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Heart and Soles 5k – Race Report

Heart and Soles 5k – Race Report

The FauxRunner family has been a member of Atlanta Track Club for the past 3 or 4 years, but we’ve never taken advantage of the Grand Prix series and the free 5k events. When I was looking for a 5k for Miss. FauxRunner around February, the Heart and Soles 5k was perfect and it was free for members. Having raced The Red Top Rumble 11.5 mile Trail Race just last weekend, I wasn’t planning to race this one, even though…

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Red Top Rumble – My First Trail Race

Red Top Rumble – My First Trail Race

The last time I put a number on to race was at the London Marathon in April last year (I had the Memorial Day 5k and PTS Allatoona Sprint Triathlon as fillers, but I didn’t train for them. Just showed up and suffered). While it was an experience that could not be topped, after that race I was demoralized, frustrated and a bit burnt out trying to chase goals and juggle life. It took me a long time to get…

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Lack of Sleep and it’s Effect on Training and Life

Lack of Sleep and it’s Effect on Training and Life

Sleep. Or the Lack of. Every parent has vivid memories of being low on sleep during the newborn and sometimes well into toddler days. These days, luckily my minions sleep through the night, or atleast they are smart enough to know NOT to wake me up when I’m asleep. Especially on the days I’m up at 4:xx AM trying to get a run/ride/swim in before work.  It was hard in the beginning, but then I got used to the routine as…

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Recipe: Sweet Potato toast

Recipe: Sweet Potato toast

When I get creative with my veggies, I … well … I don’t get creative or fancy with my veggies. I love to just eat them all piled up together. But I had seen the “Sweet Potato Toast” being posted by a few friends and knew that I had to try making it! So I came up with an open faced Sweet Potato “sandwich”.   It is so simple that I feel awkward even writing a recipe for it!  Sweet…

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Single Serve Vegetable Frittata

Single Serve Vegetable Frittata

I don’t eat eggs, but my minions do and Mr. FauxRunner loves them. A full egg brunch is one of the few things that keeps my 10yo full for a long time, else her super high metabolism hits her with hunger barely 30 minutes after breakfast – I should’ve called them hobbits instead of minions, with their penchant for a second breakfast. So it’s the usual boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets from the limited egg cooking skills I have. Omelets…

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