This was my third time running the Firecracker4 (you can read about last year's race here). It's one of the few races I almost always run with friends, so that makes it one of my favorite races! It's a challenging course, but it also has great spectator support. We adopted Bandit the night before, and I was so … Continue reading Firecracker 4 Race Recap 7/4/16
Month: July 2016
You don’t always get what you want: 7/11-17 Weekly Wrap
But sometimes you get what you need Things with Bandit are pretty status quo. I got all my runs in. And then I got something I really, really needed -- but you'll have to keep reading to find out what that was. I'm wrapping it up with the Weekly Wrap from Holly @ Hohoruns and Tricia … Continue reading You don’t always get what you want: 7/11-17 Weekly Wrap
5 Favorite Summer Snacks
I am a seasonal eater. Winter means soups and chilis to me, summer means salads and banana soft serve. And cherries, and melons, and bananas year round, but in the summer, those bananas are often being turned into banana soft serve. So here are some of my stock summer snacks for today's Friday Five from Cynthia … Continue reading 5 Favorite Summer Snacks
My Sophie’s Choice: TOLT
Today I'm Thinking Out Loud about rescues. I worked -- well, dabbled, really -- in cat rescue. I volunteered at the Humane Society when we lived in Austin. My friend had a very small cat rescue and I helped her with that, coming once a week to socialize all the cats/kittens, scooping, and helping out with fundraising things … Continue reading My Sophie’s Choice: TOLT
Trust Your Gut: Visceral
Visceral: coming from strong emotions and not from logic or reason Oh my goodness, the last two Wednesday Words have just been psychic for me! Because I just had a visceral reaction with Bandit, that something wasn't right, that something was going to happen. In fact, I said on more than one occasion, what a great … Continue reading Trust Your Gut: Visceral
How Choosing a Race is like . . .
. . . Adopting a Rescue If you read yesterday's Weekly Wrap, then you'll understand why this is so much on my mind. I put a lot of thought into choosing my halfs. I do some research -- reading the race Website, checking out any reviews I can find. And I have come to learn that you … Continue reading How Choosing a Race is like . . .
Sadly, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: 7/4-10 Weekly Wrap
Bandit has not worked out. At all. And yet right now, he's still living with us.Thankfully I have a lot of friends who know a lot of other people involved in dog rescue, and I am working really, really hard to get the word out about Bandit and save his life. Literally. I don't want … Continue reading Sadly, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: 7/4-10 Weekly Wrap
Dog eat dog world: TOLT
Well, let's hope it's not a dog eat dog world -- not literally, that is. Today I'm Thinking Out Loud about dogs, again. Last week's TOLT was a hint I talked about adopting an older dog last week -- would you do it? Why wouldn't you? I knew I was meeting an older dog for a possible adoption … Continue reading Dog eat dog world: TOLT
Juxtaposition: Searching for Connection
Juxtaposition: the act of contrasting two things by placing them side by side. I find myself calling Bandit, our new dog, Chester a lot. I never called Lola Chester; not since he's been gone, anyway. I think I did the whole going through every furkid's name til you get to the right one thing while … Continue reading Juxtaposition: Searching for Connection
How Running is Like a New Dog
Today's topic was absolutely perfect for me -- how to choose your races. I put a lot of thought into choosing my halfs, and I will write about that someday, but my life got hijacked by a Bandit this weekend, in case you didn't see the Weekly Wrap. It's already turned me back into a … Continue reading How Running is Like a New Dog
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