September 2017 – Notes From a Messy Kitchen

Monday Morning Training Report: Rest Week = A New Half Marathon PR! (+ Clarence DeMar Race Recap)

Burning off the Bacon

This was a pretty awesome week. I started a new job. Visited my oldest cousin’s college. Ran a race with my three youngest cousins. Saw Gogol Bordello and Lucky Chops put on an awesome concert. Explored Portland. Ate lots of yummy, mostly fried, food. Enjoyed New England in the fall....

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Monday Morning Training Report: the race is getting real! But first, a “rest week”.

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Oh man guys, this race is getting very real! We’re just five weeks out now. I booked our AirBnb this week. And honestly, I’m getting a little nervous. This is going to be hard, y’all! But this week is our “rest week.” I put that in quotations, because I’m actually...

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Monday Morning Training Report: We’re Officially Half-Way There!

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As of today, we’re halfway done with our training! It’s crazy to think that the race will be here before we know it. We’re feeling pretty good right now, in that we’ve already swam and biked the full distance and ran the 10 miles that Courtney and I generally think...

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Tuesday Morning Training Report: Making the Training Plan Work on Vacation

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Sticking to a training plan on vacation can be tough, especially when the training requires special equipment like bikes and a safe place to swim. We didn’t bring our bikes to Cape Cod and the water was too cold to swim for any extended period of time – and apparently...

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A Recap of Month 8: Slowly But Surely, Our Culinary Journey Continues

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So our mode of transportation has gone from a supersonic jet visiting 19 countries in January, to high speed rail making twelve stops in April, to August, which I think we could most appropriately compare to an overpacked mule that could only reach three destinations before taking a rest. Which...

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Month: September 2017