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Hello From the Big Apple and Some Fun at the TCS New York City Marathon Race Expo

November 2, 2014 By STUFT Mama 17 Comments

Can I just say that red eye flights are not my favorite? Oh wait, a funny thing happened at the airport on the way out of town. My backpack had to be checked and this guy was pretty impressed with my roasted purple sweet potato stash. Ha ha. So, when I pictured the [...]

Filed Under: CocoaVia, race expos, Races, Runner's World, Travel Tagged With: friends, marathon, New York, race expo, racecation, Red Flame Diner, Runner's World, running, TCS New York Marathon, travel, Zelle

The Kauai Marathon Recap

September 11, 2014 By STUFT Mama 26 Comments

Whelp, here it goes. It’s been over a week now so I guess it’s time to recap the Kauai Marathon. Holy smokes it was amazing. I loved every single thing about it. It was definitely not my typical race. There was no intent on a PR or anything and thank goodness because it was [...]

Filed Under: Events, Human X, race recaps, Running, trips Tagged With: hawaii, Kauai, kauai coffee, Kauai Marathon, life is good, marathon, race recap, racecation

Just Like Pulling Off a Band Aid

September 6, 2014 By STUFT Mama 11 Comments

You know, the whole getting home and unpacking and facing reality again. I’m not even sure what the heck made me think of it this way, but we got home tonight. The plane ride was bittersweet. We were ready to get home, but yet not ready for the whole island adventure to be over. [...]