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Godfather + jump rope = one pissed off Tara
Tuesday, August 24th 2010
I remember as a kid jumping rope being one of my favorite activities as a child. It was something I could do with other kids as a parallel player. It was something I was pretty darn good at. You know that Cinderella/made a mistake/kissed a snake rhyme where you had to count how many doctors it would take to fix her? I could easily have employed every doctor in the state of Washington, Oregon and probably part of California with my need for 500+ doctors to come and save Cinderella. I could jump r...A binge, and a good nightÂ’s sleepÂ…
Sunday, August 22nd 2010
I don't know how to explain my eating yesterday.The only thing I can say about it is I started eating at 9am and I didn't stop eating until sometime after 6pm. I feel like it was some sort of day dream. It went something like this: I got up yesterday morning and had my usual pre-run/workout breakfast (banana and almond butter). After my run I had a banana, a few strawberries and two granola bars. Once home I kept going to the fridge (at least every 5 minutes) and popping handfuls of grapes...
Meet Bill and his daughter Ashley
Saturday, August 21st 2010
I was going to dedicate this week's Team in Training Run to my Grandmother but this story was passed on to me and the entire team is dedicating our run to this courageous family.Her story:
Some nights, Bill Aven walks into his daughter's bedroom to watch her sleep, just like he did when she was a baby. Some days, he walks to the end of the road outside of his Lynnwood home and cries. His little girl has terminal cancer. Last spring Ashley Aven was a typical teenager who hung out with ...
OWiS #34 good stress / bad stress
Friday, August 20th 2010
Let me start this post by saying something really good about it: There is a loss! That being said, this has been a pretty stressful week both good and bad and both kinds have caused some sort of spike in my weight. Getting all freaked out about the marathon / half marathon saw the scale jump up to 188 and I had to work my ass off this week to get that scale moving again. Would I have liked to see something more significant than a half pound loss? Of course. Am I thrilled beyond words that I have...I am an athlete
Thursday, August 19th 2010
Whether I was born one and just didn't know it until this year or I have sculpted one from the hard work I've put into this journey I know one thing for sure: I am an athlete. I was meant to run, bike, swim, lift weights and whatever other activities out there undiscovered.I am meant to have sweat fall from my face not because it's hot outside and I am uncomfortable in a body that used to weigh upwards of 270 pounds but because I am pushing my body to the limit physically and my body is ea...