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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Saturday
Jan192013

Thoughts from my morning run...

...trying to run 8 miles when you kinda took December off completely from any form of exercise (beyond stirring cookie batter), is not the most fun thing...

...big dogs left in the bed of your pickup truck make me a little nervous...excuse me while I cross the street and give you a wide berth...

...while I totally get that you might not shovel your snow immediately, it's been 1-2 weeks, folks...what gives? and, yes, the city ordinance requiring you to shovel your snow includes your driveway where it's part of the sidewalk...

...love the sunshine, not so crazy about the glare coming off the ice...

...we should take our outside Christmas lights down (lol...in all fairness, it's been pretty darn cold the last few weekends)...

...wonder if I should get one of those obnoxiously bright running jackets so I'm more visible?...

...I recently read about this lady who finds all sorts of treasure on her runs...I obviously live in the wrong place for that, as this morning all I found was a full size tube of toothpaste (???)...

...though at least I didn't find a dead mouse or a live snake, both of which I've come across during runs before...

And then I was home. ;) So...what's your rule of thumb on the bright running gear and what's the most interesting thing you've found while out on a run (or walk)? Just curious. ;)

Reader Comments (1)

I love bright running gear! I don't typically wear much of it because I'm usually on a treadmill, or going on a path around the lake (rather than on streets). I haven't ever found anything amazing during a run - except for the live snake during the CO Half last May. Eeeeek! I nearly died.

January 19, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterMarti

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