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5k training update…

I beat my previous first mile record by 10 seconds to 12:30 on Friday afternoon. I skipped training on Saturday but started back up with week 3 today. I knocked 30 seconds for a 1st mile time of 12:00. Now, my lungs have adapted to running but my legs are my limiting factor. All in […] Read more…

Indonesia Trip – Transit/Day 1

We’ve flown several airlines over the last few years… Northwest, United, Continental, American, Air France, and China Airlines to name those I remember. I’d have to say that Continental is my favorite domestic airline thus far and that China Airlines was better than Air France. Al might not agree because the flight home was on […] Read more…

Best time ever!

I’ve been training for a 5k by the guidelines I found in a book called ‘Running for Women’ (great book by the way) and I ran/walked my best mile ever today! Last week I was at about 17:30 per mile.   Monday evening, I had a 13:00 minute mile and today was 12:40!!!    I can’t wait to […] Read more…

Indonesia Trip – preface

Well, after telling everyone at work and various friends about our trip, I realized that it’s really best to start at the beginning and talk about the interesting things I noticed on that day… That being said, there are some large sweeping generalizations that need to be addressed about the trip and traveling in general. […] Read more…

Bora Bora (con't.)

I’ve never been to a Club Med before, so I’m not sure how to take the whole game-time scheduled-activity thing. I’m betting that in a different environment, it may be more fun, but in paradise it seemed rather silly. Who wants to leave the beach (or bar) to play games with the staff? We avoided […] Read more…

Club Med – Bora Bora

As I was putting together the packing list for our next vacation and was posting the pictures from our LAST one, I figured I’d add my two cents to the travel universe. When we went to Bora Bora in late-September, the weather was beautiful. We flew from LA and I think the flight was approximately […] Read more…

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