Monthly Archives: October 2013

Prelude to war…the birth of a bet

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Kate

Last weekend a little war went down at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, our own Virtus Civil War…teammate vs. teammate, brother against brother (granted, we don’t need to be on separate teams for that particular matchup). The North and … Continue reading →

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National Adventure Day(s) Lite

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Kate

When my friends at ROCK Racing and the 100+ Project came up with the idea for National Adventure Day(s) (NADs for short), I thought it was brilliant.  Because NADs fall on October 12 and 13 — between two big race … Continue reading →

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Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Kate

Gee…I imagine you’ve been thinking…with all Kate’s recent talk of half marathons and lousy training and dominating the basement of cyclocross standings, it’s been ages since she talked about riding bikes with her kid.  Well, wait no longer. Saturday, October … Continue reading →

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MO’ Cowbell Half Marathon race report

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Kate

I ran my first half marathon back in 2010.  At the time, I’d been running for 8 months.  I trained faithfully, missing maybe one workout of the 14-week training plan, and was delighted when I met my pie-in-the-sky goal and … Continue reading →

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Three Things Thursday

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Kate

1. Cyclocross: Tired of reading about cyclocross already?  Sorry…the season goes into December.  And even though I already wrote about last Sunday’s race, then I saw some more pictures that were taken there and had to share. How great is … Continue reading →

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