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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We went hiking at Thorncrag and Riverland State Park
by Pattie Reaves • September 24, 2012 • 0 Comments
I’m feeling really antsy with tapering. Most races other than marathons, it’s always been like, no stress about my performance because I don’t really taper for them — they’re just steps along to the marathon. But here it is, the…
When to run hard and when to run easy
by Pattie Reaves • June 26, 2012 • 0 Comments
I have a bet with myself that I can finish this blog post before Tony can finish his article for tomorrow’s paper. Me: “What’s the story you’re writing, honey?” Tony: blah blah blah Paris Norway town politics welfare blah…
Things that make me happy
by Pattie Reaves • June 22, 2012 • 0 Comments
1. After feeling sick for a week or so, I was back with a vengeance on Wednesday. 7 mile run, 1 mile swim, 23 mile bike. It was like my Saturday because I have to work on Saturday (and have a race…
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…
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…
A lovely fall day
by Pattie Reaves • October 16, 2011 • 0 Comments
I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday because I was at the Maine Press Association annual conference in Northport. We won a bunch of awards! It was a great day. There was a ton of celebrating. To make up…
What it feels like a day after you run 20 miles
by Pattie Reaves • September 12, 2011 • 3 Comments
I woke up this morning and was so sore, I didn’t know if I could get out of bed. I did, and I wrote that last post. When I came back into the room, look who was still sleeping: I…
The day before the 20-miler
by Pattie Reaves • September 10, 2011 • 3 Comments
Tomorrow, I will run twenty miles. Twenty miles. Twenty miles is a long ass run. Look how far zoomed out that map is! I had originally planned to run the Bridge Run 5K today, the last of Lewiston-Auburn’s Triple Crown…
Happy Labor Day weekend!
by Pattie Reaves • September 5, 2011 • 1 Comment
The weekend started with an easy 12-mile run on Saturday in Brunswick with my friends Wanda, Jen, and Brenda. Easy? 12 miles? In the same sentence? Something is really wrong with me. Saturday afternoon was spent clothes shopping in Freeport,…