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Brunch at Saratoga National
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Last night Chris and I celebrated St. Patty’s day a little early. We went to our friends’ apartment downtown for dinner of corned beef & cabbage! I brought the Irish soda bread and Irish cheddar cheese. It was my first time making the soda bread and it came out FANTASTIC. I didn’t take any shortcuts–the recipe was from one of my co-workers…so this baby is NOT healthy! The healthiest thing in it was the raisins. Anyway–that was super fun. We didn’t stay out too late–I wanted to get to an early AM spin class this morning. 😉 Chris and I also made plans for brunch this…
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2013 Shamrock Run
Sunday Chris and I drove down to Kingston for the Annual Shamrock Run. This race is so funny. There are 5,000 people are running (and walking) down Broadway in Kingston to get to the end where they give out free beer from Keegan Ales, green bagels and shamrock cookies. This year was so crowded! I realized after running this race multiple times that you can’t run it for time–just for fun. My foot was feeling sore from the previous day’s long run so I took it easy. We finished in under 22 minutes! We wasted no time and went right to the post-race party for beer and green bagels. My…
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2011 Shamrock Run
Today, I drove Heather and I to Kingston, NY to run a 2.0 mile Shamrock “fun” Run! And, of course, we dressed in GREEN! I am probably only less than 1/4 Irish… The race started late (12:50PM), so had time to eat breakfast (pumpkin pancakes) and get ready for the race and then make the one hour drive down to Kingston. The race was really well organized and there were lots of people signed up! It was a little cold while we waiting for the start, but we had Irish music for entertainment. Two of my other friends showed up and we were off! There were so many people running/walking…