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Today’s Topic is: Ways to Stay Motivated When It’s Freezing. All I usually do on this blog every winter is complain about how cold it is and how I hate it! I mean I live in the NE, I should expect it to be cold and snowy. So to motivate myself to enjoy this winter […]


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I do this post every year and I almost forgot this year. But when you run so many races, it is HARD to choose!!! Best Picture from a Race: RUNFLUENT CHRISTMAS RACE Best Weather during a Race: LAKE PLACID CLASSIC HM and RUNFLUENT CHRISTMAS RACE (cool and sunny, no wind) Best Race Swag: LAKE PLACID […]


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No single digit temps this past week.  In fact, we saw 40 degrees. Unfortunately, I was NOT working from home for three days (so that meant a lot of Starbucks). But the week ended on a high note… Last Week – Sunday – I started the day at the gym.. After using the machines, I […]


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When I look back on my older blog posts, I see that I had once posted weekly goals.  Then I transitioned to monthly goals.  And onto race goals and eventually yearly goals. Some recent years, I had set NO goals. My older goal posts always included numbers, pace, finish times, awards, etc. I don’t know […]


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MY TOPIC TODAY is  2025 Year End Review Overall, I had a pretty good year!! Running-Related: 855 Miles (lowest total since 2013) 2024 – 861 miles 2023 – 955 miles 2022 – 1028 miles 2021 – 1018 miles 2020 – 1017 miles 2019 – 947 miles 2018 – 894.5 miles 2017 – 1041.5 miles 2016 – […]


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