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The Gav Menagerie: My first 26.2: The Marine Corps Marathon
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Saturday, November 19, 2011. My first 26.2: The Marine Corps Marathon. On October 30, 2011, after training for most of the summer, I ran my first marathon: The Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. It's a little late, but here is my race recap. A marathon . . . me? A part of me still refused to believe it. My race number 31199 was secured to m...
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The Gav Menagerie: File under: Glad I did it, but will never do it again
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Wednesday, November 24, 2010. File under: Glad I did it, but will never do it again. I have always loved the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Growing up, I watched it every Thanksgiving morning, eagerly waiting the arrival of Santa at the end. My favorite part though was always the giant character balloons. How cool,. Here is the aftermath:. I love...
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The Gav Menagerie: What I learned in my first triathlon
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Saturday, May 09, 2009. What I learned in my first triathlon. Today I finished my first triathlon. It was not easy. At times, it was downright difficult, but I did it. Scratch that one off the Bucket List. Here’s the short version of what happened:. Want to hear all the gory details or see some pictures? Would I get hurt? I dressed, got the girls ...
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The Gav Menagerie: My big debut!
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Tuesday, March 07, 2006. So I'm a few years late to the blog party, but like they say: better late than never. To get things started, here are 102 random facts about me:. 2 I'll be married 7 years in September. 3 I dated my husband for 11 years before we got married. 6 That whole "next one to get married thing? Big Fat. Lie. 12 I love cats. 23 I l...
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The Gav Menagerie: A day away
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Tuesday, March 08, 2011. In just over one month, Loaf will be 6. A few months after that, Peanut turns 8. Different world, indeed, but still . . . I did that when I was just a year or so older than Peanut. My daughters are growing up at a remarkable rate. Their ages seem impossible because they were born, like, yesterday. I remember like yesterday,.
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The Gav Menagerie: Run, Kimberly! Run!
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Saturday, November 13, 2010. Back in early September, I signed up for my first 10K (6.2 mile) run. I was SO excited! I feel that's inching toward a respectable distance. I printed out training plans spanning about 8 weeks and got ready to roll. And one thing I can say for sure: my next 10K will undoubtedly be better. Wish me luck! Oh, the drama!
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The Gav Menagerie: Never say never
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Wednesday, May 04, 2011. Just a bit under three years ago, preparing for my first triathlon,. I started running. I did Couch to 5K. Because that's what all my runner friends said I should do. Turns out, I was wrong. Last fall, on a whim, I signed up for a 10K. I didn't think I'd ever. On May 1. I immediately had buyer's regret. I had planned all a...
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The Gav Menagerie: My first 10K in the bag!
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Sunday, November 14, 2010. My first 10K in the bag! So I did it! My first 10K in the bag. It was not easy, especially given that I did NO training and in fact, have lost significant fitness since I stopped working out regularly in mid-September. My feet were killing. My time was 1:12:41, which is NOT great, but given everything - I'm satisfied.
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The Gav Menagerie: Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Thursday, March 03, 2011. Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss! In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, which was yesterday:. Dear Dr. Seuss:. We love your books. We think your cool. So we wore red, white and black to school:. Our teacher said to bring a book -. Something to pass to friends and look. The Foot Book was Peanut's choice. So Mom set down upon our plate.
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The Gav Menagerie: The one where the impossible becomes possible
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I'm the mom of the Gav family and this is our little zoo. So take a tour, have some fun, but please don't feed the animals or tap on the glass. Come back soon! Thursday, November 03, 2011. The one where the impossible becomes possible. I am a runner. It’s taken me a long time to embrace that statement because I wasn’t running more than 2-3 miles at a time. Then, last fall, I did a 10K and last winter started training for a half marathon. Still, I wasn’t a real runner because I wasn’t fast. Over the past ...
