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Winter Motivation: Logging Miles by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living After a slow start, I think it’s pretty safe to say that winter has finally come to Vermont. Overnight temperatures have dipped below zero. The world is covered i ... Read on »
Fresh Perspective by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Last night, after a wonderful, relaxing extended holiday with family, Evan and I returned to a house that was, in a word, freezing. Ice inside the windows…not a good ... Read on »
Happy Holidays! by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! From my motley crew to yours! Sending wishes for a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – no matter however and whate ... Read on »
10 Things I Learned During My Week at Cleveland Clinic by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I don’t normally apologize for my lack of posting. Updating this blog on a regular schedule is something that I’ve never been good at (I’d rather write when I actually hav ... Read on »
Supporting the Man Who Used to Run by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living This weekend, Evan and I made the trip to Seneca Falls, NY to run the It’s a Wonderful Run 5K . Between an evening race through a festive town, getting to spend time with ... Read on »
Friday Facts by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living {Some random ramblings for your Friday afternoon, such as: The Running Tight Boycott lives, exciting Nuun news, and initial thoughts about the Saucony Mirage 3s} – ... Read on »
Holiday Cross Training by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Somehow, between my self-proclaimed month of rest and coming down with some sort of sickness after visiting my family for Thanksgiving, 9 full days passed without me runni ... Read on »
Studying Up by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I may not be doing much running these days, but that doesn’t mean that running is ever really far from my mind. Sometimes I just prefer to read about it instead of doing i ... Read on »
Staying Off-Track {Embracing Rest} by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living This isn’t a post about getting back on track after a weekend of holiday indulgence. It’s not about cleaning up my diet, giving up the sweets, eating more vegetables, ... Read on »
On Not {Turkey} Trotting by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I have a confession to make. Not once in my 28 years of life have I ever done a Turkey Trot. { Source } Okay, okay. This doesn’t really qualify as a confe ... Read on »
Hunger by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I had absolutely no intention of signing up for a spring marathon. In fact, after a frustrating summer of feeling like I was doing “too much, too soon” and in which I ... Read on »
What Happens in {Ragnar} Vegas… by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Gets told on the blog. {I know, I know…so creative lame} – First and foremost — thank you all so much for your tweets and comments on my Dad’s post . I can ... Read on »
Special Post: The Man Who Used to Run by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living We interrupt our regularly scheduled relay recaps and self-centered ramblings for a very special post. I’ve mentioned it several times before on the blog, but my Dad ... Read on »
Ragnar Las Vegas Highlights by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I’m back from what felt like a whirlwind trip out west, still trying to process everything that happened over the past week. I’m exhausted, sore, and just might be getting ... Read on »
2012 Manchester City Marathon Race Recap by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living 2012 was almost the year of the marathon that wasn’t. Funny because it started off with so much hope and excitement. I had big goals for 2012 — one of which included r ... Read on »
Closed Door. Open Window. by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Last time we all “chatted,” I was on my way to NYC to run the ING New York City Marathon. A marathon that never ended up happening. The race was called off around 5:30 on ... Read on »
NYCM: Pre-Race Thoughts by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living It’s been weird this week. Thinking that I may or may not be running a marathon on Sunday. Wondering if, after everything that’s happened, I even want to…  I’m sure yo ... Read on »
Marathon Week: Surviving the Storm by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living In case you haven’t heard the news, it’s NYCM Week Hurricane Sandy week! So far things have been relatively calm up in Vermont…weather-wise, anyway. I don’t think we’l ... Read on »
Life{ontherun}: On Taking Risks by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living October is a pretty big month in the Conkey house. Not only does it mean fall temperatures, camping trips, apple pies, marathon season, and horror movies, but it also mark ... Read on »
Taper Confessions by LBontherun Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I have used this marathon training cycle as an excuse to give up on all forms of strength training. I know this is dumb and I really have no excuse (other than laziness, t ... Read on »