Oh what beautiful day, I’ve got a wonderful feeling, everything’s going my way! Indeed it did. The weather Sunday morning could not have been more perfect for the Chicago Half Marathon. I was VERY happy with my finish and the race experience as a whole. The logistics worked out great, taking the Metra was the…
Month: September 2010
Votes have been counted, and the winner is…
Me! Yippee, I won. My song of choice will kick off this year’s Chicago Half Marathon. The song I picked is my go to song when I am struggling to finish a run, not to mention it is almost impossible for me to not do my stomping song when I hear it (despite my husbands…
Summer Reading After Labor Day?
I didn’t get all of my summer reading done by Labor Day. Oh well, at least I am not wearing white. Technically, I didn’t finish my summer reading, I never got to The Heights or Medium Raw, I need to carve out more time for reading. They will go on my Fall/Winter reading list coming…
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me TO WIN!!! The Marathon Miss Fit blog is having a Chicago Half Marathon Kick off Song Contest and I have entered! The winner gets to select the song to be played at the beginning of the race and get a shout-out to the crowd on race day. How cool…
Locavore Challenge
The Green City Market’s Locavore Challenge starts today. The challenge; How often do you think about where your food comes from?…Pledge to eat all local, all the time…well, at least for two weeks in September. Sign up below and we’ll send you the Green City Market Locavore Kit that includes valuable information on how to…
Red Letter Day in the Garden
Obsessed Much?
Breaking the blogging about lunch rule again. And it is about XOCO. Again. What can I say, it so worthy. What I enjoy the most about the new location of my office, beside the shortened commute, is being a block from the Rick Bayless restaurants. Particularly XOCO. I met my husband for a wonderful lunch. …
A BLT
A as in avocado. Thanks to Lynn at The Actor’s Diet for her suggestion on a new way to put my basil oil to use. I had some purple onion bulbs to use up; I mixed them with avocado, and the basil oil and smashed it all together. It was a delicious replacement for the…