tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40564875110783682242024-03-14T08:28:15.322-05:00Pink Hat RunnerIt is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselvesPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-59531083718196092552014-03-28T19:25:00.000-05:002014-03-29T08:16:28.413-05:00SPARTAN UP ! by Joe De Sena<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Everyone wants to be happier, healthier, and more successful in business and in life. <em style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">—Spartan Up!</em> gets you there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #cc0000;">• If you want to change your life you have to change your frame of reference.</span></h2>
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An entrepreneur from 8 years old Joe has had a passion for life that moves the ball forward against all odds. Born in Queens NY to a yoga teaching, meditation practicing mother and an Italian father that was an uber-entrepreneur the author learned simple techniques for forging ahead no matter the odds. Find out how a young kid breaks out, builds multiple businesses, changes lives, and eventually partners with military SpecOps. </span></h3>
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Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-86296121328748360802013-06-18T10:08:00.000-05:002013-06-18T10:08:19.077-05:00Reebok Spartan Race Giveaway<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I'll have to admit I've never done a Spartan Race. I have, however done the Warrior Dash. I loved every obstacles in that race. It was so much more challenging than just running.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> Their are 4 different levels within the <a href="http://www.spartanrace.com/spartan-life-for-a-day.html">Reebok Spartan Race</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Death Race</u> - This endurance race is composed of mud runs,obstacles, racing, trail racing, physical challenges and metal challenges all in + 48 hour adventures race. (Extreme Level) 90% will not complete this endurance race.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">(<b>MANDATORY</b>) Leave a comment telling me if you have every done a Spartan Race and if you win what level would you choose. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Go to Reebok Spartan Race on Twitter ( <a href="https://twitter.com/SpartanRace">HERE</a>) and follow them and (Tweet) "I want to win a Free Entry to a @<a href="http://www.spartanrace.com/index.html">Reebok Spartan Race</a> over @<a href="http://pinkhatrunner.blogspot.com/">Pink Hat Runner</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">A winner will be choosen on 6-30-13, by Random.Org</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">If you don't win you still can run a Spartan Race. The people over at Spartan are offering a code for 15% off one of their races in the continental US.(<a href="http://share.spartanrace.com/x/up6aU">CLICK HERE</a>) to get the code.</span><br />
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Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-74974548039263497462013-06-07T09:15:00.004-05:002013-06-07T09:15:51.184-05:00Our farm is a Century Farm this year<br />
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<br />Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-12875136976610123312013-04-23T14:14:00.002-05:002013-04-23T14:14:43.873-05:00Fun Weekend, Glow Run<b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend was pretty busy. Friday night we went to the Raccoon River Music Hall to hear the Rumbles. The Rumbles are an awesome band. I love to dance, so I was in heaven shaking my bootie. Their was about 30, of us that were going to hear the Rumbles. We started out at my sister's house first for happy hour and than headed on over to the Music Hall. I slept in Friday morning, because I new it was going to be a long night. I ended up getting my workout in by dancing till my hearts content. I had sweat running everywhere. I looked like a drenched rat. We had so much </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">fun. </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> </span>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-78944587073599812412013-03-06T09:44:00.000-06:002013-03-06T09:44:32.337-06:003rd Annual Jelly Bean Virtual Race<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Are you ready for The Jelly Bean Virtual Race over @</span><a href="http://www.runwithjess.com/2013/01/3rd-annual-jelly-bean-race.html"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Run With Jess</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">? I've done this virtual race for the past 3 years and it's one of my favorite virtual races. Jess always seems to keep things popping with excitement over at her blog </span><a href="http://www.runwithjess.com/2013/01/3rd-annual-jelly-bean-race.html"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">RUN WITH JESS</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<br />Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-61972100173174898082012-10-29T14:46:00.000-05:002012-10-29T14:46:38.208-05:00IMT Des Moines Half Marathon Review<span style="color: #20124d;">Going into this half marathon, I had no expectations. Harvest came early this year and my long runs in September were pretty non-existent. My running partner had gotten a few 10 milers in, but lacked on her short runs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">When I left the house I looked at my I pod nano and their was an arrow pointing to the battery icon, Go Figure Not Now. Their was no way I had time to plug it in now, so I was just hoping it was going to work during the half.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> It's 20 minutes before the race starts and we are moving to our corral. I turned on my nano and got one song and than nothing. My thoughts were I can't run without music. I've ran 3 miles, but not a half marathon without music. This was going to be one heck of a long run. I told Tree, my nano just died and we might be talking a lot more than normal. So the gun goes off and we start to move up the street to the starting line. I turned my garmin on about 45 min before the race started hoping it would sync up. The race starts in downtown Des Moines and their is a lot of tall building all around us. So, needless to say when I went over the starting mat , I hit start on my garmin and noticed it didn't sync up. So, I'm trying to get it to sync as I'm running. I'm in no way a multi tasker. Finally I got it to sync up about .25 mile into the race. That sure keep my mind off of not running with music. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Mile 1-3 We run downtown Des Moines making our way to Water Works Park. I was feeling pretty good. We just got into Water Works park and my bladder is telling me we need a potty break. I told Tree if those Kybos up a ways are full I'm finding some ground to pee on. The Kybos were full I just went behind them and squatted, by this time I was going to pee my pants anyway. Shoot, I should of tried to go one more time before the race started. I normally dont have to use the Kybos,but not today. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Mile 10 -13.1 I felt like I had this race I could do it and get a good time, but my running partner was struggling as we hit Gray's Lake. As much as I wanted this race, nothing was more important to me than making sure Tree was going to make it to the finish. So, we started doing a walk/run. We ended up doing a walk/run to the finish line. As we turned the corner to the finish line, Tree face was getting paler and her breathing was going very fast for her. I kept telling her to breath through nose and out her mouth. I think she was hyperventilating. I just kept telling her to breath through her nose and out her mouth, so she could get her breathing under control. We finally crossed the finish line and got our medals and headed for some water and Ibuprofen. Tree just said she had a spitting headache. </span><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">After we got some chocolate milk and Ibuprofen in us , we headed to the car to get into something dry and warm. We also got our signs that we made for Amanda and Steph that were running the marathon. We found some Kybos around mile 25, and decided that was as good as any place to plant our butts and wait. We had so much fun cheering on the runners as we were waiting for Steph and Amanda. We held the signs up and were cheering them on as they ran by us. When we caught up to them at the end. Amanda said she had never had someone at a race to cheer her on and she said it brought tears to her eyes. Steph said they were struggling to make it to the stop light were they turn the corner to the finish line. We gave them that extra motivation they need to finish this marathon. This was Amanda's 2nd and Steph 10th marathon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This was Ashten and James first Half Marathon. They had an awesome finish. Jason and Julene, this was their first Marathon. Julene was pretty nervous going into this marathon. She hadn't gotten all her long runs in, due to sickness in the family. We walked back to Gray's Lake to bring her and Jay in. Jay was ready to run to the finish, but Julene was pretty tired. So we let Jay take off to the finish and we walked with Julene. When Julene saw the finish line banner, she was able to run it in. I'm so proud of, all these guys. They did an awesome job. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Last year at the Farm Progress Show I saw this Pink John Deere Hat. I told my hubby that a farmers wife should have a Pink John Deer hat to help on the farm. So, when I got home one day from working at the Insurance Company what was sitting on the island in my kitchen. It was a Pink John Deere Hat. YAHOO!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I was able to do the Color Run 5k a week or so ago. It was just what the DOCTOR ordered for me. My stress level was rising and I needed to just go run and have some fun. It was pretty chilly the day of the race. The race didn't start till 1,but we wanted to get there early so we could get a good place to park and line up. We lucky enough to get into the first wave. As we were running up the long hill to the finish line we went by all the runners that were still waiting for their wave to start. Their was a Hell of a lot of people at this race.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The trees that line our driveway are finally turning, they're pear trees. They seem to always be the last tree to turn into it beautiful fall colors. I like to sit in my hubbies office an look out the window at the beautiful colors of all the trees this time of year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I was finally able to get back to Nxtbend Fitness and workout with my Nxtbend buddies. OH, how I've missed them. I feel like since harvest my body has went to pot. It's funny how it seem to take a long time to get your body into shape,but not a long time for it to turn to jello. I've got some Major work to do. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This Sunday I'm running the<a href="http://www.desmoinesmarathon.com/IMT_Des_Moines_Marathon.htm"> IMT Des Moines Half Marathon</a>. Am I well trained or ready for it, NOT. I'll do my best and have a heck of a lot of fun doing it. Normally I'm able to train without to much of a problem, but this year with harvest earlier it made it a lot harder to keep up with my running schedule. I knew it would be hard with both boys away at college, but I didn't think it would take away time from my running time. You never know what to expect from year to year when it comes to farming. I've had to learn to go with the flow. However, I'm very lucky to have amazing running partners, that totally get when harvest comes around I might not make a run here and there. So glad I didn't sign up for the Full this year. </span><br />
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<br />Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-50028432545697915232012-08-14T13:04:00.001-05:002012-08-14T13:04:58.600-05:00Iowa State Fair Winners/ Empty Nester<span style="color: #20124d;">The boys took their heifer down to the Iowa State Fair to show in the FFA Show. I really like doing the FFA show, because you take your heifer down on Wednesday, the day before the State Fair starts, than you show on Thursday in the FFA Show. It's pretty fun to be down at the State Fair and see alot of stuff getting ready for the first day of the fair. I love sitting in the cattle barn and watching all the people go by, it's a great way to meet other people that show cattle. The only bad thing it does make for a very long day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Thursday was another long day at the State Fair. I got up at 4am to get a run in before I headed on down to the State Fair. Had a great 4 miler with Rachelle. Than headed home to get ready to head on down to the State Fair again. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Parker's girlfriend Mackenzie was showing her pigs at 8:30. Mackenzie got 4th place with one of her pigs and 6th with the other. It was a lot of fun watching the pig show. Mackenzie did a great job.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">The FFA Show started at 2:00. Their was 42 different classes of cows to show. We just happen to be in the 41st class. We got Sami ready as Parker has named his heifer. I love watching the heifer getting fitted to show. It amazing to watch how they make this heifer beautiful. This heifer is prettier than me when it is all cleaned up.HA HA </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">So Mike, Grandma and I headed on down to the ring to find a place to sit. We don't know how this is all going to turn out, but no matter what it has been a great summer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Parker comes in the ring and we can see the judge is looking his heifer over real good. Now for me all the heifers look good. Hell they smell good to, as far at that goes. Parker ended up winning his class for Commerical Breeding Heifer. Boy we were so excited. Than after all the commerical heifer classes had been shown, they bring all the 1st and 2nd winners of each class into the ring to choose a Supreme and Supreme Reserve Heifer. That is a lot of heifers to look at. The judge picked the Supreme Heifer and when the judge said that the heifer that won the Commercial class is the Supreme Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer, we all started yelling and clapping. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">We thought winning the Grand Champion Heifer at the County Fair was great, but winning Supreme Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer at the Iowa State Fair was unbelievable. It literally took us several days for it to all sink in. All the boys hard work through out the summer had paid off BIG TIME. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Normally you can take your heifer home that night, but if you win Supreme or Supreme Reserve they want you to stay and walk in the FFA Parade of Champions on Saturday, so that meant we had to go back to the State Fair on Friday and Saturday. </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Saturday morning I was able to meet up with Rachelle and Tree for a 10.50 mile run. What a great way to start my Saturday, than it was time to get ready to head on down to the State Fair again, for the FFA Parade of Champion. The Parade of Champion was pretty cool. I'm so darn proud of our boys. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">On Sunday Mike, Grandma, the boys and I all went out for a late lunch. We wanted to all go out together before the boys left for college. We had a great time. After lunch we stopped by to see Parker's apartment. Parker's been home off and on because he's had to take care of his heifer. So I really haven't had to deal with both boys being gone yet. The boys were out cleaning the barn before they take off to college, as I'm sitting at the computer surfing the web I get this over whelming feeling, knowing that both of my boys will be off to college this year. I just start to cry, thinking about my boys leaving to go to college. I didn't think it would be this hard. The whole time they are growing up you can't wait for them to leave for college and start their own lives. " That is what we say," but when it comes to reality we want them to stay home for ever or in my case I do. I love having my boy around. Now, if I could just stop crying all the time. I know as the days go by it will get alittle easier, but right now it hurt like hell. I want to pick up my phone and just call them just to see how they are doing. I won't because, I don't want to be a nagging mom. I'm trying so hard to refrain myself from doing that. </span><br />
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Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-9693386588667000202012-08-06T15:08:00.002-05:002012-08-06T15:08:39.634-05:00July in Review<span style="color: #20124d;">It has been a crazy month. I've had so much going on, I haven't had time to do much blogging. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> Before this race got started my stomach was doing flip flops and my heart was racing. I kept trying to figure out why I was feeling this way, than it came to me. I was feeling under pressure to perform well. I was running a race where I new almost everyone and that was kind of stressing me out. I know that sounds weird. I did a marathon in June and my stomach never did do flip flops or my heart rate go up. It's crazy, that we put so much pressure on ourselves sometimes. I got through the race and had a great time running it. I wish I could of done better, but all in all a great race. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Me and Nickle before the race</span></td></tr>
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<u><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">July 14, Warrior Dash 4.3 Hellish Miles</span></u><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I didn't know what to expect doing this race. I only new it sounded like a lot of fun. This race wasn't a piece of cake like I thought it would be. This race took place in a pasture with a whole lot of hills. The running was tough with all the hills. We were literally running in paths that the cows had made. You really had to watch your step or you might be rolling down the hill. I loved all the obstacles. Some of the obstacles were jumping over cars and running through tires, climbing a wall. crawling under a barbwire , running through a mud pit. These are just a few of the obstacles that we got to do. We all had a great time.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">At the starting line. Ready to run</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Running to the finish line</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">We had so much fun we've already signed up to do it next year. Same place and same time.</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">July 18- 23 was the Madison County Fair. </span></u><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">We finally got the TROHPY</span><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Parker won Supreme Champion Breeding Heifer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">The boys have tried to win a trophy every since they've been going to the county Fair, but they have always come up short. The boys decided to spend alittle more money on a heifer in hopes of bring home the BIG TROPHY. All their hard work had finally paid off. YAHOO. When they won, it brought tears to my eyes. This is our last year at the Madison County Fair. We started at the bottom and have worked our way to the top. Adversity has made my boys stronger. They know getting to the top is not always an easy road, but with some hard work and determination you can do anything.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;">Harrison and Parker pulled all their resource together to make this happen. I'm so proud of my boys.Harrison does all the grooming of the heifer and steer and Parker is the one that shows the animal. They work really well together. <span style="color: #7f6000;">LOVE MY BOYS</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Parker won Champion Chi Steer</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Parker got 1st in the Senior Livestock Judging Contest</span>. <br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">What a way to finish our last year at the County Fair.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><u>July 14-29 VACATION</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">As soon as we got done at the County Fair, we were off to the Ozark for a vacation. We haven't had a summer vacation since the boys started showing at the County Fair. MacKenzie's Dad and Mom rent a house down at the Ozarks every year. They also have a boat that they take down . We got a lot of sun and alot of boating. We had an awesome time. Thanks to the Felt Family.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;">Parker and McKenzie </span></td></tr>
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Thanks everyone for participating in the <a href="http://www.chikenutrition.com/specials.html">Chike Energy Prtoein Giveaway</a>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-90021658248242018742012-06-26T11:12:00.000-05:002012-06-26T11:12:00.738-05:00Chike Energy Protein Shake giveaway ends- June- 27<br />
The great people at <a href="http://www.chikenutrition.com/">Chike Nutrition</a> are offering 5 winners a chance to try<br />
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This was my first out of state marathon. I was so excited about it, but a little apprehensive about it to. My two running partners and I were going to be riding up to Duluth with another friend of ours that runs alot of marathon and two of her friends that are newbies.<br />
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We were staying at the UMD college in their suites . It had four single beds a kitchen, refrigerator, living room and bathroom. Only one person had to sleep on the floor and that wouldn't be me. I can't sleep on the floor. I've slept on the floor at my parents house and I don't get any sleep. Stephanie, said she could sleep anywhere,so that problem was solved.<br />
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Most of us girls met up Thursday night and got some of the bags packed, so we wouldn't have so much to pack when we met at the park and ride. <br />
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I got up at 4:30 on Friday, so I could make sure I had everything ready to go. Harrison was going to take me to the park and ride, because he had to get up anyway and get his heifer washed and fed. We all arrived on time at the park and ride. We got in the van and headed to Des Moines to pick one more rider. We picked up Lori and than we were off to Duluth, MN. <br />
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Going up we had to make quite a few potty stops, because we were all trying to hydrate for the marathon, so it took alittle longer to get there. Once we got there we found the UMD college, so we could unpack and get settled in. We all got freshened up and headed downtown to the DECC for the Expo. I was so excited, they were having alot of vendors that I've been stalking on the Internet. We had an awful time finding a parking space in the parking ramp, their were so many people.The Expo was great. I wasn't disappointed in the slightest. I came across these shirts at the Expo that felt so soft and smooth. Low and behold it was <a href="http://rawthreads.org/">Raw Threads</a>.I had entered a bloggers giveaway for Raw Thread a couple of months ago.<br />
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<a href="http://rawthreads.org/">Raw Threads</a> clothes are :<br />
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I love this shirt. <br />
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After we all got our feel of the Expo we headed to Grandma's Garden for some pasta. The weather was beautiful. After we all got our bellies full, we decided to head on back to the college. As we are walking we came across a Chocolate Factory. OK, we literally couldn't pass up chocolate. Tree and I split a homemade Carmel and let me tell you I savored every bite. I didn't want a lot of chocolate before the marathon, but we all new we would be coming back downtown to the Chocolate Factory after the marathon. We all figured we worked that hard, we deserve some chocolate.<br />
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We got back to the suite and we all hit the hay. We all woke up at different times to get ready for the marathon. I kept checking to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything. We found where the buses were loading, to get us all to the starting line. We get there and we all head straight to the kybos, because lines were starting to form. It's my turn for the kybo and all I can do is pee. WHH. Not more than 10 min after I used the kybo the first time, I look over at Tree an say I think I need to go wait in line again things are starting to work. Yahoo I new she would go with me because she always has to pee.Ha Ha.<br />
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It's 7:30 so we start to move over to the staring line. Tree and I were going with the 4:30 pacer and Rachelle, Stephanie and Amanda were going closer not sure what pace they ended up at. Tree and I leave Lori with the 5:30 pacer. Lori is a newbie. As were walking away Tree looks back at Lori and says Penny, Lori is tearing up. I felt awful, so we decided to stay with her till we started running to keep her from getting to anxious. This being her first marathon an all has to be scary.<br />
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When the race started it was humid and in the 60's already. Those first 7 mile were tough, I was already drenched in sweat by the first mile. Once we reached around 7 to 9 it started to get cloudy and the wind picked up alittle, but it was a tailwind thank goodness. It actually was starting to get a little chilly, but for running it was great weather. The spectators had sweatshirts and jeans on, some even were wrapped in blankets. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> Their will be 5 winners- ends 6/27</span></span>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-81833903136872829932012-06-13T15:15:00.001-05:002012-06-13T15:15:57.846-05:00Chike Coffee Energy + Protein Shake Review/Giveaway<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>I was recently contacted by <a href="http://www.chikenutrition.com/index.html">Chike Nutrition</a> to see if I would like to do a review for their new Coffee Energy + Protein shake. I was so excited to do a review for Chike, since cappuccino's and frappes are two vices, that I've not been able to give up. I'm always trying to find a good tasting protein shake to take their place, that way I get more protein in after a workout, than sugar. </i></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When creating Chike, it was imperative for us to create a high-quality protein supplement that you can actually look forward to consuming. Put simply,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">we are totally obsessed with taste</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">. We don't believe in sacrificing great taste for nutrition. Neither should you.</span></span></b>
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<a href="http://www.chikenutrition.com/index.html">C<b>hike Nutrition</b></a><b> sent me a shaker and 5 packets of the Coffee Energy + Protein mix.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The taste of this Coffee Energy + Protein shake was great, with just using water. I loved that the coffee taste wasn't over bearing, I don't like my proteins shakes to have a really strong coffee taste. If you like to have a more creamier tasting protein shake, than mix it with milk. I loved it with milk to, it made for just a little bit more creamier drink. For me I loved this protein shake mixed with water or milk, either way it still had a great taste.</span><br />
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<br />Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-24126435989561338082012-06-04T13:47:00.001-05:002012-06-06T10:47:20.191-05:00Dam to Dam 20k race recap<span style="color: purple;">What a great day for a 20k race. The temps Saturday morning were in the 50's and little wind. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><u>Dam to Dam Race 20k </u><span style="background-color: #f0eff0; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Univers; font-size: 14px;"> is a point-to-point USA Track & Field certified distance. The start is on Saylorville Dam where runners can see downtown Des Moines on the horizon. The 12.4 mile journey takes runners through Iowa's countryside and Des Moines neighborhoods to the finish at Des Moines Central Library. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I got up at 3am to get ready to drive to Desoto and meet Tree, so we could ride together. I was feeling really good. I had really been pushing the water, because I'm normally not a water drinker. I'm so bad about never drinking enough water and that just kills me at a race not being hydrated enough. I already had my clothes laid out the night before so things would go smoothly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Got to the park and ride and jumped in the car with Tree. We were getting there early so we could get a good parking spot. This year they changed the route so that was part of the reason we wanted to get downtown early. The Dam to Dam is a 20k they bus you from different location out to the Saylorville Dam, which we call the mile high bridge, it's absolutely beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"> We got to the dam about 5:30, the race didn't start till 7:00. So we had some time to kill. We ran into a lot of different people we new that were running D2D. . We used the potty's right when we got there and their wasn't much of a wait. Hoping that would hold us over till right before the race.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">At 6:30 we made our way to the wooded area to get our last potty break in, than we headed off to the bridge to find our pace marker. Several of the people we new were starting at pace marker 10.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Tree has a tendency to go faster at the beginning, I on the other hand like to start a little slower and than pick it up at the end. I let Tree take the lead, but I new after 3-4 miles, I was going to be dying on the last leg of the race. We were wanting to keep our pace around a 9:50- 10:00 pace, that has worked for us in some other long runs.. However the first six mile ended up being in the 9's. The first 6 miles-9.34,9.02,9.07,9.24,9.15,9.35. I was getting pretty tired from keeping that pace which I've never kept before, but I new it would average our time out if we fell below 10's.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Those last 6 miles were really tough for me, I just felt like I was running out of steam. Apparently I was, because here are my last 6 miles-11:17,10:17,10:27,10:34,10.48,10:44. They changed where we finished this year and once we hit the downtown area it seemed like it took forever to get to that darn finish line. Normally, I've got some kick at the end, but this girl had nothing left to kick with. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> I had a great time and I did better than last year so I'm pretty happy about that. Running D2D also was very good training for Grandma's Marathon coming up on June 16th. So Heck Yes I Will Take A Finish of 2:04.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> I also ran D2D in a running skirt. I've never ran in a running skirt before. I got it at <a href="http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/activewear.jsp">Kohls</a>, it's a Nike running skirt, it has a pocket in the back for gels and it also has the compression short underneath. I've tried on several different kinds of skirts, but have walked away with the same result, that I just don't look good in a running skirt. When I tried this skirt on I was amazed how it looked on me. "Hey Baby" Maybe I can wear a running skirt after all. I love the way it fit my body and the length was good. Will definitely be wearing this skirt again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"></span>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-54744506339542833902012-05-24T15:04:00.000-05:002012-05-24T15:04:29.277-05:00Skater Socks Review/Giveaway<span style="color: #4c1130;">Most of the people that know me, know I love my knee high socks this time of year. I love to match them to what ever I'm wearing, whether that be workout clothes or casual clothes. <a href="http://www.skatersocks.com/">Skater Socks</a> sent me a couple of pairs of socks and a pair of arm warmers to try. </span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;">The early morning temps here have been great for running in my knee high socks and arm warmers.</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"> A little bit about <a href="http://www.skatersocks.com/">SKATER SOCKS</a></span></u><br />
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<span class="size16 Arial16" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Skater Socks is your ORIGINAL source for the sickest line of Tubes on the planet</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"> I've taken these socks on many runs since I've received them. They are very comfortable and I didn't have any blistering or irritation to my feet. Back in my earlier days when I would wear tube socks the elastic at the top of the sock would get all stretched out and keep falling down, so I would just end up throwing them away. Not <a href="http://www.skatersocks.com/">Skater Socks</a> they stayed put and didn't get all stretched out after so many times of wearing them. These socks have been washed a lot and they still feel just as comfortable and soft as the first day I put them on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.skatersocks.com/">Skater Socks</a> has a wide variety of tube socks, anywhere from infant/baby to adult tube socks.</span><br />
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<tr jquery16308312430434640221="16" style="color: #2c2c2c; cursor: hand; font-weight: bold;"><td align="center" id="Beach_Link3" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"><span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">INFANT/BABY STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10" KIDS STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14" STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19" STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22" STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25" STRIPED TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30" OVER THE KNEE TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">35" THIGH HIGH TUBE SOCKS</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOW CUT CREW SOCK WITH STRIPES</span><img border="0" height="4" src="http://www.skatersocks.com/tp.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
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<span class="size11 Arial11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOW CUT MOISTURE CONTROL SOCKS</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">I also received a pair of arm warmers. They couldn't of come at a better time. just when the weather is still a little chilly in the mornings. The weather here is perfect for wearing arm warmers. It's not quite warm enough to gp sleeveless, but yet to warm for a long sleeves. These arm warmers were great. I loved that they had some stretch to them, it made for a very comfortable fit. These arm warmers can be used as leg warmers as well. They come in a variety of colors.</span><br />
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</div>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-11558616791760320132012-05-17T08:33:00.001-05:002012-05-17T08:33:53.448-05:00My youngest boy's Graduation Party<span style="color: #351c75;">The last couple of weeks have been so busy. I've been trying to get ready for my youngest boy graduation party. Most of the people that know me, know I hate giving parties. Giving a party is very stressf for me. I tend to get obsessed with making sure everything is perfect. Trying to get this Graduation Party planned and ready was a tad bit stressful. I wish I could be like some people and say" It is what it is" but that is not me. Everything has to be perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">We've had the party in our 3 car garage, so that meant alot of cleaning for me. My garage hasn't been that clean since our oldest boy graduated three years ago. I had to haul everything out and take it over to the shed out by the barn yard. Than I had to wipe all the walls down and garage doors of course. I told my hubby after wiping all the walls down that I just might have to start wearing his carpal tunnel wrist bands that he wear at night, because after this I'm sure I will end up with carpal tunnel syndrome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">On Wednesday, my mother-in - law came over and we got all the tables and chairs set up. Than we put up all the decorations, school pictures, awards and scholarships to display. It came together really well. On Thursday I had to get the lawn mowed and all the weed eating done. My yard is not small by any means. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"> Friday consisted of pulling weeds out of flower beds, mulching trees and cleaning my house. It made for one heck of a week. We haven't even had the party yet and I'm exhausted. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Parker actually graduates on Sunday the 20th. I wanted to have Parker's party a week early, so we would be done and stress free when graduation day came. It also lets us enjoy the other graduation parties on graduation weekend. Here a few pictures of Parker's Graduation Party.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: small;">It was pretty cool in the morning, but by 4:00 it was perfect. The sun was out and the wind was down, compared to what the wind has been here lately. We had perfect weather for Parker's Graduation Party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> It's been an amazing journey watching my two boys grow up into young men. When I look at them, I see that all my hard work has paid off though the years. Raising kids is not an easy job at times. I constantly worried about how they would turn out. You see so many kids now days going in the wrong direction.</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-4564818856155628492012-05-03T14:46:00.000-05:002012-05-03T15:43:05.276-05:00The hay is in the Barn / Trust Your Training<span style="color: #20124d;">My running partner emailed me this article, this morning. Being a farmer's wife, I loved how they compared "The hay is in the barn" to "Trusting Your Training. What an awesome comparison. It's just what I needed to read. I've got a 20 miler this Saturday. I know for me, sometimes I tend to doubt myself, when it comes to running a marathon. Come on running 26.2 miles is not a easy task. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I do,however think Rachele was the smarter one, because by 2-3 miles into the race we were pulling off our jackets and tying them around our waist. At the starting line we told Rachele to run her own race, because she can run faster than us, we didn't want to slow her down. So she took off and we never saw her till the end. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">My twin sister Nickle is my biggest fan. She is my picture taker and my biggest cheerleader at the races. It wouldn't be the same without her at a race. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">age: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">49</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">gender: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">F</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">location: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">Earlham, IA</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">overall place: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">1232 out of 1363</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">division place: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">42 out of 49</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">gender place: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">596 out of 691</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">time: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">2:19:10</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">pace: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">10:38</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sub-body"><span style="color: #e06666;">10k: </span></td><td><span style="color: #e06666;">1:04:00</span></td></tr>
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</div>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851378037307779670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056487511078368224.post-1250917882835599172012-04-24T20:37:00.004-05:002012-04-24T20:58:37.510-05:00Crazy busy weekend/ BTB Sunglasses Winner<br />
<span style="color: magenta;">The winner of the BTB Sunglasses is Jen over at <a href="http://www.runningwiththegirls.com/">Running With The Girls</a>. Jen email me at <a href="mailto:pinkhatrunner@hotmail.com">pinkhatrunner@hotmail.com</a> with the sunglasses you want and mailing info. Congrats Jen</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">Last week was a busy week leading up to a very busy weekend. I worked M,T,W, F at the bank. Thursday I had off, but had a ton of errands to run, plus pickup Parker's Tux for prom. Friday worked at the bank all day and then got ready to go shake my bootie over at the Raccoon Music Hall. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">The Rumbles was the band that was playing there. The Rumbles only come to Raccoon Music Hall once a year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">We had an awesome time at the Raccoon Music Hall. We all danced our hearts out. It was sad to hear that this would be the last time they would be playing at the Raccoon Music Hall. They have decided to call it quits. SO SAD. Where am I going to shake my bootie now. Ended up being a pretty late night. Haven't had a late night for a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Nickle and I were getting our picture taken and when we looked at the proof, we notice Mike was in the picture. How did that happen. We didn't even notice him till we looked at the proof.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Saturday morning got up around 6am to get ready to go to work at the bank. When I got off at the bank, I was suppose to meet Mac at Marc Stephens Hair Salon. She was getting her hair put up for prom. I was so excited to get to spend time with the girls while they all got their hair and makeup done. I had so much fun. When the hair and makeup were done we went to Mac's house to take some prom pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Parker so wanted to wear his cowboy hat to the prom, but Mac really didn't want him to. So he compromised and took some pictures with it on before the prom. I think he look very handsome in that cowboy hat. </span><span style="color: #660000;">HE'S JUST A COUNTRY BOY.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">After pictures at Mac's, all the girls were meeting up at Morgan's house for group pictures. Got some awesome group pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Group pictures done, now they are off to Gino's for supper. While they were at supper, we all decided to go have supper to kill time till the Promenade.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">After supper we headed on over to the school to watch the Promenade. Their was so many gorgeous dresses, not having any girls I don't get to enjoy all the girly things, so this was so much fun for me. I love fashion. After the Promenade at Mac's school they rush over to Parker's school to do his Promenade. Parker's school is a little different than Mac's school in that all the kids drive up to the red carpet and than get out of the vehicle and walk up the red carpet. They have parking attendant that park the kids car for them. You never know what some kids are going to drive up in. When my oldest boy had his senior prom he wanted to use his dad's new John Deere Tractor. His date was all for that. So Parker wanted to keep the tradition going, so he decided to drive his dad's John Deere Combine, his date was alitte worried about getting out and down the ladder in her shoes and dress. Mac did awesome. You never know what you will see the kids driving up in our Promenade.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Since, I had so much going on Friday and Saturday, We decided to do our long run on Sunday. I really wasn't wanting to do that, but didn't have much of a choice. So I dragged my butt out of bed at 5am to get ready to go run. When I stepped outside to see how cold it was, I was not happy. It wasn't just cold it was also windy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Not only did I not want to do this long run, I didn't eat right or hydrate right Friday or Saturday. My own fault, but I was so busy I wasn't really thinking about the long run till Sunday morning when I dragged my butt out of bed. Needless to say those 18 miles kind of sucked. We got the 18 miles in, but it was not pretty. It started to mist just as we're finishing up. All I wanted to do was go home take a hot shower and go back to bed. When I got home it was close to lunch time so I knew I needed to get the guys something for lunch, so turned the oven on and baked up some chicken strips and fries. They like gravy to put over their chicken strips so I whipped up some gravy. I set it out on the table and told them I was going to bed to take a nap. When I woke up, they were all napping. We also were suppose to go to a Birthday party at 2pm, but the little girl got sick, so they cancelled it. You don't know how happy that made me. They rescheduled the Birthday party for next Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This Saturday I'm running the Drake Relay Off Road Half Marathon. I've ran several 20k and several marathons, but never a half marathon. I'm kind of getting excited to run this race. It has some hills, which I hate,but I welcome the challenge. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Is anyone else having a hard time finding the time to blog? When I've been on a computer all day at work the last thing I want to do is sit down in front of another computer. Sometimes Life Just Get In The Way of my blogging. I hope everyone's training is going great. My marathon training has been awesome. Training with my running partners make those long runs so much more enjoyable. </span><br />
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Congrats to Suzy over at <a href="http://runningonmytime.blogspot.com/">Running On My Time</a> on being the winner of the Handful Bra Giveaway.<br />
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Suzy email at <a href="mailto:pinkhatrunner@hotmail.com">pinkhatrunner@hotmail.com</a> with your address, color and size. Jody from Handful Bra's emailed me to let me, that they were out of nude small, cocoa small, pink medium.<br />
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Had a awesome 18 miler on Easter morning. I ran with my old running partner, boy we had a lot of catching up to do. The last two miles were getting tough, but we pushed through it and got it done. On April 28th I'll be running the Drake Relay Off Road Half Marathon. This will be my first half marathon. Kind of feeling excited about it. I've ran a marathon and other races, but I've never done a half marathon, feeling pretty pumped about doing an half marathon.<br />
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I'm so happy to get this week over. I've been working full time at the bank, since November. I'm suppose to be a part time girl. I'm missing my part time status. I'm thankful that I can earn the extra money, especially since I've got a boy in college and another one going to college next year, but I'm still missing my part time status. I'm starting to get a little stress about getting all of the graduation stuff done. Thank goodness for my mother-in- law, she worked really hard to get all the invitations printed and made labels for me, so I could get the invitations out this week .I have the best mother-in-law.<br />
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Hubby got started with planting on Wednesday. He got a couple of days in before the rain came. <br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">With this awesome weather we've been having, I bet you're looking for some sunglasses to wear this summer. Look no more, <a href="http://www.btbsunglasses.com/discount-sunglasses-s/43.htm">BTB Sunglasses</a> has given me the opportunity to try out a pair of their sunglasses and do a review. </span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BTB Sport Optics Lenses provide 100% optic clarity
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">BTB Sport Optics Styles offer HD (High Definition)
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">BTB Sport Optics Lenses provide complete UVA &
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">BTB Sport Optics Frames are made from Grilamid
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">BTB Sport Optics Offer a "Formed Fit" for
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I loved the way these sunglasses fit. I didn't have any slippage from the nose piece. They fit very comfortable on my face and around my ears. When I bent over to pick up my Kleenex that I dropped on the ground they didn't fall off, which is a plus. That's happened with other brands of sunglasses that I've worn before. From the looks of the sunglasses the frame might look like they are a little heavier than most frames, but that is not the case. These sunglasses are very lightweight. The lenses in the BTB sunglasses I picked also had polarized lenses. I really liked the polarized lenses, they did a really great job of filtering out the reflected light and glare. It's that time of year when we'll be wearing sunglasses more, so hop on over to <a href="http://www.btbsunglasses.com/discount-sunglasses-s/43.htm">BTB Sunglasses</a> website and check out their awesome sunglasses.</span><br />
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