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  • Fitness,  Food, Travel, Fitness, & Meditation Blog,  Running

    Race Review: Lexington’s Run the Bluegrass Half Marathon 2017

    April 9, 2017 /

    Once again after a destination race weekend, I’m feeling inspired and excited to be a runner, and I’m itching to share my experience from Lexington, Kentucky’s Run the Bluegrass Half Marathon!  After finishing our last half marathon (the Charleston Half Marathon) in January, we were all pumped up and ready to sign up for another. I browsed race calendars looking for the perfect race at the right time and in the right location.  Lexington is just around the corner for us Ohioans, and it gave us a little over two months to continue our preparation, treating the Charleston race as just another training run.  After checking out the race website…

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  • Food,  Food, Travel, Fitness, & Meditation Blog,  Recipes

    Whole Wheat Date-Sweetened Belgian Waffles

    March 28, 2017 /

    Well, I don’t yet have a gourmet kitchen, but I fantasize about having one.  And even though I can’t quite afford the Wolf range and the marble counte-tops that I drool over on Pinterest, I am doing what I can right now – stockpiling all the fun gadgets I’ll need to outfit this fantasy kitchen that I plan to have some day.  So every birthday and every Christmas, I make a wishlist that includes cookbooks, appliances, and serveware that I plan to put to good use … someday.  I have the tools to make whatever I want.  Now I just need the time. This year, Santa brought one of my…

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