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SOSI 2014, Day 4: Feeling the Strain
On day four of SOSI, my alarm went off at 5:30 so I could hit the trails early. I hit snooze and the next thing I knew, it was 7 am. I guess I was tired. So no workout that morning. At 8 am, all of...
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SOSI Day 5: Catching Up
Oops… I never wrote this post about our last day in Phoenix at the Science Olympiad Summer Institute. This final day was pretty low key since the conference was scheduled to end at 11:30am. We decided...
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Veganism and My Man Card
Last week, I came across a couple of articles that hit home with me: “For These Vegans, Masculinity Means Protecting the Planet” and “Real Men Eat Plants”. It’s been less than four years since I’ve...
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August Left Me Exhausted
How is tomorrow already September?!!! Whew! August has been a whirlwind of a month. Here is the highlight reel… I met up with an old classmate from high school while he was in LA at the beginning of...
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What TV Show Represents Your Life Right Now?
Oh man… It’s been a while. I just skimmed through my previous post… I thought I was exhausted then. Sheesh! I had no idea how busy things would get for me and my family. A couple of weeks ago in our...
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Staying Veg
A few months ago, a couple of vegan bloggers who I follow came out saying that they were no longer vegan. I have to admit, I was pretty surprised by their change. But everyone has their reasons. Then a...
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No Meat Athlete Running Group, Orange County
A few months ago, Matt Frazier of No Meat Athlete sent a message to his readers that he had a vision of No Meat Athlete Running Groups forming across the country. His vision has started to come into...
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March-ing Forward
Wow! It’s already the latter part of March…Spring Break is nearly over! 2015 seems to be passing by very quickly. To be honest, I’ve written many blog posts in my head but could not bring myself to sit...
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So This is 40
Earlier this month I turned 40. I wasn’t dreading it. Actually, I feel younger and healthier than now than I did 10 years ago. My birthday weekend was a good one. It started out on a Friday night by...
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#UnitedLA
So there’s this guy on Instagram who calls himself Runnermarx. In the months that I’ve been following him, I’ve pulled quite a bit of inspiration and motivation from his posts. And every now and then,...
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The End of Health Class?
In a prior post I mentioned how the class I teach is likely going to be phased out over the next 2 years to make room for a NGSS compliant full-year 7th grade science class. I’ve experienced a spectrum...
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That Time I Wiped Out at Surf City: An Overdue Race Recap
I apologize for such a late race recap. I was so upset about my performance at the Surf City Half Marathon that I couldn’t bring myself to write about it. Now, after running well at Ragnar SoCal and...
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Finding My #InnerWild – a Ragnar Relay SoCal Recap Part 1
Sometime last spring, I was approached by a couple of coworker friends about running Ragnar Relay SoCal. Without hesitation, I jumped on the opportunity. I had seen social media friends’ posts about...
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Finding My #Innerwild – a Ragnar SoCal Recap Part 2
After a well-deserved rest at the Oceanside Pier, the Van 1 crew was ready for next set of legs of Ragnar SoCal. Exchange 12 was little weird because there wasn’t a literal exchange. Van 2’s last leg...
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Finding My #InnerWild – a Ragnar SoCal Recap, Part 3
One more set of legs to go! I’ll be honest. It was rough sleeping in the Suburban. I maybe got 1.5 hours of sleep. I feel bad for the three others who were sleeping in the vehicle because they had to...
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Running the OC – an OC Half Marathon Recap
After a disappointing performance at the Surf City Half Marathon back in February, I decided to change my mindset for the OC Half Marathon. My plan was to not worry about a PR but just run it and have...
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Girls on the Run Orange County – a Race Recap
In February, Veronica (@duncancreative), asked if I’d be interested in promoting the Girls on the Run, Orange County 5k on my social media accounts. She is a board member of the organization and she...
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Trusting the Process
Those of you who know me or have been following me for a while know that I’ve been dealing with crazy immune system issues for years. What was first misdiagnosed as “simply” allergies turned out to be...
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Friday Five, featuring #WeRunSocial
Yay! It’s Friday and what a day it has been! Here’s a quick five facts about my day. I finished cleaning up and checking out of my classroom so summer vacation has officially begun! Yay! I said goodbye...
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Live Well San Diego 5K – Recap
My first race of the weekend was the Live Well SD 5k. My vegan IG/FB friend, Carly, invited me to run this with her and fiancé. Since I didn’t sign up for the RnRSD 5k, I thought this would be a fun...
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