Jill Will Run

For Christmas I got a great gift… well, it was actually one of those gifts that you get the day before Christmas.  No, not new pajamas…. On Christmas Eve morning I woke up with a horrible burning sensation while peeing and an off smell.  (not an asparagus pee smell.)  Walking from room to room kind [...]

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The movie My Run tells the story of Terry Hitchcock, a man who decided to do the seemingly impossible after losing his wife to breast cancer… run 75 consecutive marathons in 75 consecutive days.  Along the way he spread his message… not about cancer, but about the difficult lives of single parent families. As much [...]

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I took all of last week off work. I’m taking all of this week off work too… I must admit, I haven’t missed work yet! In fact, all of this time off has had my brain working a little on what the ideal work/life balance would be. Maybe I’ll post on that sometime, right now [...]

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Breaking down what I accomplished last week: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Ran 5 miles on my own, good breathing break from work. Wednesday: Ran 3 with a friend Thursday: Rest Friday: Ran with the dog Saturday: Ran a 5K and placed in my AG (hilariously enough) Sunday: Chores chores chorse One of the things I said [...]

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I’m pretty sensitive about body image messages in the media.  I feel like everything is oversexualized for females of all ages… and that doesn’t mean just adult women.  Little girls are being bombarded with messages as well.  Toy manufacturers are making toys that should be seemingly innocuous have a sexual tone to them and that [...]

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This morning I got up and took myself out into the cold cold world to run a holiday themed 5K. Yeah… a race that was only 36 degrees at the start, that’s cold for my desert-dwelling blood! Plus, the race started at 7 AM. Races in Vegas have to start that early in the warm/hot [...]

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