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A Whole New Adventure: twenty twelve running recap
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Twenty twelve running recap. Last year I set a goal of running 300 hours from January 1 to December 31, but unfortunately I didn't come anywhere close to that number. Apparently moving to a new country, becoming a teacher and starting graduate school take a lot of time and energy. Despite not logging as many hours as I had hoped, I logged a bunch of very awesome hours, in a bunch very awesome places, with a bunch of very awesome people. To raise funds for disaster relief.
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A Whole New Adventure: Día del Libro - Día del Aborigen
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Sunday, April 29, 2012. Día del Libro - Día del Aborigen. Assuming I understood correctly this past week, this is the general Cabécar way of saying hello, how are you. The Cabécar people are an indigenous group of Costa Rica. We were fortunate enough to participate in a regional event organized by a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer for World Book Day ( Día del Libro. In the Cabécar community of Cerere. In Limon; Matt. Rebecca, Stephen and Melinda. Crossing the River (by Ken). Playing with the kiddos. Ranged ...
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A Whole New Adventure: Up and Around and Back Again! [NM & CO]
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Sunday, August 4, 2013. Up and Around and Back Again! 32 days. 32 crazy days full of adventure, of pushing limits, of exploring new places, of living life to the fullest. 32 days alongside my mister with no expectations other than to get in there. Our summer was cut in half because of grad school commitments, but we made up for that once we were able to hit the road. Aztec Ruins National Monument. Chris Running (This one is especially great if you zoom in! Red-tinted Skies in Colorado. The following morn...
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A Whole New Adventure: DNDNF
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Thursday, February 23, 2012. This past weekend I ran my third ultra marathon, a 100k race. On the Island of Ometepe in Nicaragua. For more info on our adventures before and after the race checkout Tarah's post. I definitely had my apprehensions concerning the race right until the launching of the bottle rocket to start the race. My training had been almost nonexistent since the Panama City International Marathon. Waiting for the gun. The 32 photos of the inside of my hip pack. So a number of runners were...
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A Whole New Adventure: Moab's Red Hot 55K
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Saturday, February 23, 2013. Moab's Red Hot 55K. Last weekend, Tarah and I took advantage of a semi-long weekend (no classes on Monday, but parent/teacher conferences) to head up to Moab for some racing and hiking. We would have preferred to be in sunny Florida. For the weekend, but Moab was still a great escape. We made the four and a half hour drive on Friday after school and got to our super nice hotel. With about a mile to go I finished the final climb of the day and a course marshall, trying to be o...
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A Whole New Adventure: Despedidas
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Friday, June 1, 2012. Karaoke, good food, hugs, and unavoidable tears. Goodbyes) began on a Friday, during our final story hour with the materno. Kids When we finished story hour we presented each classroom with a book, Huevos Verdes con Jamon to. And De la Cabeza a los Pies. One of the drawings from our kinder. Kids (notice Chris' beard! A couple of days later we hosted a Sunday afternoon Adios Gringo Bingo. Orlando helping to call numbers during our bingo. Hosted two actos civicos. The following day we...
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A Whole New Adventure: Marching Forward
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Friday, April 6, 2012. Anyway, March: two years in, two months to go. It's crazy to think that this whole Peace Corps Costa Rica thing started two years ago today. We've come a long way. We've been through a lot and it is kind of hard to believe that we'll be headed home in just a few short months. We'll be sad to see them [ Sarah and Molly. Two years in Costa Rica! My morning was dedicated to washing clothes. And then, since they were setting up the rondel. Tomorrow starts our "getting on the books" pro...
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A Whole New Adventure: The Big Move
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Saturday, March 24, 2012. Our old living quarters (during rainy season). The following August the "move" conversation started again. The landlord was threatening to raise the rent. Once again we heard endless talk of moving to this house or another. This time we decided to be proactive. We talked to a couple of people ourselves, letting then know that our host family may be moving and if they did so, would we be able to rent a cabina. Lots of natural lighting (we have two large windows and two doors that...
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A Whole New Adventure: May [departures and arrivals]
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Friday, June 1, 2012. May [departures and arrivals]. Orlando called us at 8 to see if we had anything planned for the day. An hour later we were meeting up to head out to the San Juan River for a day of adventure! We did parachute games and jump rope during the first recreo. And played elbow tag during the second one. Chris woke me up this morning and sent me packing to get some medicine. The medical office called in three prescriptions, hopefully I'll stop being sick soon. Prep, aerobics and more packing.
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A Whole New Adventure: The End is Near [April]
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Friday, May 4, 2012. The End is Near [April]. April flew. It was a month filled with work, friends and the tedious things that are required in order to leave Peace Corps. We once again have found ourselves questioning where the time went. Then I looked through our journal and saw that we were just using every last minute to its fullest (well, almost every last minute.). If you're curious what we were up to last month, stick around. Here is comes. Don't come to La Colonia). Trees when we heard the aguacero.
