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With the weather warming up, and the nicer, longer days, I've gotten back into a running training plan, and am currently planning to run 10k at the end of the month - yes less than a week! Running is never easy to start, and I got away from it for a bit, so about 7 weeks ago I kicked off a new training plan with a goal to run 10k by June 1. I will likely never be a fast runner, but in the end, running is more about facing something difficult and doing it anyways. A fun recent challenge for my Saturday long runs has been "will I finish my run faster or solve the Saturday stumper faster." 🤣  With that in mind, I thought about the phrase 10k, and thought "how hard could it be to put 10 Ks into a puzzle" - actually a little harder than I thought to have a bunch of fun entries featuring a lot of Ks. I ended up expanding the grid to 15x17 - hope you have fun solving my puzzle "Run 10k with me," And wish me luck when I run 10k this coming weekend! (Picture f...

Today is Mother's Day, which can be a complicated day for many, including myself. It's been almost 10 years since I lost my mom, and while she knew I was into crossword puzzles, and was here when I attended my very first ACPT, she never got to see this whole other crossword world that took over, or the construction that I jumped into. I'd like to think if she could see what I was doing, she'd be like "that's MY daughter." :) In honor of the complicated thing that is motherhood, I did still want to make a puzzle...this will feature a couple things specific to her. But the theme is more inspired by what I've witnessed online and in some of my friend's lives who are mothers. With my mother being Australian, she was always mummy or mum...but I hope everyone enjoys this puzzle, whatever your circumstances are.  Made by Katja Brinck with the online crossword puzzle generator from Amuse Labs