shake your derrière

i came across this article on monday and it was a little frightening. granted you have to take men's health magazine for what it's worth, but still - it definitely inspired me to get up and move more often throughout the day at work. i am pretty sure i have "caught" the chair-butt disease from my desk...

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is your house on fire, clark?

week in review (11/22 - 11/28) total miles: 37.55 time spent running: ~ 4 hrs 57 min avg pace: 8:58 off days: 1 mon: easy 5mi tue: weights, yoga; 1mi in vibrams wed: 3xmile at the track thu: easy 3mi before dinner #1 fri: weights & abs; easy 3mi on xc course sat: hike 3.5mi with the fam sun: 12mi with tempo boss let us leave work early on wednesday (because he wanted to leave), and i took advantage...

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sunday funnies

one of three large oaks that dump on my house/yard every fall where i live, we don't have friendly curb-side leaf sweeping/pickup. sad times. you are supposed to bag/haul them off yourself and the landfill charges you for dropping off yard waste (boo landfill)! how to postpone having to rake leaves: half...

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gratitudes

things i am thankful for:sleeping injcrew online thanksgiving salepoop-free runswearing sweats to thanksgiving dinner(s)not having to walk 2-miles after running a marathonpeople voting for my trailnot living in a ghetto apartment anym...

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and the grammy goes to

[and now that you're ears are bleeding] -- three-month supply of honeymilk goes to karen / working it out winner of one-case is jason / life of an aspiring triathlete and the winner of another case is misszippy email your contact info (mailing address) to lindsay at chasingthekenyans dot com by 10pm wednesday (11/24) and the good people at honeymilk will ship it out to you! album...

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reebok, take 2

i posted about this awhile ago, but it's going down again! reebok is once again looking for more product-testers. periodically, a reebok representative will email you in regards to testing a pair of shorts, an athletic top, a sports bra, shoes, etc. you reply back (quickly) to get dibs on a sample, and they mail it to you with the test instructions. you then wear the gear for however long the...

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let me google that for you

i have been envious of many of you for some time now, but i finally have random searches for my blog. for the longest time i had standard, boring, running/lindsay/kenyan related searches like "gu chomps" and "mile repeats". here are some folks i am sorry to have disappointed: aren't u tired of chasing...

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sunday (not-so) funnies

back in like march, my brakes started making a grinding noise. they didn't do it all the time so i didn't think much of it, even while making my bi-weekly 600mile trips between ky and sc. at first i thought it was mud from the jobsite, but it didn't go away after getting the underbody sprayed at the...

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my new boyfriend

although i took sunday off from running, i still wasn't sure how my legs/ankles felt after saturday's trail run so i allowed myself to run super easy on monday. it was much-needed because i felt slow and uncoordinated. monday (11/15) pm run: 4.64 miles, 44:18 (avg pace 9:33), 55* i still felt funky on tuesday and since i've actually learned to not be so hard-headed (like the old me), i decided to...

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rocks, roots and horse manure

one year ago, i ran my first trail race. per my m.o., i went out too fast and hated it. i'm sure i said i would never do it again, but i also said that about marathons after my first. the pain from my previous trail run had slipped far enough from my mind for me to have the brilliant idea of signing...

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simple math

less cals; less sugars; more proteins don't forget to enter the honeymilk giveaways! (see rules here) ends wednesday! you can still get 50%-off the online shop with code "KENYANS". already cashed in on the deal? what did you thi...

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sunday funnies

just some random videos i came across this week, for your entertainment Track And Failed also, i'm slowly working my way up to oprah's book club. check out my first guest post on the honeymilk blog! rolling and i have become very close, if i could update my facebook relationship i would (sorry josh, but you're never exactly excited to massage my shoulders). unfortunately though, "foam roller"...

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runmuting and rule #20

first of all, my apologies for any undue stress i caused by alerting you to the chocolate shortage. we'll have to organize a support group in a few years. i am back from a two-day training session on federal acquisition regulation (linking because i *know* you want to go learn all about it...

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my two run run run

(you know, like biggie) tuesday i got in a few miles over lunch and a speed workout (6x800) after work. i kept the lunch run easy because a) i needed to save my legs for the evening workout and b) i didn't want to cut my lunch break short in order to shower so i ran slow to prevent sweating. i did take a mexican shower with some body spray, just in case. lunch run: 4.12 miles, 37:40 (avg pace 9:09),...

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our holiday mugs

no not this kind of mug although doesn't he sound like a keeper? beth you may want to keep an eye on your husband... josh and i are slowly cranking out thank you's for wedding gifts (hey, everyone keeps telling me we have up to a year). part of the initial delay was waiting on our pro pics....

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bike 'n hike (and run)

week in review (11/1 - 11/7) total miles: 19.70 (pathetic running-wise) time spent running: ~ 2 hrs 23 mins avg pace: 8:48 off days: 4 (!!!) mon: yoga tue: easy 4.3mi wed: 6mi w/ 4mi tempo (a bit off goal pace), had to use inhaler thu: weights and abs fri: easy 6mi, had to use inhaler 3 times sat: spectated...

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from dns to victory

a) where i was this time last yearb) where i was supposed to be this yearc) where i actually am this year my very first dns - the fresno 50k. i decided back in august that i was not in shape for it and it was highly unlikely that i'd get in shape in time. for once, i exercised a bit of intelligence...

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eat, drink and be married

warning: photo-heavy post (merry early christmas iron-mike family). we practiced, got ready, and then it was show time......

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no-vember

this is it. don't get scared now. i know i am starting to sound like a broken record, but i really do need to tighten up my eating habits. i have hereby proclaimed the month of november to be sugar-free. that's right, we're taking this one step further from february and eliminating all sweets. part...

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spectating the spinx runfest

on saturday i set a pr in race spectating. until now, i've only spectated for a couple of josh's 5k's, but this weekend, he, my sister and a friend (kristen) ran their first half-marathons and i served as the sherpa. kristen was concerned that i would mind holding her sweats for her but i reassured...

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