I was sitting on a patio of a downtown restaurant for my best friend’s bachelorette party. This was three years ago and I’ll never forget what she ordered. Buffalo Chicken Dip. Read more
I plan for marathon training the way one may prepare for having a baby. I buy a few new outfits and some mashed food (gu). I let everyone know I’m going to be busy for the next few months and I restock my gym bag. I do a big load of laundry and...
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I always set my alarm to a weird number. 5:38 6:01 6:06 It softens the blow of the e...
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Wedding gifts are a mystery to me. It is one of the few gift-giving occasions where someone says, “HEY! Click this exact link and buy me this exact thing in this exact size and color.” It couldn’t be any more convenient. Yet, I, as many do, rece...
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It is, yet again, that time of year where my hair sticks to my back and my shorts stick to my legs. My sweaty hands wipe off my sweaty face onto my sweaty shirt. You’ve probably guessed it by now, but I'm...
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I finished back to back weekend triathlon races as I’ve been consistently reminded by my current ability to play guitar on my hamstrings. I am always left cursing my previous self for not properly cooling down. Read more
My mind has a tendency to take captive a particular lyric and replay it for an entire race. Seriously, every time I compete there is a single line of a song that echos in my head hundreds (or thousands) o...
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I have been training for a triathlon race for 5 months and I forgot to sign up. My triathlon season opener is this weekend and it kind of snuck up on me. And when I say ‘kind of’ I mean I signed up for th...
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The Mediterranean diet has continually joined the ranks as a top diet for healthy Americans. While I don’t strictly follow a particular diet (or advise others to do so) there are several aspects of the Mediterranean diet that I choose to add to ...
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I feel like an imposter. I haven’t shared a dessert recipe in months and that is so out of character for me. I hold myself to a standard of a minimum of one dessert per day. Read more