Hi blog friends. Happy Halloween! Last year I remember eating a sickening amount of candy on Halloween and feeling so much remorse and regret the next day. When I think about the 10 pounds I gained between the 2011 Maine…
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I’ve logged calories faithfully for 10 days now
by Pattie Reaves • October 24, 2012 • 0 Comments
I have logged everything* that I have put in my mouth in the past 10 days. I haven’t always stuck to my calorie goals, but I did write everything down. Faithfully. I will take this as a big accomplishment. All…
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Run this amazing day.
by Pattie Reaves • October 22, 2012 • 0 Comments
1. I love how summer training so quickly turned to winter training. It just … makes sense. I got up and went to work today and so easily slipped into last year’s winter routine, it’s like the whole summer didn’t…
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Weight loss week 1
by Pattie Reaves • October 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
1. So my next goal is to lose 17 pounds in the next 18 weeks (middle of February). That’s 1 pound per week. 7 of those pounds is going back to a weight I’ve recently been; 10 of them are…
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The next goal: Lose 17 pounds
by Pattie Reaves • October 18, 2012 • 0 Comments
Has it really been four days since I ran a marathon? It really doesn’t feel it. I could run another marathon this weekend. The human body’s ability to adapt is amazing. I’ve been feeling stir-crazy, tapering for the past four…
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This year’s marathon training: What worked, what didn’t.
by Pattie Reaves • October 16, 2012 • 0 Comments
I took today off from work because I figured that I’d be motivated to push harder yesterday if I knew I could lie in agony on my couch all day on Monday. (Ok, that’s not totally true — we had…
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MDI Marathon race report
by Pattie Reaves • October 14, 2012 • 6 Comments
I woke up this morning and I just didn’t have my game face on. Or race face on. Whatever. I knew before I even started that I did not have it in me today to really push myself. It was…
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Honor and respect
by Pattie Reaves • October 13, 2012 • 0 Comments
It’s here. I’m at my parents’ house, in my sister’s room (Thank you, Gweeb) reflecting on the day, my year, my training, and what comes at dawn tomorrow. We just got back from dinner a bit ago and it’s kinda…
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The MDI Marathon is almost here
by Pattie Reaves • October 13, 2012 • 0 Comments
No, I’m not focusing on the weather. Or, rather, at least I have the experience of running two marathons in the rain. I have a lot more anticipation about this one, because this one is the END OF RACING SEASON…
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by Pattie Reaves • October 9, 2012 • 0 Comments
It’s startling, almost cruel, how short fall has been this year. I think that training for fall marathons is what makes it feel that was. I felt like I was running in a lovely summer haze, then I was in…