First Day, and Weekend Recap
Today was my first day of school. As it seems to go each year as I get more comfortable, this was the best first day of my career. The day started out with a beautiful, easy 4 mile run. We weren’t...
View ArticleMinimalist Meals: Kitchen Sink Lentil Soup
This meal is not pretty. It is not drool-worthy. It is not the kind of meal that you rush out to the store to buy the ingredients for, or that you spend the evening cooking in anticipation of eating...
View ArticleKeeping Your Head Above Water
It’s been a good first week of school. My students and I are figuring each other out, getting into a routine, and getting to know one another. I’m slowly learning names and personalities. Although,...
View ArticleRunning Naked (It’s Not What You Think)
Usually, I’m a pretty simple person. This blog is called Montgomery Minimalist for a reason. We make simple, healthy meals, avoid buying anything new when we can make due with what we have, spend our...
View ArticleSouthern Cookin’: Vegetarian Gumbo and Grits
Ever since we watched the Charleston episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, I’ve been craving some traditional southern food. Actually, since we started tapering, I’ve been craving everything...
View ArticleI Hate Tapering.
We are at T minus one week until the marathon. After 16 weeks of training, hundreds of miles run, weeks and weekends of sleeping no later than 5, we just have to make it through this one week. One...
View ArticleThe Final Countdown
In less than 48 hours, we will be lining up in the dark in Tupelo, Mississippi, to run our first marathon. I have trouble wrapping my head around that sentence. In the past year and a half, I’ve gone...
View ArticleQuick Update: We Did It!
Just stopping by to let you know–we’re marathoners! Sub-four hour (just barely) marathoners, at that! We crossed the finish line at 3:59:36, with just 24 seconds to spare. Can’t say we don’t love a...
View ArticleTupelo Marathon 2011
I feel a bit like I’ve dropped off the face of the earth this week. It’s not that I’m sick, or hurt, or avoiding writing; I just seem to have come down with a very peculiar form of lazy. All I’ve...
View ArticleOh, Hello…
This is kind of awkward. I know I haven’t been around much lately… in fact, I kind of disappeared on you. It’s not that I’ve forgotten about you, or that I don’t care. It’s just that I’ve been busy....
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