Category: self care
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Every morning starts this way…
Ancestry research shows much of my kin came from Ireland. The Irish consume more tea per capita than any other country. Coincidence? I think not. With only very rare exceptions, I start every day the same way: I get up and stumble to the kitchen with a black dog at my heels. On my way…
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Half marathon: running for my Dad
Earlier this month, I ran my second half marathon. This was the first race in a series of four I plan to do this year, and because this month (today, in fact) marks four years since my Dad died of ALS, I decided I’d run this one in his honor. I didn’t have any particular…
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2017 Goals
I’m not a big resolution setter. After all, who can compare to the Godfather of Resolutions? But I do like to set goals, and the beginning of a new year is as good a time as any. I revisit my annual goals again at my birthday since the anniversary of my birth seems like another…
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Race recap: my 1st half marathon
Y’all! I did it! Along with over 1,000 other participants, I ran a half marathon. Me: the wimpy, asthmatic runt who was nearly always picked last when we divided up for teams in elementary school; who managed to sprain, break, or somehow injury something every single year (week) in P.E. class; who never played a…
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Always run up the hills
This weekend — Sunday! — is my first half marathon. My motivation and confidence about this race has waxed and waned with good days/runs, and not-so-good days where I feel every bit of my 40-some-odd years. I’ve had some problems with a nerve issue in my foot (caused most likely by too many years in…