Jul 29, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Things Learned While Sitting on the Balcony

Room to Think Couple more days and the vacation is coming to a close.  It’s been a great one, folks.  I thought about lying to you all to make my vacation sound a bit more adventurous and exciting…like saying I stayed awake for 48 hours, climbed a mountain, swam across the ocean naked, or even fought a bear and won.  However, I didn’t do any of those things.  My life for the last 7... read more

Jul 27, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Crickets

I’m not supposed to be writing right now.  I’m on vacation, you see.  I promised my husband that I would be electronically disconnected (for as much as I can be) for a good portion of our time away.  I made it a few days but now I think I need to spill a little words out of my head. I’m in the beginnings of vacation day 5.  It is lovely.  I sit here typing on our back patio deck, the... read more

Jun 29, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Try It Tuesday- Coconut Oil

It’s that time of the week again!  Have you all tried baking something with agave nectar yet?  This week I’m opting for another widely used fat out there in the nutrition world- coconut oil.  Hold onto your hats, folks, it’s Try It Tuesday, the coconut oil edition. Coconut When most of you think of coconut I’m sure you think like I did, coconut cream pie, pina coladas, and and... read more

Jun 25, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Mediocre Bad Guys

I wrote this post once already this morning but deleted it all and started over.  It was way too negative.  I’m going to try this again. Rather than be disappointed that last night’s training didn’t go as well as I had hoped, I’m going to be thankful for the fact that I can still train, no matter how disjointed and frustrated my stupid heart can be.  It does me little good to get... read more

Jun 23, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Jolene

If you ever forget how precious and fleeting life is all it takes is one little reminder to again make you appreciate all the things you have and the people in your life. On Monday night my dear friend and running partner Ashley lost her mother.  I’m not going to go into how much Ashley means to me, I think you’ve probably read into how much she means to me over the years.  She’s like my... read more