Ericka's Blog

Reflections and conversations on life

Hug a Stranger, Change Your Worldview

Everyone has thought about their love language before, right? It's such a simple but profound concept. One of my mine is touch. My husband jokes because I am such a hangy hugger, like a leech sometimes, I don't want to let go! I think it puts me at ease. Oddly...

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Am I Being a Brat?

Yesterday morning I worked out for the first time in 9 days. That's quite a record going without for me but I was trying to give this old back a good, long rest. I did, though it doesn't feel any better.No running for me but I did spend 25 minutes on the bike...

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Richmond Marathon 2013: The One Where I Couldn’t Run

Well, here it is. Two days after the Richmond Marathon -- and I'm not the least bit sore. Many of you probably already saw on twitter that I had to make a last minute decision to drop on Thursday last week.Why I Dropped OutMy back has been giving me issues for months...

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I Love My Fitbit!

I've always been really bad at watches. I've had multiple running watches but always end up leaving them in a drawer in the end because I can't figure them out. I don't get it -- I'm cursed. These days, I usually rely on the RunKeeper app on my hone to keep track of...

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How To Run & Read On the Treadmill For Miles

Read on the treadmill. Wanna learn? I seem to have a special talent. I can read magazines and run for miles on the treadmill. Whenever I mention this in blog posts or in real life, people say "I don't know how you can read and run on the treadmill at the same time!"...

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