Blog friends, I’m finally ready to tell you something. The reason I haven’t written for awhile – it’s because of a big life change coming our way. Tony and I … are moving to Bangor! Bangor is about 2 hours…
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And December ends with an injury
by Pattie Reaves • December 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
I hadn’t written in awhile because it just didn’t feel right to talk about how great life was going, how warm the glow of friends and family felt, and how happy I was in general after the Newtown shootings. I…
Five things on Wednesday. That can be a thing, right?
by Pattie Reaves • July 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
1. The camping trip was great. My brother Jim, my sister Jean, and Tony and I went up to Cobscook Bay State Park, near Machias, for a 3-day weekend. I tentatively planned to do my long run in the area…
I couldn’t get enough of the mountains
by Pattie Reaves • May 28, 2012 • 0 Comments
I haven’t blogged in a few days because Tony, my sister Jean and I spent an amazing holiday weekend at our friends Mike and Sally’s camp in Rangeley this weekend. The mountains were so beautiful, I just didn’t get enough…
The difference is cross-training
by Pattie Reaves • May 13, 2012 • 0 Comments
Taper time is almost done. The Sugarloaf Marathon is next week. I’d been feeling down about my training, as you know, and I actually have been interpreting the past week more like, “oh shit, did I really work hard enough…
Black Bean Veggie Burgers
by Pattie Reaves • March 11, 2012 • 0 Comments
I was a very, very bad girl this weekend. My brother John, whom we just visited in San Diego, came back for a very, very brief visit to see the rest of the fam. We drove to Bangor on Friday…
Running in San Diego
by Pattie Reaves • March 6, 2012 • 5 Comments
We’re on the plane headed back from San Diego. It was a fun, whirlwind, exhausting trip. Athletic-related highlights include … … A new 5k PR at “Finish Emily’s Run” at Balboa Park on Saturday morning – 24:42! On Friday we…
It’s national “Married to a Runner Appreciation Day”
by Pattie Reaves • October 25, 2011 • 0 Comments
According to Runners’ World: OK, if you follow through to the post, it’s not a very “official” day. And I found it in my quest to find a topic to blog about tonight, so I didn’t bring home flowers or…
“Taper madness”
by Pattie Reaves • September 19, 2011 • 4 Comments
I hear from running forums/blogs/books that there is supposedly something called “taper madness” where runners beat themselves up for working out less before their big race. I have not experienced such madness — at least not yet — and this…
My brother John is in town for the week. There! I can finally say it. He and I had been planning this trip without my parents knowledge for two months. It was really fun to surprise them. Originally we had talked about doing a 100-mile bike trip from Lewiston to Bangor while he was in town, but instead opted for something all our siblings could do, which was hiking the Beehive at Acadia National Park. I’d never hiked that mountain before, and it was fun. And a challenge. I realized today, between that and my sad attempt at squats this morning (John was coaching me at crossfit) that I really need to work on flexibility and balance (core strength). I was so tight in my hamstring that it was agony just to do ONE squat. The weight wasn’t hard… Just the bending. My marathon training plan has a lot of running and only one day of cross training per week— and I kicked ass at cross training today. I’m going to make a point to do more flexibility stuff through the week, and stretching. And today was a reminder why I care about doing this. I had a GREAT tome with my siblings. As you can see from the video, we had lots of exercise, beautiful views, and bonding time.
by Pattie Reaves • July 11, 2011 • 0 Comments
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