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I See London…

Don’t I wish! I have been watching the first three stages of the Tour de France, so have gotten to see a lot of gorgeous England and today they finished Stage 3 in front of Buckingham Palace. But this post is not about the TDF or about London. It’s about me getting to ride in the Press Truck for the 45th AJC Peachtree Road Race. My job – spotting the elite women for the live television coverage of the race. If you aren’t from Atlanta, you might not know that with its 60,000 participants, the

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Happy National Running Day!

What do you think of the cool badge I made for National Running Day? Get yours here. .And after you get creative customizing your badge, check out the other cool ways you can commemorate National Running Day. Tonight is our usual Wednesday Night Workout with our running group. We go to the high school track and pretend we’re fast. Last week I did this cool mile progression workout. It consisted of three sets of 400/300/200 at my goal mile pace with 1 min between reps and 4 min between sets. Not

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Rambling About: Pro cyclist Alison Powers’ historic win

I am a huge professional cycling fan and watch cycling every chance I can get. In fact, my latest young adult novel features a cyclist on a junior developmental squad. But back to the blog… Women’s cycling isn’t featured as much as men’s cycling on television, so I was super excited that TourTracker was broadcasting the women’s race at the US Pro Cycling National Championships. On Memorial Day, I tuned in to watch the action go down. And I was not disappointed. I witnessed history when Alison

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Rambling About: Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska by John Green My rating: 4 of 5 stars If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless. ― John Green, Looking for Alaska Here's another book that had been on my "too read" list for quite awhile, and another book that I listened to on audio. The narration was exceptional, which helped the listener get into the story - so if you can get your hands on the audiobook version, give

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So I found this amazing song…

This song was featured at the end of last week’s episode of Reign. First of all – if you haven’t seen that show, you must check it out. It’s historical intrigue and debauchery at it’s finest. Think The Tudors for teens with a love triangle that’s crazy good. Not to mention some awesome music. It’s cool to hear some of my favorite artists like London Grammar, Gabrielle Aplin and Florence & The Machine have songs featured in various episodes. So back to Active Child and the video. What do you

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What’s Your Passion?

I realized a couple years ago that my passion is girls and sports. Sports changed my life and I can honestly say, that without sports, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Sports has taught me perseverance, persistence and drive for perfection. Teamwork, goal setting and leadership. To be confident, fearless and mentally tough. And there are countless other skills and lessons participating in sport has given me, helping prepare me for a successful career in business. Because sports has played such an

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céad míle fáilte

I found this entryway to a historic pub in downtown Savannah, GA. In Irish Gaelic, céad míle fáilte means: a hundred thousand welcomes I can only imagine all the stories behind this door…