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Injury   However, I am not giving up.
I am pretty sure it happened at work.  At least, it didn’t hurt until the morning after my last shift and has hurt since.  I slipped that night at the dishwashing station in some standing water, but I won’t get into that as I will get grumpy.  [...]

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You guessed it, I am still one busy gal.  Really, does life ever slow down?  School starts in THREE WEEKS!  Just in the next couple days I am going to my sister’s musical about 2 hours away, planning, making cakes, and having a small birthday party for the twins, and going to my other sister’s [...]

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Quick post just because I have a minute and can:

For some reason I am working four night this week.  This after being gone every evening the last two weeks for the older two girls’ rehearsals (they were in a local musical.)  My husband misses me, the twins ask everyday when I am leaving….I am not [...]

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5K

I can’t believe that I didn’t update on here how I did on my race.  The whole family went to the small-town festival and race.  My parents, my Mother-in-Law,  my kids, and then husband, his brother, and Iran.  My BIL joined in last minute and it was really great to visit some pre and post race. 
I [...]

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Still going strong (for me).  I ended up doing an extra 5 minutes tonight for a grand total of 35 minutes walking/running and a total distance of 2.5 miles.  I’m pleased with my progress, am looking forward to stepping it up a notch next week, and am planning on following the program for my first 5k on Friday night.  [...]

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If you have read my previous post, I am training myself to run a 5K (3.1 mile) race in 9 weeks with a free program called Couch to 5K.  The podcasts I mentioned in the last post are really working great for me.  They are keeping me motivated and letting me know when it is time to run or [...]

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I did it and it went well.
I am sure the running and walking I’ve been doing the past month helped.  I am not sure that this is for a true couch potato, though.  If you have never been active in your life, this could be a major  challenge for you.  If it were me, I [...]

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