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Diabetic to Dietetics
The Holidays: When will I learn?
January 3, 2015
Diabetes
I’ve pretty much always had a sensitive stomach. Growing up, I would complain of stomach aches day in and day out to the point of my locker companions rolling their…
Where for art thou washroom?
January 2, 2015
Diabetes
Eep! It’s 2015, how the heck did that happen? Big Ring and I aren’t big partiers; we rang in the New Year pretty much just like we do any other…
Photographic evidence: death by hills
December 31, 2014
Running
She was sick! Sick! Like seriously sick. She had a cold. She had a flu. She had a fever, chills, nose red raw from wiping, stomach queasy, lungs feeling as…
Seeking accountability
December 29, 2014
Running
Dear readers, I need your help. I am in desperate need of accountability – verbally, writtenly, kicking in the buttly. The holidays, they have kind killed me, or, at least,…
The necessity of the evil bugger
December 23, 2014
Diabetes
Leaving Garmin at home is NOT an option. Following my last post, I had a couple people suggest I leave Garmin at home and run free of technology. I’ve heard…
A Garmin Beat Down
December 22, 2014
Running
Alright 610, you little heathen, you better be ready to put your dukes up and defend because I am going to have my way with you, and I promise you,…
Glutes on fire
December 19, 2014
Running
I’m not sure doing hill repeats 34 hours before speed intervals was the smartest idea I’ve ever had; in fact, my glutes, who I’m thinking are probably still very much…
Hill repeats: in the moment
December 18, 2014
Running
I want to puke. What was I thinking? Why am I doing this? I’m not even halfway through. Ohmygawd. I can feel it. I am so going to puke. Stop!…
June Mohan Dipalma 1931-2014
December 16, 2014
Uncategorized
Dear readers, I write to you today with great amounts of sadness, grief and bewilderment filling my every finger stroke. I don’t know how to write about this, I don’t…
The Pitchfork and the Punching Bag
December 11, 2014
Running
Running in the darkness of night can seriously mess with your head. You can start to see things, start to think thoughts, start to wonder who might possibly be lurking…
A world of blank
December 10, 2014
Running
I went for a run in the snow. You wouldn’t know. I went for a run in the buckets down pouring rain. You wouldn’t know. I did speed intervals in…
Chasing the carrot
November 20, 2014
Running
I’d forgotten what it was like to have a carrot. Two years of training solo. Two years of doing speed intervals on my own. It was good for getting my…