American Valkyrie

nerd girl. costume maker. running, trail biking, and working out. kitties.

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Workout with Samy!

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Today's run stats at a glance

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Woot! (at John's Gym ATX)

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Picked up my shirt for Sunday's race today...finally! And it's a tech shirt!!!

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The thing I hate about small races? Generic bibs. This is for the Brown Santa 5K I'm running on Sunday...oh and the shirts are stuck in Dallas, TX due to all the ice. Great.

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Another new gadget...this one was not planned

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Ugh...really took it out of me...but I didn't flake out...I did it. 30 minutes on the treadmill

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Not as fast as Saturday but I did run 8.5 miles yesterday so still pretty dang good! I just wanted to keep it under 9:30 and I did!

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My new headband...I love this slogan...I have a car window decal that is the same logo

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Holy crap! First mile 8:59...second mile 9:08!!! That's the fastest I've run in around 8 months!!! I feel great!

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1045 calories GONE!

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While not humid at my apt...it is humor at the gym because it rained here and not there. Fun! Good thing I'm only doing 3 miles

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Ran faster than I thought I would with a flat 9:30min/mi pace for 5K time of 29:28 (a PR)...but a finish line time of 30:15 (also a PR)

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Omg!!! Target has prepackaged ground chicken!!! This is the first time I've ever seen prepackaged ground chicken!!! Gonna make me a turkey and chicken meatloaf next week!

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On the left is my before-the-gym (BTG) 2 mile run and on the left is my gym workout (add about 35 calories cuz my regular heart rate monitor died during my squats)