Racing :

Racing to the Dinner Table

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In keeping with our fun food theme we made these cute sloppy Joe cars. What do you think? (You didn't miss our other fun food posts, did you? Octodogs and Shells , Aliens for dinner and our Squiddlers .) These were simple to make and will be[...]

Retro: Car Racing Track Birthday Cake

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A new addition to the retro birthday cake recipes from the Women?s Weekly Children?s Birthday Cake Book. Since the previous recipes I’ve posted were a bit girl-oriented ( Butterfly Cake and Ballerina Cake ), this time I’ve got[...]

Start Your Engines for this Racing Cake!!

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*** Last weekend, we got to help Brad's cousin, Justin, celebrate his 33rd birthday.  Justin's parents surprised him with 6 laps at the Talladega Superspeedway...It was such an exciting day!  His top speed was over 168 mph...can you[...]

Racing Car Cake - The new mould designs have arrived !

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Well - you may not hear so much from me for the next wee while - apart from product updates (for anyone who is interested.) Our latest massive consignment of silicone bakeware and soap moulds has arrived. There are oodles of new[...]

The Art of Racing in the Rain: Book Review

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One afternoon, when I was in the depths of my angry teenage years, I was sitting in my dad's office, crying with rage and frustration after a fight with my mother. Our yellow lab strolled into the room, walked up to me and buried her snout in my[...]

Crofton 10K

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Sometimes all it takes to find your motivation is to hear about an awesome upcoming race. Yesterday, through a comment on a friend's Facebook page, I learned about the Crofton 10K . Last year I used to ramble on and on about how the Crofton[...]

Making Dates

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I love you guys. Commenters, lurkers, friends and family. The support I get from everyone is unreal. In the end, my struggles are trivial, in that I am so lucky to have so many people behind me. THANK YOU. Okay, lets not ramble tonight.[...]

Fashion victim

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I had an email from son Ben the other day: ?Naughty Woman is famous.? Naughty Woman has been a part of my family since the early 70s when, in a sudden attack of altruism, I saved her life. She was down on her luck. The business where she[...]

The Great Race Debate

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Morning everyone! I woke up this morning thinking it was Wednesday. Why is it that short weeks always seem to take longer than normal ones? The Great Race Debate VS I have a huge race dilemma weighing on me and I'm just not sure[...]

Race Recap: St. Malachi 5-miler

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The results are in... 5 miles 44:58 9:00/mile pace I'm happy to report the first race of the 2011 season was awesome. The St. Malachi 5 Miler really gave me the chance to see how much stronger I'm getting, and I attribute that[...]