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Happy November, everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and spooky Halloween. In Prescott, there is one street with old (for the southwest) historical houses that goes ALL OUT for Halloween. They close down the entire street for trick or treaters and the entire couple of blocks is full of Halloween parties and scary decorations. We went down there to hang in, take in the sights, and see what the popular costumes were this year! (A lot of blow up costumes of all sorts of things. My favorite is still the tried and true T-rex.) (And as another aside, if you're ever feeling down; may I suggest watching and entire T-rex marching band perform here). Here's what's up at Chain Reaction! From the blog: A lot of people ask about their hamstrings being sore after riding. So I wrote a blog about it. Check it out below. Exercise of the Month: Workout of the Week 1. Single Leg Hip Thrusts 3x8/side What I'm listening to: My husband and I celebrated our two-year anniversary this week, so we were listening to our playlist from what we played during our reception dinner. And let me tell you, there are some BANGERS. So if you're looking for a good playlist that spans the 60s rock to 90s grunge to 2000s DMB, this is the playlist for you. That's all I've got to start out November, folks. I'm still mourning the end to Halloween and keeping an eye out for good candy deals at the grocery store. Yours in fearless movement,
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