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Happy December!
And the coffee advent calendar begins! I figured it would be fun to share our coffee activities throughout the month, so here I am. I must say, I’m having a great time so far. Each night, Patrick and I discuss the next day’s coffee task excitedly, which is making cold December mornings more exciting. Day… Continue reading
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Life’s Playlist
On the way to the gym this morning, I decided to take a short break from Christmas music and shuffled my ‘liked’ playlist on Spotify instead. I first started my Spotify in 2011 (I think), and the variety of music on my liked playlist reflects that. At some point I stopped using my account and… Continue reading
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this week #53
Happy Thanksgiving! We turkey trotted this morning, and it was madness. Fun! Make no mistake. But it was a much bigger crowd than last year on Alexandria’s pretty small streets. A cold front blew in overnight, too. We’re prepping our contributions for Thanksgiving dinner, and I’m resisting the urge to drink a lot of coffee.… Continue reading
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this week #52
Happy Wednesday! This week has felt unreasonably long. Maybe it’s the fact that it gets dark outside before I even leave the office, or maybe it’s because I’m not running this week so the evenings pass more slowly? Whatever it may be, I’m excited for the weekend. I’m not having a bad week whatsoever, but… Continue reading
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2025 Richmond Marathon Recap
What a weekend! Another successful Richmond Marathon in the books: I PR’d by 14 minutes! With my recent 50k, that makes two PRs in two weeks. I’m stoked. My previous marathon PR was Richmond last year. I ran 4:38:10 and 4:41:11 for the course (I did not run the tangents, so it came to 26.48… Continue reading
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Christmas Coffee Advent Calendar
I know, I know, we still have Thanksgiving to celebrate. Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited! But I had this idea on my mind and it required some advance planning… Christmas is around the corner! Years ago, I bought reusable, build-your-own advent calendars from Target that we’ve filled with fun chocolates ourselves every year. It’s… Continue reading
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this week #51
Good morning, and hello from a freezing cold Arlington! Let me check the weather app… Yep, it’s currently 31 degrees, feels like 15. I have today off, so we had planned to go out to our section of the Tuscarora Trail to do some maintenance, but I think you can understand why we opted to… Continue reading
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Things I’m Considering
I have had all sorts of ideas and thoughts circulating in my head lately, but no real umph to make decisions or execute on any of them. This is unusual for me as I normally pride myself on being a very decisive, action-oriented person. The current list in my head isn’t all that important though!… Continue reading
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this week #50
Hello, and happy Monday! I am so tired. I ran a 50k yesterday and then was up early today and daylight savings happened so it’s dark already and whine whine whine. I’m planning to go to the gym this evening to do an easy spin, but I truly think I could fall asleep on the… Continue reading
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Once a Week Bike Ride
A few weeks ago, we visited Elkins, WV. A town… without much going on, BUT surrounded by a ton of sweet, rustic rail trails. Perfect for a beautiful, fall bike ride or bikecamping trip. We rode a few miles on the West Fork Rail Trail and I loved it. Also, it was hard and my… Continue reading
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