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Why I Run Races
I can’t believe there are only two more months in the year 2010. But I figured now would be a good time to write about my year in running races. I’ve accomplished much more this year than I’d ever thought possible. It was probably earlier in the year, maybe around March or April, where I’d realized I had a desire to run a half marathon. I don’t remember what exactly prompted me, but I think a large part of it was due to my discovery of the Healthy Living Blog community. After reading numerous food and fitness blogs, some of which talked about running races, which were written by women like…
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Green Challenge #2 – Reduce Plastic Waste
Happy November 1st everyone! And today I’m starting off the month with another Green Challenge! Are you ready for it? I’ve been doing well with Challenge #1, and I’m pretty excited about #2. Green Challenge #2 – November 1, 2010 – November 1, 2011 Reduce Plastic Waste One of the biggest environmental problems is the amount of plastics sitting in landfills today. Any idea why? Because plastic doesn’t break down! It takes a simple plastic grocery bag YEARS to decompose in a landfill. Check out this list to see how long it takes certain things to biodegrade. According to Green Ecoservices, “90 billion plastic containers & bottles being landfilled or…
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Squirrelly Six Mile Trail Race
Happy Halloween! Today I did one of the most fun things I could think of on Halloween day...run my first trail race!! The Albany Running Exchange puts on this Halloween themed race: The Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon and Squirrelly Six Mile Trail Races at Thacher State Park in Voorheesville. It was AWESOME!!! All of the runners were dressed up, and they had some of the course even decorated for Halloween! There were even live gorillas hiding in the trees… I, of course, was running the six mile, another half marathon is way too soon for me! I also dressed up as a bumble bee. 😉 I got there at about…
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Halloween Festivities
Happy Halloween!!! The Festivities began at work… The Halloween Party begins! Ladybug! Me as Sookie from True Blood Two Sookies (can you find Waldo?) Ophelia from Hamlet Justin Bieber! OMG! Waldo and Sookie Bieber and Gaga Dancing Chilean miners Hope everyone is having a fantastic (and safe!) Halloween! 😉
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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yes, they are amazing! Going with the theme I have this week, I have a recipe for you!! I can’t believe I have so many! Well, this one I didn’t really make up myself, its just kind of general knowledge that when you mix a can of pure pumpkin with a box of spice cake mix you have healthified pumpkin cupcakes. The cream cheese frosting isn’t healthy, though. 🙁 Originally I was going to color the frosting, but I decided not to, since I have Halloween theme sprinkles. Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients 1 box of spice cake mix 1 can of pure pumpkin non stick baking…
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