Fox News Appearance
What a whirlwind experience!
I can’t believe I was on TV this morning. It was a surreal experience, but I was excited to share the Operation Beautiful message.
I woke up around 5 AM to get some work done before we had to leave for the TV studio. I ate a stabilizing breakfast of Oikos Greek yogurt, a crushed Kashi TLC bar, blueberries, and a banana.
And then the Husband and I drove to the studio! I was shaking like a leaf when we walked up.
We checked in and got our visitors’ passes, and then one of the producers asked us to wait in the greenroom (where I did a lot of nervous pacing!).
When we were in the greenroom, they had a TV with the news being shown and got to see a "preview" of the Operation Beautiful segment! It was so exciting to see it on TV, and suddenly my nerves just disappeared.
We were escorted into the studio, which was a lot smaller than I imagined. You’d think there would be 20 people running around, but it was just the four anchors and three cameramen. It was neat to see the news anchors in person and watch the weatherman talk in front of the giant green screen!
And…. then it was my turn! Jackie Sosa interviewed me on the couch. It felt so weird to be talking to the anchorwoman in real life. PLUS – I had three giant TV cameras pointed at me! The interview was a blur — I can’t even remember what I said!
After that live interview, we taped a segment for the web broadcast, which lasted about 5 minutes. We talked about Fat Talk, how many notes I’ve received, and where I’ve gotten notes from!
Both interviews are available in the video below:
Check out Operation Beautiful for today’s notes, and if you want to participate, post a note, take a picture, and send it to me at seebriderun@gmail.com!
Have a beautiful day!
Posted by: Caitlin 113 comments
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Caitlin, that is awesome! You did great
What a great way to spread the message!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Go, Caitlin!
Great job on spreading a positive message to girls and women EVERYWHERE! You are an inspiration! Keep thinking BIG!
Love ya!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:45 am
So exciting! You did a GREAT job!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Wow that is soo great congrats!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:48 am
That is so exciting, Caitlin!!! You did fabulous!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:49 am
How exciting! You did such a great job! I hope even more people start participating in Operation Beautiful now!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Bravo ! You did an amazing job ! And your message is so important ! Thanks for spreading the word ! I think I may have to post a note myself !
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:51 am
You did AWESOME! You looked great too…loved the outfit!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am
awesome!!! you did such a good job. i think if that were me i would have freaked and not been able to string a sentence together. way to go!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Congratulations- you did great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Caitlin you did a an amazing job!! Congrats!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Wow that is an awesome interview! I am so excited!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:09 am
YAY! You did great! I've said it a million times, but thank you for starting this! I'm off to stuff an envelope full of Operation Beautiful notes to mail to my little sister in New York from our home in Wyoming!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Awe so cool!!! I'm so glad you were able to spread the message!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
SO EXCITING! Congrats!!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
P.S. You looked beautiful on the outside and showed beauty from the inside in your interview today!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Caitlin, I love you. You are amazing. Nuff said.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:13 am
your absolutely amazing caitlin
way to go on spreading such a positive message to women all over the world, its truely wonderful! you did a great job on the tv appearance too! way to represent 
have a great monday!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Great job, Caitlin! You were great! That is so exciting!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
That's so cool! Great job!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Caitlin you were wonderful! I'm so glad I got to see the segment even though I'm not in the Orlando area.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:23 am
That was amazing, Caitlin! You were so poised, articulate, and insightful. Be proud knowing that you are inciting so much change in this world.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:23 am
caitlin! that interview was beautiful! you have such a good presence in front of a camera. way to go
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:24 am
cool! way to go Caitlin! i have yet to send my note to you. i hope to do it soon!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Great job, Caitlin!!! I'm so proud of you for how much this is spreading. A change is gonna come…
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:25 am
OMG – great job – that is so cool Caitlin!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I'm so impressed! I don't think I would have done so well speaking on camera!! You did a great job.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:32 am
so so so proud of YOU!!!! You did so great (and you looked amazing!!). yay!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:32 am
So exciting, Caitlin! Congrats to you. I wish I could have seen the segment. You rock!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:37 am
You are a natural!! That was so amazing – CONGRATS
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:39 am
That was AWESOME!! And you really are a beautiful woman…you glowed when you talked about your mission! I've got a post-it pad and pink markie in my purse, ready for random notes of kindness.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:43 am
what a great interview! that's so special to be able to spread the message like that. well done, Caitlin.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Congrats Caitlin! What a fantastic idea that deserves to be recognized in all the media! You did great on TV – wooohoo!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:45 am
wow, very cool! you did such a great job!
(i do think it's kind of ironic that the woman interviewing you looks so emaciated..)
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 8:46 am
AWESOME!
Congrats! You truly deserved this recognition for the positive things you are doing.
You gave an amazing interview, very insightful.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Caitlin you did an amazing job! How exciting for you! The fire keeps getting bigger and wider!
You are an inspiration!! Keep it up!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I was watching fox this morning and they mentioned your clip coming up…of course I had to run out the door to make it to work!! Thanks for posting it here!!
p.s. You looked great on camera! Love the eye make-up
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Congrats!! What a great job you did!!!!!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:13 am
So, SO exciting! I can't watch the clip now (I'm at work) but can't wait to see it tonight! You have to be immensely proud of yourself and what you've acccomplished – and what you'll go on to accomplish!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Awesome job on the interview, how exciting. What a great feeling to have your idea getting recognition like this! I love it!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:20 am
You did an amazing job on that interview and looked absolutely beautiful too. Way to go!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Way to go! Your voice is so sexy! You sound canadian? I'm so proud and inspired by ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE! And amazed, because what she said about Florida is SO true. I am sure the pressure to be beautiful in Miami is much different then my little town here in Oregon!
You're doing such GREAT things and you seemed so happy in front of that camera! I was shaking in my boots over here, just thinking about it!
-xox, Court
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:41 am
i am so proud of you! you did great.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Congrats girl! Keep spreading the good vibes!
ps. recently renamed my blog due to confusion w someone else's… regardless, i'll be sending you some more Operation Beautiful notes soon!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Congrats, girl! You did great in that interview. Operation Beautiful is growing HUGE!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Caitlin!
You are beautiful and articulate! Your interview was SO GREAT! I am so proud of you sweetie!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Congrats Caitlin!!! What a fun experience!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Very awesome! You did a fabulous job on camera. I love that you put this into action. Positivity breeds more positivity!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 9:56 am
So awesome!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Congrats Caitlin! You completely deserve it!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Great Job!! You looked so calm and controlled…I would have been bouncing off walls with nervousness. haha…
Such a great message to spread! That's awesome that you were able to chat about it on tv.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am
You did great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
You did a wonderful job and didn't appear nervous at all!! Congrats on all your success!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I am so proud of you!!! The interview looked great and you got the great message out!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Congrats! That was great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Yay!! You did awesome!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Great job!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Congratulations!!! How cool!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am
yayay! so exciting! what a beautiful day =)
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Congrats to you lady. Well done. Thanks for your positive message!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Congratulations! you did great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Congratulations on your appearance! What an awesome experience.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:47 am
congrats caitlin! you did a fabulous job, and thank you so much for starting this movement
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Caitlin you did a GREAT job!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 10:55 am
congratulations caitlin! wonderful interview, and i'm so happy with how this has taken off!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:00 am
so wonderful!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Caitlin, that was awesome. I am so proud of you and can't wait to give you a big giant hug in Boston!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:07 am
you did a fantastic job on the interview!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:11 am
So proud of you! this is AMAZING!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Wow! What an exciting day! Congratulations!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:29 am
you did AMAZING!!! I am so inspired daily by you, love this!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:34 am
i couldnt hear it because i don't have speakers on my new work computer but you LOOKED beautiful! congratulations caitlin, this is really great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I follow your blog and love it but haven't commented much in the past. This time I had to tell you that you were so poised and did an amazing job at spreading your message. Congratulations!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am
awesome interview caitlin! You did spectacular
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Your interview was incredible! Congratulations:)
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Loved the video! You did awesome, and didn't seem nervous at all, way to go
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
wow i could not be more proud of you Caitlin!! I'm so glad you are getting the recognition you deserve
xo
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
What a great video. I linked to it from my blog. I wanted to help spread the word. If you want to check out the post it's at http://rawkansas.blogspot.com/2009/07/operation-beautiful.html.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Very cool!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
You ROCKED and looked pretty darn hot to boot! Plus you sounded so calm and sophisticated, what a natural! I'm going to just echo what I think many others here have said – I'm so proud of you!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Great job Caitlin! I'm hoping later you can post the link so we can all see the segment!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Awesome job, Caitlin! That is so cool you are doing something so positive for the community!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
val – its up!
here it is (its also embedded in the post):
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/mornings/070609operation_beautiful
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
You did sooo so so great! Congrats! I think you got a wonderful message out to the masses. LOVE YOURSELF!!!!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
YAY CAITLIN!!! Great job spreading the word! You did great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Well done Caitlin! You did a great job of being yourself, and just being REAL.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Congrats Caitlin, great job on TV and thanks for spreading such a wonderful message!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Bah!! I'm so excited i can't even put it into words!! You did an awesome job! I hope Operation Beautiful explodes even more after this, it's such a great movement, more people need to know!
You looked/sounded great too. Stunning!
Oh, and every TV studio I've ever seen has always been SO much smaller than I expected. Ah, the magic of television
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
You are so cute! You did AWESOME in your interview and you made me smile the entire time! (I loved the call out to Sharpie, Post-It, and OPRAH!) You rock!!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
That's awesome! I used to be a news anchor and reporter and this makes me miss those days. I think what you're doing is really great.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Yay! I bet you did amazing! I'm so sad that I didn't get to see it! Is there a way to look at it now?
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Caitlin,
I am so proud of you! It is funny to feel such an emotion for someone I haven't yet met, but you have really done an incredible thing here. Your message was conveyed clearly, and was done so with such poise and confidence. What an accomplishment! We are all keeping our fingers crossed for the Oprah appearance or book deal! (It may just happen!!) Treasure this day, always.
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
The Mayne Dish – THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Yay! You did wonderful! And Oprah WOULD love this!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
AWESOME WORK CAITLIN! You rocked those interviews! I am crossing my fingers for OPRAH!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
WOWZAS Caitlin that is so amazing! You are SUCH an inspiration and now you can spread that inspiration all over. Keep it up!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Congrats, it looks great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
You're so amazing! Congrats!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Hi Caitlin,
I'm a frequent reader (or blog stalker haha) and just had to send my congratulations to you! Not only did you totally rock your news appearance but you put together an awesome message campaign that is reaching women everywhere! I would wish you good luck on continuing Operation Beautiful but you clearly don't need it!
As for marathon training I used Hal Higdon advanced for my first Boston Marathon and I ran super fast but did find it super time instensive. When I got ready to run my second one I was taking five classes and working full time so I just did what I could during the week (sometimes shorter but faster runs and sometimes cross training) and still used Hal Higdon's advice for the weekend runs. I ran slower but still felt that I was able to finish the marathon strongly. Good luck!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Go Caitlin! I watched the video and you were FANTASTIC! You should feel so proud of the wonderful messages that you are spreading. You are changing peoples' lives!! Keep it up!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
alison – great tips!! thank you!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Caitlin this is so amazing! I have been reading your blog for a couple months now and I just think Operation Beautiful is so inspiring and sends out such a positive message, THANK YOU SO MUCH
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
awesome!! congrats, so cool that you are spreading such a positive message
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Wow, girlie!! You are SO amazing & inspiring!! Thank you for making such a difference to so many people – me included
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
YOU GO, GIRL! Your interview was great!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Congrats Caitlin! You sounded great and you look so happy!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
What a wonderful interview!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Great job! I am so proud of you!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
You did such a great job! I would have tripped over everything I said. Congrats!
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on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I just got a chance to watch the video and you did awesome! You seemed so natural in front of the camera! Congrats!!!
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on Jul 7th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Hey Caitlin! You did such an amazing job. You are very well spoken and have such an important message for women. Kudos! : )
http://peacelovenutrition.wordpress.com/
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on Jul 7th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Congrats!
Caitlin, I wanted to see this but
I could not get the link to work, can you post it again?
It said the page is gone and I was out of town.
If you can please email me or let me know. Thanks and again enjoy your fame you deserve it!
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on Jul 7th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
trainer – its here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/mornings/070609operation_beautiful
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