May 2012
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Anonymous asked: Hi Jennifer. What brand of running shoes have you had the best luck with? I've gone with Nike for several years, but have wondered if there are better brands out there.
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How color therapy can help your running
I’m in to color therapy.
I notice when I’m having a purple phase (workout, work and lounge clothes all seem to be from this palette) or a green phase. Going to the gym for a hour in the morning or evening, you can get away with wearing whatever is appropriate for your workout. This even works for short runs outside or on the treadmill. But when it comes to multi-hour runs, you better...
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Running to Cheney: 29 miles for 29 years
Cheney Lake has long been a destination. For lake things (swimming, camping, boating, jet skiing, windsurfing, waterskiing, tubing, etc.) lots of biking, and even a bike/run combination. Now that I have my mileage up for ultra training, I decided that this year was the year to run to Cheney. So, Saturday morning my dad and I ran 29 miles from my house to Cheney Lake, as part of my upcoming 29th...
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“You cannot start thinking about the finish line on day one, two, three, because...”
– Polar Explorer Lonnie Dupre
Good to keep in mind for expeditions, running & life.
From Lonnie’s book Life on Ice, a must-read for any lover of the arctic.
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Balletomane event of the week:
Art in Motion / Rogers Ballet Spring Student Recital
I took my mom to this Saturday night and it was SO good. The costumes, music, sets, lighting and dancing all came together perfectly, and it was fun seeing some of my classmates perform so well.
It also gave us a chance to see variations from several classic ballets including La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, The Sleeping Beauty, and my favorite, La...
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Layered, stacked bracelets & bangles
It’s layered, stacked bracelets & bangles week around here. Here are a few looks:
Electric Verde
Soft ’70s
Tribal Chic
Nouveau Silver Turq
Jewel Tone Gold
This trend is high-maintenance, but totally fun.
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Running Long (in the heat) Tips
It got hot early this year, but there are tricks to running long in the heat.
Get up early. Sometimes very early.
Run in the dark. Time goes by faster. The night is a distraction.
Train with a friend.
Fill your hydro pack (I LOVE my Nathan running vest) with water AND ice. If you use a water bottle, fill that with ice too.
Make it fun. Run from Quick Trip to Quick Trip. Buy a cold Gatorade...
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Ballets, Russes, Ultras
This week I went to see the classic ballet Giselle by the Moscow Festival Ballet with my dance teacher friends Jessica & Tiffani.
It was an appropriate culmination of my foray in to the ballet world.
This summer will be devoted to running, running and more running, and I need to cut out the for-fun extras to properly train for my next ultra in the fall.
A little Russian adventure is still...
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Watson Park Ponies →
I run by the Watson Park ponies almost every weekend - they are sort of a highlight of the run and a constant for me and the city. It’d be fun to enter the children’s color & naming contest for the two ponies needing names.
My suggestions: Wallace & Buttercup to join Clarence, Peanut, Storm & Toast. We can’t have poor Clarence the only one with a traditional name.
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Dreams
I was reading a book, and one of the characters (who had a brain tumor) believed that there were two realities - one when you are awake and one when you are sleeping. That is how my nights go. They are full. Just as full as my days. Lately, I don’t sleep. I dream.
What I dream about most:
Running
Mountain climbing
The ballet world
Whatever book I’m reading or program I’m...
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April 2012
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Rooftop balcony picnic
With my mom:
Egg salad with baby spinach & zucchini on white
Fruit salad on tea biscuits
Strawberry & lemon cakes
Husky at a picnic - just as charming as you’d expect. Clean-up duty included.
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On Dance
A personal history.
I still remember my first dance class. While not a trained professional BFA dancer and teacher like my cousin, dance has still filtered in and out of my life, if not at the forefront, then thrown in a corner and picked up or dropped off when convenient. In pre-ballet at age 5, I was desperate to be like my teacher who could do the forward splits. I can do them today. I wanted...
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Buckaroo Ball 2012
Our annual Buckaroo Ball was on Saturday night - a benefit for the Butler County Children’s Home.
I was hoping the meal would be as good as last year, and it was.
If I look a little tired in these pics, blame Fritz. I got up at four that morning to get my long run in before Fritz’s Dog N Jog, put on by our vet and benefiting the Kansas Humane Society. Fritz ran that race fun run...
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“Now we can understand Schopenhauer when he said that mankind was apparently...”
– Viktor Emil Frankl / Man’s Search for Meaning
Very true. I find that I am usually vacillating between these two states.
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Wichita Sweet Treat News
I’ve posted about eating at J.Rae’s, but not about what I like there. I love their frosted sugar cookies. They are thick, almond-flavored and the frosting is just right (not too buttercream-y.) Also good are the chocolate chip cookies that on the right day, could pass as the best store-bought chocolate chip cookies in town. They have good-looking chocolate chocolate, oatmeal raisin...
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
I re-watched Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken after reading Sonora’s autobiography A Girl and Five Brave Horses.
It is still one of my most favorite movies ever.
I’ve been obsessed with this outfit of Sonora’s since I first watched the movie 21 years ago.
So now that I finally own white pants, I present Outfit Inspiration Sonora Webster-style:
It’s never...
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“What has kept me alive is that I’ve stayed properly scared.”
– Mountaineer David Hahn, 20+ expeditions to 8000 meter peaks.
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Now & Then
Sometimes you want a book about the past. Sometimes you want one au courant that digs into life as it is in this time and place. In this case, I wanted the ballet world - now, in novel form. It didn’t have to be an ax to the head of society but I did need something with depth and perspective. Dance in New York in the ’80s has been done in books and movies. The ’90s, we remember,...
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“Somebody or other was always crying in the dressing room.”
– White Swan, Black Swan / Adrienne Sharp
Very true, even in the few months that I’ve been in the ballet studio.
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Easter Dress
I always plan a special Easter Outfit.
It’s rewarding to look back on 20+ years of tradition in family photos of everyone in their Easter duds.
For a long time it was always and Easter Dress. Now it’s usually something pastel-y and spring-y.
Here is this year’s:
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Passover
I thought about making a Passover Seder this year. We did this in church a few times growing up, and those times are full of good memories.
However, my list of spring activities & ideas keeps growning and the timeline keeps skrinking, so I’m sticking with some simple strawberry hot cross buns.
Kalo Pasxa.
Passover Seder image via.
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Cute little Easter bunnies + pastels + funny
catalogliving:
After touring with Cirque du Soleil for six years, it was hard for Harry the bunny not to be a little disappointed to find himself balancing a cupcake platter for Gary and Elaine’s annual Easter brunch.
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The taste of success
Celebrating a client’s record quarter.
Note the deviled eggs.
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Retired Crayola colors live on digitally →
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In our midst
Look what I found in the medieval children’s castle at Exploration Place: Replicas of
One of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries
And my favorite of the Unicorn Tapestries. Anyone know of any other unicorns around town like this one? If so, hit me up!
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“Every artist’s obligation is to go to Paris, at least once in their life.”
– Great Expectations
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