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I repeated this over and over to myself on my run yesterday.

I had been dreading my long run. 5 weeks out from B & A Trail Marathon I knew that I wanted to do my longest and slowest long run of this training cycle. The only other person who typically runs my pace and also runs long is racing today – which meant this run would be alone.

I looped around my neighborhood for 2 miles – debating where to run. I knew where I wanted to go but I knew that even if I was running slow it would be a hard run filled with hills, gravel, and winding roads.

The moment my mind tries to find an out – to take the easy route – there is something inside of me that tells me I MUST GO WHERE I AM AFRAID TO GO.

Every long run I go on has a purpose.

The purpose of this run was:

• Run my longest long run before B & A Marathon
• Run my slowest pace before B & A Marathon
• Use as little fuel as possible to teach my body to burn fat in the absence of fuel
• To see how bad I want to PR this spring
• To not stop – no water refill – no bathroom break – no stops period

6 miles in to my run I decided to take another ROAD LESS TRAVELED and in doing this found Bull Run Mountain.

I looked at the mountain and the winding road heading up and thought – I do not want to run up a mountain on my longest long run – what are you Dorothy? Crazy?

Then that little innner voice spoke again. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? Are you willing to climb mountains to reach your goals?

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Homeowners may want to know how to repair rot and decay on wooden windows. This prevents the homeowner from spending large sums of money on window replacements, and it allows the owner to handle minor repairs in the home when rot occurs on the window frame or sill. This is a do-it-yourself project that anyone can complete.

The first step in the process is preparation of the window for a repair. You will be re-painting the window later, so you can pull out all the rotten wood. Scrape away any excess paint and you will likely leave a significant gap in the frame or sill. Once you get the rot out of the wood you will prevent its persistence in the future.

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Propagating African Violets from Leaf Cuttings: Success!

After much patience (plus a little unabashed digging to see if the darn things were actually growing), I finally have baaaaby African violets! While I am a crazy plant person, I'm not one to generally call plants cute. However, seeing these tiny, perfect, fuzzy, bright green little leaves poke out of the soil? Is frickin adorable. It really is like seeing a baby plant be born, rather than a seed sprout.

A few things I've learned from this process:

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Lake County's Native American Place Names

It has been over 170 years since the Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa tribes called Lake County home. These Native peoples signed over their last remaining Illinois lands (including Lake County) to the U.S. government in the Treaty of Chicago in 1833. But there are still daily reminders of this heritage in local place names.

The Fox River on the west side of the county was originally called Pistakee, the Algonquin word for buffalo; a name preserved in Pistakee Lake. The river, more recently, was named for the Fox Indian tribe. The tribe perished at Maramech Hill in Kendall County when assaulted by a superior force of French and their allies in 1730. The name Fox Lake is the progeny of the Fox River.

Photo postcard view of Fox Lake with the Illinois Hotel and Willis Inn resort in the distance at center and right respectively, circa 1910. LCDM M-86.1.165.

The name for Nippersink Lake in Grant Township, north of Grand Avenue, is probably of Potawatomi origin and signifies "at the little water/lake." The post office at Fox Lake was called Nippersink until 1901.

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