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Hi, I'm Amanda and I'm
Somewhere in Utah, Feb/12 |
I'm not sure what changed, but eventually running grew on me. Two years later my husband and I ran a 3k together to get a handle on the whole race day logistics thing before I was to run a 5k with our friend Jess a few months later. I kept up with my running, gradually increasing my longest run. 6 months later Jess (a marathoner) talked me into signing up for a half marathon with her in April 2010.
I started this blog that summer to keep me accountable with my training as I prepared for my second half marathon that fall, and to give me a place to regurgitate the data from my GPS so my husband doesn't have to hear me drone on and on about it. I've since run many more half marathons and now like trail running even though it's hard.
Things I like besides running:
- coffee
- hiking
- downhill skiing
- riding my bike
- word games
- knitting (off and on)
- thinking about running
- looking at mountains
My husband recently became a doctor of the science variety, and is now gainfully employed as an engineer. While Dan's the one who encouraged me to run (he had no idea the monster he was creating), he prefers hiking or riding his bike.
My dog ran an impressive 77 races in two years in FL, winning 7 of them. Not wanting to be like everyone else in retiring to Florida, Lee Gingham moved north to New Jersey just before the age of 4. She changed her name to Molly Waffles, spent 5.5 years there, and now enjoys days full of napping on every surface imaginable at her new home in California.
Also, I don't post tons of pictures of myself because more often than not, they turn out like this:
sleeping? |
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Last Updated 11/12/13