On Thursday I wrote about my burpee dilemma: do the make-up work to get current with the 100 Day Burpee Challenge, or cheat/quit. Thank you...
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63 degrees and rainy
We had a great run this morning -- cool, drizzly, refreshing. I had to get to my Corporate Overlord Cube™ early today, so we ran...
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If Celebs Were From the Midwest
Disclaimer: I'm from rural Pennsylvania, which is sorta Midwestern, so I went to high school with people who look a lot like this. I'm not...
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In Celebration of Situps
I swore when I hit the pillow last night that I was going to CrossFit Women this morning, and when the alarm went off at...
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Say "Yes" To Oxygen (And "No" To Pollen)
"You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move,...
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Whining – And What I’m Gonna Do About It
[begin whining]I've been feeling pretty darn sorry for myself for a few days. Let's recap:1. I'm behind on my burpees. Like, way behind. It's going...
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My Sneakers
At our Weight Watchers meeting one day, Pam (best leader ever) asked the group to think back to elementary school and that exciting feeling of...
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I Wanted To Mock…
But in the end, I couldn't.I was mildly outraged a few weeks ago when Jennifer Lopez started receiving all kinds of media attention because she...
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Good News / Bad News
First, the bad news.It's been almost two weeks of intermittent sleepless nights, occasional nausea, stuffy head, scratchy cough, and too many missed workouts. Today while...
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CrossFit Legs
This photo from our office '80s party is totally cheesy. My outfit is ridiculous. My hair is comical. My facial expression makes me look like...
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Bootcamp And Burpees, Or Cough 0 – Mel 1
I was up for a few hours around 1:00 a.m., thanks to a coughing fit, but I finished reading my book, watched a little TV...
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Priorities And Reflection
I didn't realize today was September 11 until Dave and I were in the car, driving past City Hall. We saw the flower wreath and...
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