Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Busy Week and 100 Followers!

Oh my goodness, has this been a week already!! I have been super busy and have been basically pulling my hair out! First of all, congrats to all of the Boston runners!! I have enjoyed reading all of your reports and loved looking at the fantastic pictures:)

Holy crap, I finally have over 100 followers!! Welcome Chad, Judi, Ultra Running Collie, Stacey, Lisa, Sean, SueMac, Nicole and Sarah:) Nicole, thank you so much for your kind comment....I will always think of you as my 100th follower! Well, it looks like I am going to host a giveaway!! I promised that when I would get my 100 followers that I would host a really nice giveaway...I will share more on this later:) Thank you to everyone who takes time to read my little blog! I started this blog to document my training, races and to communicate with other runners. I can't tell you how much I enjoy blogging and love the friendships that I have developed through blogging:) I appreciate every single comment that is left for me:)

In terms of workouts this week this is how it looks so far...
Sunday, easy two miler just to shake out the legs after Saturday's half marathon.
Monday, easy three miler and push-up challenge.
Tuesday, off due to Kay's track meet. Kay ran varsity again and is getting faster:) This is the second varsity meet where she has taken first place in her heats! She is running in another varsity meet next Tuesday:)
Wednesday, eight miles and push-up challenge.
I have another 10K on Saturday. I am running the Get in Gear 10K in Minneapolis and I am hoping to see a few other Minnesota bloggers there:) Keep your finger crossed for me that I can pull it together and finish faster than the last 10K that I ran!
I am feeling the pressure of a student who needs to get her homework done ASAP! I am running in Jamoosh's Last Mile Brewing Virtual Halfathon!! It is not a typical half marathon where we actually run the distance. Jamoosh wants to be amused and entertained with creative and stimulating race reports:) The winner gets a flipping awesome Last Mile Brewing T-shirt! I am so confident that his T-shirt will look great on me:) The only problem is that I have some tough competition! I have read both Adam and MCM Mama's race reports and they are excellent! Not to mention all of the other competitors who still have their race recaps to turn in! Crap! I havn't even started yet! The pressure is on and I am feeling the heat:) Jamoosh, if my race recap sucks, can I at least purchase a T-shirt? Just checking:)

Well, that is all I have for tonight:) Enjoy the rest of your week and happy running, biking, lifting or whatever type of training floats your boat:)
Erica is hosting a Thorlo socks giveaway!
Erica is also hosting a Banana Blossoms Press card and running t-shirt giveaway!
MCM Mama is hosting a Gu giveaway!
Tara is hosting a Ryder Eyewear giveaway!
Molly is hosting a Whole Food Energy Bars giveaway!
Angie is hosting a Nuun giveaway!
Marcia is hosting a Chia Seeds giveaway!

45 comments:

  1. Julie-
    100 Followers, you are a blog rock star! haha
    Good work keeping with the pushup challenge, tomorrow is an "on day" for me.
    Also great job with another race this weekend, keep the good training and racing going!
    -Derek

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  2. You go, girl! Congrats on hitting the big '100'! Have lotsa fun this weekend!

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  3. Yeah to 100 followers!!!

    So what it the give-away? I can barely stand the suspense!!! Are you giving away a couple of tickets to the Julie gun show? Because I bet the PU challenge is getting you pretty ripped up!!

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  4. Congrats on the 100+ followers!

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  5. Yay Julie!! It looks like you have 102 now! Its no wonder you are so popular ;)

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  6. yah julie! look at you! actually, like angie b said..you have 102 now woo-hoo;-)

    very fun;-)
    congrats!!

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  7. I'm not surprised that you're already up to 100 followers. You leave the nicest comments on my blog, and I'm sure on everybody elses blogs too. There's no doubt in my mind that you'll PR in your 10K race on Saturday. As far as "beer" shirts go, let me know if you want a Hooker shirt. Wait, let me explain. I mean a Thomas Hooker Brewing Company shirt. They're hear in CT, and have some pretty cool looking shirts :-)

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  8. Just remember us little folks, Big Sis, when you become all big and famous. Oh wait, you are! Congrats on 100 followers!

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  9. Hi Julie! I hope to see you at the Get in Gear. I will be doing the 5K. Can't wait!! I hope the weather holds out....it seems like every year I do it there is either rain or snow. boo!

    You just reminded me that i have to finish my race report for Jamoosh.

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  10. If the give away is a Jamoosh shirt and I win, then I won't have to write a race report. Should I wait???? I'll have to think of an inventive way to cheat.

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  11. Great job on the 100 followers! You are one of the best commenters out there! Can't wait to see what your giveaway is!

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  12. 100 followers! Now that is something! Congratulations! Also well done to your daughter. Seems she's a real sprint star. Good luck with the 10k!

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  13. congrats !!! i was happy when i got passed 20......anyone want to follow me ????

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  14. Congrats on 102 and here's to many more!

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  15. whoo hoo, I love hitting blog milestones! A giveaway?...I also looove giveaways!

    it will be fun to see what you come up with for Jamoosh's challenge!

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  16. Congrats on the 100+ followers!

    Good luck in your 10K this weekend!

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  17. Congratulations on hitting 100! Very cool. Good luck this weekend, both with the real race and the virtual race.

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  18. Don't be forgetting your 25th follower - just sayin' Little Miss Blog Star!

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  19. Wow! 100! Hooray! Good luck in the 10K on Saturday!

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  20. Yay for 100 followers! Good luck with Jamoosh's halfathon!

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  21. I am one of the few, the proud, the stalkers :-D

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  22. 100 followers? Wow girl! You deserve it though, I see a comment from you on every blog that I visit. And not just a snippit of a comment either, you are so very kind to everyone and I love it when you leave comments on my blog. They mean a lot to me!

    Good luck in the virtual race. I didn't sign up, but after the marathon, I would like to do a few of these virtual races!

    Have a great day Julie!

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  23. What I love about blogging is that every person that follows you, you have some kind of bond, whether its big or small, but a bond non the less. Its a great little feeling

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  24. Woohoo for 100 followers! Maybe someday I'll get there too!

    It must exciting for you to see Kay excel in her running! I can't wait for my boys to get to that age!

    Good luck in you 10K this weekend! You'll do great! :)

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  25. Busy week! Good luck with the 10k this weekend! Hope the weather holds out for you. :)

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  26. Good luck this weekend Julie!

    About the track? Yes - I'm lucky to have one within a couple miles of home. The city, track booste club, and our track club helped pay for the upgrades (synthetic surface) and maintenance, so the track remains open to the public. There's another High School with a track a couple miles further, but since the school pays for maintenance, they close the track. Go figure!

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  27. I am such a mess these last few weeks I cannot even get to the start line of a virtual race!! I suck!!!

    I am not surprised that you have 100 followers, you are super sweet and have a great blog!!

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  28. Congratulations on 100 followers! It's no wonder with the kind and thoughtful comments you leave when you visit my blog and others. I always look forward to seeing what you are going to say!

    Good luck with the 10K this weekend!!

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  29. Wow, 100 followers! You are so sweet, loving and kind...we all can't resist reading and connecting with you! Have fun this weekend!

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  30. You haven't read my Boston race report yet, chica ... cuz I haven't written one - hahaha. I don't even know where to start, I've overwheled at how many blogs I've missed, I feel like I was in solitary confinment for a solid year - everyone's been so busy, especially you! Anyway, the reason I am commenting is that I need you to email me cuz I don't know your address and I have a major thank you to send you, so email me so I know your address, okay?? runlikeagirljp@gmail.com
    LOVE YA, Julie!!!!! XO :)

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  31. Well, you can add me to your followers. I need the inspiration. The knee injury is keeping me down, so I enjoy reading your running posts.

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  32. Hey Julie-just catching up! CONGRATS on the half PR!! GREAT JOB! Thankyou so much for the card. It really meant a lot to me! You are such a sweetheart!

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  33. Yay! I'm glad I found this blog. I like hearing about all the running you do in Minnesota!

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  34. Your running reports are always interesting, Julie! Congratulations for your 100th follower :)
    Have a nice running weekend!

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  35. I've just read your last comment which you wrote on my blog. Thanks for St. George whishes :) I'm not running a race this weekend. I'll run 18 km slowly with other friends on Sunday morning. Nice weekend again!

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  36. :D congrats on 100 followers! Enjoy your weekend!

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  37. 100 followers is awesome. Sorry for getting to your blog so late. My trip to Grand Canyon really threw me this past week.

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  38. Way to go, 100 followers - that is awesome. Have a great weekend and good luck in the 10k

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  39. Yay for 100!

    You know you can come up with something cool. No pressure, but we're waiting... ;o)

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  40. Great job reaching 100! I hope you had a good run this morning at the Get in Gear and that they rain didn't bother you too much. I cut my run short just because the lightning was getting close. Hopefully it wasn't bad where you were. Can't wait to hear about it!

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  41. Wow 100 followers! That is great! You are always so sweet to make comments on my blog - and I know you do the same for everyone else too because I see your comments everywhere :).

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  42. congrats on all of the followers!! :)

    Hopefully you got your report in and I will read it as I am getting caught up! I think that you could give us all a run for our money.

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