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The Rundown – Platinum Effect: Do Blondes Have More Fun?
There are so many things I thought I would never have - twins, a master's degree, cookbooks (that I actually use) and platinum blonde hair. Well, never say never my friends... The shorter my hair gets, the bigger my earrings are. I honestly do not really know how this...
The Rundown – You Can’t Get There From Here
"You can't get there from here" is a theme in New England in general and Maine in particular. My family and I never planned on spending six days in Portland, Maine but it ended up being a great adventure. Sometimes the best things are unplanned, something I don't...
The Rundown – Back to My Running Roots
It's July 1st and I only just put my bike rack on my car. I competed in one devastating duathlon and deferred my half ironman to 2020. I have nothing but running races on my calendar (100 mile relay + half marathon) for the foreseeable future and it's exactly what I...
The Rundown – Camping, College and Crashing into Summer!
I am not a happy camper. I camp under duress for the love of my father but don't think I've morphed into someone who willingly goes days without a shower, electricity and enjoys sleeping in a tent. Graduate school is proving to be difficult in unexpected ways and my...
The Rundown – Getting Schooled
It's been a beat since I wrote a rundown and in the time between I have been getting schooled! Not just by starting my first official class of my master's degree in clinical mental health counseling, but in so many other ways. Also, my hair is getting grey-er... WEEK...
The Rundown – Pain + Suffering
There is a difference you know...or maybe you don't? I had a lightbulb moment myself when reading Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone? When the author and therapist found herself on the opposite side of a professional's couch after a horrible break-up,...
5 Reasons the Road to the Pogue Trail Race was Exactly What I Needed
Every "serious" runner should do a trail race at least once, and preferably once a year, as a reminder that racing doesn't have to be taken so seriously, other runners are friendly and distance is relative. 1. TRAIL RACE ORGANIZERS DGAF Google it if you don't know...
The Rundown – A Change Will Do You Good
Like most people, I claim to be change adverse but when changing involves scenery (as in going to Florida for the weekend), racing (as in signing up for a last minute 10k that a good friend is also racing), my hair and career path, I start to love change! Let's see...
Alexandrea and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Travel and Race: PART 3
My alarm never goes off. I'm already awake at 5:22am on Sunday, April 14th, a day that has been on my calendar for months as the day I will race the Duathlon National Championship. The problem is, I don't even know if the race is happening. The conclusion and part 3...
Alexandrea and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Race and Travel: PART 2
Where were we? The boys and I had finally arrived in Greenville, South Carolina after missing flights, missing luggage and almost losing our minds...and our lives at a Waffle House. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. If you're all caught up, let's continue...
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