http://marciainger.wordpress.com Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:49:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, another Austin City Limits music festival has come and gone, and I think this was the best one yet! Jolly came in Thursday night, and we hung with Henry and Grady pretty much the entire weekend. Henry moved to south Austin in August, so it's an easy walk from ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/acl-2008-roundup/ This is so hilarious I just had to share it ... it had me in tears this morning. It's a post called If Celebrities Were From the Midwest Here Is What They Would Look Like. I can't decide which picture cracks me up more ... Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/with-apologies-to-the-midwesterners-out-there/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/to-your-health/ You might think from the title that this is going to be a post about running ... but you'd be wrong. In fact, this is the one of the very rare posts about my job. One of the reasons I picked up my entire life and moved to Austin to come ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/why-i-do-what-i-do/ Grand Teton 50 miler ... this was one crazy race! It wasn't a success, but it wasn't exactly a failure either. To get the full scoop, you can go to my running blog and read the race report.  But here's the whole insane weekend in pictures. Once again, some of ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/grand-teton-race-in-pictures/ Now that it's been a month since the race, I figured I'd finally get around to posting the pictorial report from the Headlands 50 Miler. This will be heavy on the pictorial and light on the report, since I already posted my epic narrative on my other blog. One note: ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/headlands-finally/ I'm still planning to post a condensed report about my race here. I'm just waiting for the pictures of my finish. I have lots of great pics so far, but the couple of people who got me finishing the race haven't sent their photos yet. Once I have them you'll ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/headlands-update/ Over the past week, sad news has come in about "Big Red" Spicer, who among other things is the director of the Palo Duro Trail Run. Red has been in the hospital for a little while now, and is currently in a coma and not expected to live more than ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/big-red/ I have been looking forward to the Austin City Limits music festival ever since they announced the lineup in April ... well, actually, ever since I got tickets back in February ... okay fine, ever since last year's festival was over. But now it looks like September is going to be ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/without-music-life-would-be-a-mistake/ I'll go into much more detail later, when I have the time and energy ... but for now, the most important part ... I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 50 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was amazing and wonderful and beautiful ... and beyond exhausting and unbelievably painful and without a doubt the hardest thing I have ever ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/the-short-version/ I leave for Headlands tomorrow morning! I can't believe after all these months of training, I am actually going to try to run I am GOING TO RUN 50 miles on Saturday!!!! Here's my request ... if you have some time on Saturday, just think of me and say a little ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/a-small-request/ I thought my taper for Headlands was going well, and in terms of my physical conditioning and not pushing too hard, it's going great. My mental and emotional states on the other hand, could best be described as ... unstable.  Perhaps even ... volatile. I am one giant mood swing, doing ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/taper-tantrum/ A couple of things you should know about me first ... I have a thing for the drums. When I listen to music, it's often the drumming that draws me into a song. I love a great drum line, and I can often be seen doing some mighty air drums in ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/a-little-hero-worship/ Just yesterday I was saying I hadn't found any news interesting enough to warrant a blog post, and then today I came across this article in the New York Times. Turns out that in addition to things like smoke, mold, and chemicals, thunderstorms can trigger asthma attacks ... yes, that's ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/a-new-threat/ It's interesting that when I stop using this blog to post about running-related items, it turns out I have very little to talk about. :-( I've been pouring all my thoughts and experiences about my running, nutrition, etc. into my other blog, and sadly that doesn't leave me much else to ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/ramble-on/ Looking for a great core workout? Well look no further! The answer is right here! All it takes is a 2 hour trail run combined with an asthma flare-up and a high mold count! All that labored breathing is guaranteed to make your abs so fatigued you can barely get out ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/abs-of-steel/ Salon.com is celebrating Pork Week, and they started off yesterday with an entire article devoted to BACON. It includes links to many of the various bacon products on the market ... and by that I don't mean bacon varietals. I mean bacon clothing, bacon accessories, bacon candles, bacon gift wrap ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/irony/ A while back I wrote this post about a couple of websites that I go to when I need a good laugh.  At the time, I wasn't quite ready to share MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE WEBSITE EVER. This is the one I turn to anytime I want to smile, and the ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/my-secret-addiction/ I haven't had time to post much lately, but I've been saving a few things that have piqued my interest. So without further ado ... O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head I often joke that if sleeping were an Olympic event, I would be ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/tidbits/ There's a car in the parking lot of my office with a bumber sticker that reads "If you aren't completely appalled, you must not be paying attention." Well today, I am appalled. According to an article in today's New York Times, The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection ... http://marciainger.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/the-ostrich-approach/