Does anyone remember that song “I did a bad, bad thing?” It keeps playing in my head, thanks to the way my legs are feeling post-bush run. I think that event was just out of my league and now my legs are paying for it. I’m still having trouble walking down stairs, ala post-marathon. But this was only a training run and I still have [...]
Sights for sore eyes
August 19, 2010 by 27 Comments
To say my kids and I packed in a full day today would be an understatement. But before we even began our day, I headed out for a quick run that included some nice hill repeats right here in my neighborhood–and my first Australian critter encounter! We had to leave our house at 6:45 this morning to catch a tour bus, which meant I needed [...]
Mixed bag
August 15, 2010 by 30 Comments
View from our apartment I’m feeling a bit better, thankfully, but still not 100 percent. I definitely had a fever on Saturday, but that has passed. Still low on energy and still have some congestion lingering at the back of my throat. My tendency is to get a cough and if I don’t lay low, it almost always progresses to bronchitis. So…still not running. I [...]
Sick in Sydney
August 14, 2010 by 38 Comments
So here I am, on the other side of the world, sitting on the couch in my PJs at 10:30 in the morning. So bummed. I felt pretty bad when I woke up yesterday, so I skipped any attempt at running–I’ve learned that lesson the hard way too many times. My husband had to go into the office, so I took the kids to the [...]
Holy cow, I’m going down under!
July 14, 2010 by 57 Comments
With fairly short notice, my husband has learned that he needs to make a business trip to Australia. Since the kids are out of school until the end of August, we decided that there would be no better chance to take the whole family. So with less than four weeks to pull it all together, we’re planning a two-week trip to Sydney! Since it’s a [...]
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