on it

i am enjoying the random comments/answers on my little giveaway, especially all the 'loopholes' you guys are finding for sitting on the barbecue grill. nice, real nice. i'd definitely rather roast my rear a little than chew glass - that just sounds 10x worse. anyway just a quick post to share a discount code for road id - i bought one for josh earlier this week after that runner dude got hit by a...

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give it away give it away give it away now

(i'm too lazy to think of my own titles lately, so i borrow song lyrics. thanks rhcp for today's installment.) back when i was actually (sort of) doing long runs, i sometimes ran with the owner of the local running store here in smalltown, kentucky. i've been meaning to stop by, but the shop is always...

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at least she's goal-oriented?

now that i'm having to chill out on running, i thought i might take this on as my newest challenge: "woman aims to become world's fattest" that is pure ambition right there! for those of you too lazy to open another tab, basically she wants to weigh 1,000 lbs. she has quite a head start on me - weighing in at over 600 pounds, so i have my work cut out for me. "I'd love to be 1000lb ... it might...

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hello, hello, i'm at a place called vertigo

first off, thanks for all the well-wishes! no, my puke was not technicolor from all the m&m's :o) it turns out i wasn't just feeling mentally unbalanced this past week. mid-morning thursday my tinnitis (yeah, it still hasn't gone away) suddenly got worse. when i stood up i could not walk straight and felt like i was going to fall over. after a few minutes i realized this was much more severe...

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no more crunches

who doesn't want a sexy six-pack? today i 'discovered' a great, effective ab workout. puking. i spent the morning purging myself of today's breakfast, yesterday's meals, and probably the past 7 days of meals too. it just would not stop coming. my abs are sore now though, and i know i felt my stomach turning as i sat miserably with my head in a trash bag, hence the "ab workout". not only will you...

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unbalanced

i've been feeling a lot more 'on-and-off' lately (/the past year) and once again need a couple days to regroup myself. it's not like there's much to say about my running recently. have i mentioned i'm supposed to run a little marathon in five weeks? yeah..... <3 hurl...

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hello gorgeous

not long ago i was tagged a 'gorgeous blogger' by erica of run mommy run. erica is new-er to running and has quickly caught the running bug. she keeps telling me that we are going to move to belize to escape this lovely winter weather but i have a feeling that by the time she gets it all organized...

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welcome to the 21st century

i want to be in kentucky when the end of the world comes, because it's always 20 years behind. - {mark twain}today my temporary home in kentucky voted "yes" to beer/liquor sales. i gotta admit i'm a little surprised they pulled it off. apparently some of the locals think that alcohol sales + bars = strip clubs and mud/jello wrestling. yep, jello wrestling. so common. i mean i can't even remember the...

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national m&m day

alas, march is here choc'late's better in color m's, you complete me i'm declaring this national m&m day, so go out and indulge now! (don't worry lenten-sacrificers and those of you starting your own sugar-free-challenge, i will take care of your portio...

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