Getting Over the Pain

I’m sorry for having been MIA, folks. We took almost two full weeks off for our epic road trip out to New Mexico to see Brandon’s family for my birthday. Then we had to turn around and sent Brandon off to Las Vegas for training. So, it has been hectic around here. Now that I’ve been selected as the Face of the Race for the upcoming Los Alamitos Race on the Base, I will be updating the Race on the Base blog every other Friday about my training and thoughts. We’ll publish in tandem here and over there. I’m a...
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This is the Face of the Race

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Back in September, I told you guys I signed up to run my very first race, the 5K at the Los Alamitos Race on the Base, in February.  Being a social media girl, I keep my eyes on the Race’s Facebook and blog activities. And then one day, I saw their call for entries to be the Face of the Race, a person whom they’d follow the training and experience of running the Race.  I thought I might as well just enter. What else am I going to do between housework and job hunting, right? Well, I’m it. I’m the...
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Five for Friday: First 5K, First Battleship, and Proper Gangnam Style

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Five for Friday is a weekly series about the five new things I learned each week. It could be anything from a new recipe, new skills, or a new life lesson. Race On the Base: My First 5K I’m doing it, folks. I’m going to run the 5K at Race on the Base in February 2013.  This will be my first 5K race ever. First race I signed up for since, I don’t know, 6th grade when I raced around a 400 meter track at Royal Bangkok Sports Club. Race on the Base is famous for their reverse triathlon race...
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Five for Friday: Running, Camping, Drinking, and Chris Hardwick Envying

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Five for Friday is a weekly series (and at the rate I’m blogging…pretty much the only posts these days it seems, LOL) about the five new things I learned each week. It could be anything from a new recipe, new skills, or a new life lesson. Fireball Whiskey When I go to USC football games, I hang out at Psychogate, the official tailgate of Roy “USC Psycho” with whom I’ve been friends since college. While Jagermeister has been the alcohol of choice, this week, we were introduced to Fireball Whiskey. I feel like calling this sweet cinnamon awesomeness a whiskey...
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