From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Newtons: Are they worth a kidney?

by Runner Susan on January 30, 2009

in Running,Running Shoes,Shoes

I can’t answer that yet. Why? One, it’s been muddy and I didn’t want to get my new shoes dirty. Figure that? And two, I’ve been a lazy bum and haven’t run. Next post involves stuff like “Running with the Newtons” and “What’s up with Januaryathon?”. Until then, here are a few Newton pics to [...]

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AKA: TX Runner Girl. She’s a mom of a 4-year old and a 8-month old, a full-time employee who is running and training for her 1st sprint tri and until recently, going to grad school. I think she deserves Mom and Wife of the year.

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Professional Intervention. And this time not for my head.

by Runner Susan on January 24, 2009

in Form

Okay, I admit the rollers are fun. But I miss running. Oh, so much I do. But since I’ve been running, I’ve had multiple stress fractures, horrendous blisters, problems with my achilles, shin splints, my toe nails keep falling off, constant lower pack and shoulder pain, that weird disappearing leg syndrome thing and various other [...]

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Rollers 101: Coming Out of the Closet

by Runner Susan on January 22, 2009

in The Dark Side

Oh my goodness Internet People, it was a brave day in the world of rolling. I took the rollers over to Cindy’s house for her to try . . . and she made this video and it is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Ranking up there with the track torture in the dark video. [...]

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I made the mistake of getting on the scale today – I hadn’t weighed myself since before the holidays – which might be a record for me. I’m the type of person who likes to weigh 5 times a day. Yes, I do know that is wrong. But what makes me mad is I was [...]

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I’ve had my chef, my friend Zoë and the bike shop guru fit me on the bike. All three were unanimous with what needed to be done. Of course, I let the bike shop make the final decision – seemed like good idea when chainsaws are to be involved. The seat was too high – [...]

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