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Posts about the St Louis Area
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Rest, Bloggy Boot Camp, & InstaFriday
Every friend, without fail, I get Rebecca Black’s song “Friday” stuck in my head (Now I know it’s in yours too… sing with me… “It’s Friiiday Friiiday…”) Anyway, this week has been restful. I went on a short run/walk with the dog on Wednesday early in the morning, but other than that I’ve allowed myself the freedom to just rest. I started training last summer for the Marathon, then a few weeks after the marathon I started training for the half. Sunday I finished my first half-marathon, and not “having” to train for something has been a welcomed rest. I knew that if I gave myself the week off from…
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GO! STL Half Marathon Recap
I did it! I finished. To be honest, I wasn’t sure how this race was gonna go. I obviously felt unprepared. I really hadn’t trained as much as I should have. I was hoping to have a huge improvement in my time from my Disney split, but mostly… I just wanted to finish. After having a DNF at the Disney Marathon I wanted to know what crossing the finish line at a big race felt like. The expo was decent, although both “big expos” i’ve been to have been stressful trying to navigate with a squirmy 2 year old. We got downtown a little later than I would have liked. We walked…
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Christmas Traditions
So I woke up this morning to a few little piles of snow flurries. I don’t know how I feel about that… Part of me wants to be excited because it can be a “festive” sort of thing, but then the other part of me is dreading the slush and horrible driving conditions. I am interested in seeing how Payton reacts to the blanket of white that will eventually cover the ground. It’s so fun seeing little kids experience things for the first time. While my parents were here for Thanksgiving we got to do a few fun holiday things. We went the day after thanksgiving to a tree farm…
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Fallish Things.
We have a few fall trends here in Normanland… One of them being a trip to Eckert’s Family Farm in Millstadt, IL. We have done it nearly every year since being married. It is such a fun place to do fall-ish things. Pumpkins, Bonfires, Hayrides. We were heading out there a few weeks ago (I know, late post…) and we ALWAYS seem to get lost… I’m not the best navigator. but besides that fact as we were getting off the highway on to some of the “back roads” I hear the worst sound…. toddler vomit. Like everywhere. It wasn’t like little baby I just spit up some milk, it was…
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Fight Like Firefighter 5k
Seeing as I’ve already registered for the Disney Marathon in January I thought it would be smart if I actually ran in a few races before then. And boy am I glad I started with a 5k. I was so nervous/excited. It was a local 5k put on by the Wentzville firefighters. It was a 9am start time, so we got there at 8 to check in and warm up. Right as I was walking to the firehouse it started to rain. and kept raining. there was talk of postponing it, but they decided not to. I was kind of nervous as we lined up. I sheepishly made my way…