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2015 Gate River Run 15K

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The 2015 Gate River Run 15K.. aka the really fun race in Jacksonville that was really freaking hot this year!  Not that it really mattered to me, since I didn’t have a time goal this year.  In fact, I went into this race determined to have fun and not stress over time so I made it my goal to PR in drink stops.  Spoiler Alert – I totally hit my goal!

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2014 Memorial Day 5K

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I debated running the Memorial Day 5K, we didn’t sign up until two days before and ultimately decided to do it because we did it last year. Much like this year, I took a break from running after the Bainbridge Half to let my body recover from the training. My body didn’t really need to recover this year, but mentally I just haven’t been there. I’ve had no desire to run at all. Last year, I ran a PR at the Memorial Day 5K and was really, really happy with my time.

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2014 Bainbridge Half Marathon

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Every time I start to write a race recap, I want to say it’s one of my favorite races. I feel like I say that about all of the races.. perhaps I just like to run races? Who knows. Last year, I went into pretty great detail about the Bainbridge Half Marathon so I’ll spare you this year. If you’re not familiar with it though and you’re anywhere near South West Georgia, you may want to check it out. I posted lots of pictures of the course last year and it’s really pretty.  Adam was running the half this year too, along with my cousins Drew and Celia.  Technically I guess Celia is my cousin-in-law.  She’s married to my cousin Daryl, but I like her so I claim her as my own

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2013 Drenched 5K

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Sometimes I have a habit of underestimating things.  It’s a fault of mine.  My husband can vouch for this.  I was a little worried after the Tour de Pain was over on Saturday that I wasn’t going to be able to do the Drenched 5k.  It was the next morning and I was worn out after the mile sizzler.  I’m stubborn though, so I knew I’d do my best and since Braden was tagging along and I wasn’t planning to race (it’s not a timed event), I figured it would be fine.

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Why Do I Run?

A question that I’m asked often is “Why do you run?”  It’s kind of a hard question for me to answer.  I know why I started running.  I enjoy it most of the time.  I like how it makes me feel and I like that it allows me to eat chocolate every day without gaining a ton of weight.  That’s not really why though.  I mean.. It isn’t something that feels good all the time, in fact it often makes me hobble around the house like an old lady.  It even makes me miserable at times.  I think the reason it’s so hard to explain is because I don’t do it for any particular reason, I just do it for me.

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2013 Florida Striders Memorial Day 5K

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This was probably the most fun I’ve ever had at a race.  I’ve been really looking forward to the Florida Striders Memorial Day 5K for a few reasons — some friends (Jenn from Runs with Pugs and Devon from The Food Bitch Blog) were running with us, our kids were running the 1-mile fun run, and it was the first race I was running against with my brother.

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2013 Gate River Run 15K

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One of the things I love about living in Florida is being surrounded by water.  It’s so peaceful and relaxing – I love being out on a boat in the middle of the river, floating on a raft in the pool, or even just staring out my office window at the beautiful (but not so clean) St. John’s River when I’m stressed out at work.

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2013 Disney Princess Half Marathon

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I kind of don’t know where to start with my recap of the Disney Princess Half Marathon, so forgive me if my thoughts are scattered all over the place.  I was really worried about the early race time, I thought there was no way I’d be able to get to sleep early enough to feel well-rested for the race.  I didn’t get to bed quite as early as I’d like, but I think I was finally out by 9:30PM and surprisingly slept until my first alarm went off.. and then the snooze.  Have I mentioned that I’m not a morning person?

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