MSTEECHUR's Jul 2008 CalorieKing Blog

Our 23rd Anniversary

Monday, July 21st 2008

Our 23rd anniversary was, marvy. Well, except the getting up at 3:45 a.m. thing. Did you know there is a 3:45 in the MORNING too? Yeah! I saw it this morning. It's nothing to write home about.

Anyhow, we got up early and I did a bit of work before taking off. We double checked all of our gear. Roy had BIG butterflies, which was cute because he's always Mr. Cool. I know how much this was out of his comfort zone, so I'm so proud of him for suggesting it and following through. Got to Seattle j...

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The Shingle Is UP!

Sunday, July 13th 2008

Well it is official. I am officially a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer (well, I told you that a few weeks ago). But of course that didn't mean I could go out and grab some guy or gal off the street and start barking orders to "Exhale with the effort!" Nope, had to get some ducks in a row.

So I did...


I applied for my business license. I got word on Friday that's it's cleared. Just need to get it in the mail.
I set up my fitness studio.
I set up my website at www....

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Firecracker 5000 Midnight Race

Friday, July 4th 2008

Woot! I rocked the CENTER last night in the Firecracker 5000! I ran an average 8 minute 6 second pace. Splits:

Mile 1: 8:24

Mile 2: 8:17

Mile 3: 7:56

Last lap page: 6:49

Yeah baby!

I found Marie at the beginning with her husband and son. We hung around at the start then left our husbands (and her son) so that we could move up to the 8.5 min/mile pace area. I figured that would be about right with just having run a marathon, and actually being rather tired and not f...

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