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June 12, 2009

Quick update… the next adventure?

goal setting, travel / 11 Comments

I’m hanging out in the Charlotte airport, waiting for my connection flight to West Virginia. I am so psyched for the Hatfield-McCoy Marathon tomorrow! I’ve been hearing great things about it for a very long time – pretty much since I started marathoning. The Hatfields and the McCoys are two families in West Virginia who feuded for many years – but now the descendants celebrate every June with a festival. In this marathon, there is a *free* pasta dinner the night before that includes a skit explaining the familes and the feud (which is why I took off work today …

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June 10, 2009

Would You Pay? (An Airline Game)

travel / 28 Comments

Today at work, we were discussing RyanAir’s announcement that they will be charging to use lavatories inflight. I’m all for this decision. I don’t often use the lavatory inflight, and if I really needed to, I’d be happy to pay a few bucks to do so. However, one of my coworkers pointed out that some people will do anything to save a few dollars, and that it might result in some rather disgusting behavior. I definitely think that is unacceptable; however, if they had a way to enforce the policy to be sure gross stuff didn’t happen, I would be …

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June 1, 2009

At the Phoenix Airport

travel / 4 Comments

Boyfriend and I came out here to visit his parents (they have a house here and will be moving full time when they retire in the next year), and it was so strange to me to be traveling without doing a marathon! We had dinner at JFK before our flight, and I found myself ordering pasta and eating tons of bread… it’s just what I do at airports on Friday night! Unfortunately, I don’t think the carbs were quite necessary for my grueling Saturday workout of lying by the pool and tanning. They were especially not necessary when you consider …

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May 29, 2009

Getting stronger

health and fitness, travel / 2 Comments

No marathons for me this weekend – I’m off to Phoenix for some sun, fun, Mexican food, and margaritas! Boyfriend’s parents have a house there and will be moving full time later this year, so they invited us to join them for part of their Memorial Day vacation. Knowing that I wasn’t going to be burning 2620 calories, I sternly forced myself to get a workout in early this morning before leaving for work. I set my alarm for 6:30 AM and actually stuck to it, but then decided to make Boyfriend breakfast in bed: Bobby Flay’s banana Nutella paninis. …

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May 24, 2009

Day Before the Marathon

running, travel / 14 Comments

My flight to Burlington was a bit delayed, so I got to spend a bit longer at JFK than I planned. This was fine with me, since I wanted to grab lunch at the airport anyway. Despite my problems in the past with finding appropriate pre-marathon carbs at the airport (finding carbs without dairy or tons of oil can be tough), I was pleased to discover that my airline’s terminal had a TON of options! A pasta bar, a pizza bar (which included one pie without cheese), a sushi bar, and a buffet that had what I ultimately chose: Spanish …

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