February 2012
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Disney Princess Half Recap
Greetings from somewhere between 0 feet and cruising altitude. (Which is where I was when I wrote this yesterday.)
I am absolutely terrified of flying and usually take a Xanax to relax myself a bit, but I think Mickey stole them, and I was a little too dehydrated to consider an airport drink, so I tried a few new things to distract myself while taking off.
Timing how long it takes to get from...
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Disney Princess Half Expo + A Day at the Parks
If you’re catching up on the weekend, I spent the weekend with Mickey, Minnie and some Fitfluential people to run the DIsney Princess Half Marathon (recap to come tomrorow!) and Tangled Family 5K.
I’ve written about the races first…because that’s what I went down for. But since I’m only part racing machine, I also hung out in the parks.
After breakfast Saturday, I...
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Disney Tangled Royal Family 5K
Greetings from my happy place.
Well, technically right now, I’m lying in bed, but that’s also a happy place.
But to get to my happy place…
1 cab to Penn Station where I nearly got shoved down the stairs by all these lovely people, making me very glad to leave NYC for the weekend
1 train to Newark
1 Air Train to my terminal
I usually just take a cab to the airport...
Crowdsourcing My Life
How do you store big, chunky necklaces—(without putting them on the wall—I’m not really a fan of that)?
feistyred asked: Hi Theodora-Who is the running coach on tumblr that you train with? I know you have mentioned him before, I can't remember his tumblr name! Thanks!
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Staying Healthy at the Office
When I wrote the other day about starting my random series on losing and maintaining weight (based only on my own experience doing so), one of the questions I got a few times was: how do you stay healthy at the office with so many temptations?
The simple answer: I pretend they’re not there.
While that theory is called delusion when applied on a larger level, it works for me on this...
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I'm Going to Disney World!!
Two years ago, I ran my first half-marathon in Disney World. It was so meaningful to me because I had formed so many happy memories in Disney as a child, so it was the perfect place to begin my obsession with long-distance running.
Next weekend, I’ll be heading back there to run my 10th half marathon—as a guest of Disney!
Well, okay!
Please Join us for The Princess Half Marathon...
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Woman's Day Red Dress Awards
As a twenty-something New Yorker and former journalist (still weird writing that), I’m fairly cynical. I’m usually sarcastic on this blog. I get a lot of awesome opportunities through living in NYC and having this blog that I sometimes take for granted.
But even my hardened heart softens sometimes.
Last night, I went to a truly amazing event—the Woman’s Day Red Dress...
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How I'm Maintaining My Weight
So, my blog has evolved into more of a running/fitness/fun stuff I do in NYC/and elsewhere blog as of late, but it’s still called Losing Weight in the City.
Because when I named it that, I didn’t think I’d be blogging three years later and that it would become such a big part of my life. I’m totally fine with—and actually love—how it’s evolved, but...
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Just Slightly Off Balance
I like the beach.
I like running.
I like blogger friends.
(I also like Rainbow sandals and cannot wait until summer returns. But I digress.)
So when Tina asked if I wanted to participate in the Reach the Beach relay in Massachusetts, I was obviously in.
It’s a 24-hour, 200-mile relay race that starts in Wachusett, Mass. and ends in Westport, Mass. (Two town names that mean...
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29's Not So Bad
My birthday was ridiculous in all the right ways.
Starting with trying Rent the Runway. I technically joined the site a few years ago, but I’d never tried it. The other day, I got an email with a $50 birthday credit and figured, why not? (You can get an invite here, by the way.) I have my Winter Ball coming up and am considering trying out a rental for it, rather than spending a lot of...
Anonymous asked: Hi Theodora! I'm putting together a package for your birthday and didn't know how you are planning to spend it. Any plans on how you're going to celebrate? race? bar crawl? night in with the ladies? night out with friends? Happy February!
Anonymous asked: Happy birthday buddy! I hope you have a splendid day. Keep an eye out for a package today or monday!! Your tumblr buddy!!
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Happy Birthday...to Me!
Hi! It’s my birthday!!
I’m 4 again. (Maybe just in maturity…)
Just kidding. I’m 29, a number I thought would terrify me, but I’m okay with it. Which is good because I don’t have a choice. In all seriousness, I’m just happy to be in a good place. When I turned 25 four years ago yesterday, I was in the throes of a quarterlife crisis and absolutely...
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Taking My Own Advice
Usually when I write posts like I wrote yesterday, they’re half kicking my own ass and half hoping you might find some motivation in them, too.
But they usually work—I can’t, with a good conscience, write some post about how I don’t have any excuses to not work out and then…not work out.
This is what I look like every single time I work out.
As I was finishing up work last night, I got a call...
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Healthful Bites: Go-To Blogs For Running... →
healthfulbites:
Besides a doable training plan, a solid pair of sneakers and a motivating playlist, I’ve found that gathering inspiration and tips from those who have run before me has been helpful. One of the most abundant sources for “runspiration?” Fellow bloggers!
There are plenty of…
Half shameless reblog for the shoutout Karla gave me; half reblog for my other blogging buddies she...
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Someone Who is Busier Than You is Running Right...
I’m getting really sick of my own excuses, so you must be getting really sick of them, too.
I feel like I’ve read a ton of posts lately about exercising despite being busy, and I’ve hung my head in shame after reading every one of them. I’m not too busy to work out.
Tina wrote about how she used to work 9-5, take night classes, work part-time and still found time to...
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Eleven Things
Mindy at Just a One Girl Revolution tagged me in one of these blog equivalents of a chain letter, and I don’t want seven years of bad luck, so…
rules:
Post these rules
You must post 11 random things about yourself.
Answer the questions set for you in their post.
Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
Go to their blog and tell them that you’ve tagged them.
No stuff...
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NYRR Gridiron Classic Race Recap
I still got it in me!
I’m turning 29 next week (which is far closer to 30 than I’m really ready for), so I really wanted to get a good PR in before my birthday.
And I did!
Since my running as of late has been sort of half-assed, I was hoping for a PR but not really thinking it was going to happen. I’d signed up for the Gridiron Classic a few weeks ago because I’d heard...
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The Accidental Long Run
Oh hi there. How are you? Yes, I am wearing sunglasses because I am embarrassed by my split ends.
This morning, I accidentally ran 8 miles, and it was awesome.
How do you accidentally run 8 miles?
I’d planned to join my Junior League running group for four miles in the park, but had no other firm running plans. I talked my friend/neighbor/co-chair/partner-in-awesomeness, Shannon, into...
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I've Got My Eye on the Prize: A Redemption Tri
This morning I entered the lottery for my second triathlon:
It’s my hometown tri, and I really hope I get in! I remember seeing the triathletes biking around town on this day every year, and I thought they were a little crazy just to be riding 17 miles, much less also swimming a half-mile and running 5!
Once I started blogging, I’d read about so many triathlon-ing bloggers and was...