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  • Goodbye Summer and a new PR

    We’ve had a busy, stressful, yet fun-filled couple of months over here. We finally sent out Save the Dates for our wedding, decided on a caterer, and I built our wedding website! What I like about these later stages of wedding planning is that now we have more time to focus on the smaller, more

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  • Touristing, running with a friend, & Mera takes on the outdoors

    A couple of weeks ago, our friends from back in Texas visited us for the weekend! Even though they decided to wait almost a year to visit us up here so that we could learn our way around and be able to take them to the best spots, it still felt like we were the

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  • California, MORE wedding prep milestones, DMV wildlife!

    We’ve made a lot of progress on the wedding front lately: I found a DRESS (!), we took *official* engagement photos for our Save the Dates, and I am about to send out my bridesmaid proposals. Our summer has been off to a strong start with a week in California! Christina, Veronica, Jason, and I

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  • Wedding planning, puppy playdate, urban hiking etc…

    Greetings! I am back from a long hiatus, and I am ready to share all of what’s been going on with me recently!! First and most importantly, we nailed down a wedding venue, The Ranch at Austin, for February 22nd, 2025! Jason said he’s proud of his chosen engagement/wedding dates: 11.11 and 2.22! He said

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  • The Joys of a Messy Life

    Since I haven’t been officially “training” anymore, life feels a little scattered! Though this newfound flexibility has given me more time and energy for other hobbies, I will admit I have seldom put any of that to use via keeping up with household chores ๐Ÿ™‚ Luckily this article in the Atlantic reminded me that a

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  • 2nd Marathon in the Books

    Not gonna lie… I came into this one with high expectations. I trained way harder (longer long runs, missed less days) than I did for SF. Plus, this race was basically all flat (92 ft of elevation gain.. vs some 1400 in SF). And I ended up running 4 minutes SLOWER (4:02) with an initial

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  • Random Life Updates

    Random Life Updates

    Haven’t done much to report the last few weeks, so I hope you’ll settle for some random updates/photos from my camera roll. First, I started volunteering with Girls on the Run! Two other coaches and I are leading a team of 10 girls through a season of games (mixed with running) leading up to a

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  • Weekending

    Weekending

    Started off the weekend with the last 20 miles before the marathon! I’m feeling tired but READY. I’m so excited for the race weekend I can’t take it. Now we just need to find an AirBnb in Virginia Beach (dinner res for all four of us is already booked ๐Ÿ˜‰ ). To celebrate, and perhaps

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  • Hanger, Tummy Troubles, & Missing the Outdoors

    I’m currently in the middle of my 3rd 50-mile week in a row, and I am READY to taper. I’m dreaming about sleeping in on a Saturday and not having to do a massive 18-20 mile workout, followed by achey-ness and exhaustion the rest of the day. BUT, I know that once it’s over I’m

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  • Friday Favorites… A Day Late

    Not much to report this week… so here are some things I love ๐Ÿ™‚ Running Related: Hair/Skin Products: Food: Misc: 2. “I’d like to buy the world a coke…” My favorite scene in television ever. I forgot what made me think of this the other day- but Mad Men is one of my favorite shows,

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