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I am getting stronger
I am near the end of week 7 of marathon training, and I haven’t been writing too much about how the training itself is going. Why is that? Well, because it seems as if marathon training is easier than my running schedule was prior to this. The week before training began I ran 47 miles.…
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An end of an era
Today, I will admit I am a bit sad. One of my closest friends, my partner in crime on many occasions, is stopping by my house to pick up some of her things before she moves to Cincinnati this weekend. Things she left during craft days and bicycle days and writing days and painting days.…
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On sidewalk etiquette
Last I checked, sidewalks were for pedestrians. Did I miss some new ordinance that makes them for things like trash cans and cars and scooters and bikes and toys? As someone who actually uses the sidewalks for what they are intended, let me offer some suggestions/requests: 1. If you must put your trash bin on…
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An escape to Florida fixes everything
Twenty years ago yesterday, I went to bed in my room with a window facing the front of the house and prepared to get some zzz’s before another day at the grind, otherwise known as the sixth grade. A few hours later I was gently awakened by Mom, who told me that just to be…
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No idle hands at this house
This weekend, in pictures and thoughts: The run: I didn’t take pictures of everything, of course. I didn’t photograph me waking up at 4:30 a.m. just to get my run in because I knew I had a busy day ahead. I was home before the sun came up, so it would have been a picture…
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It’s not enough to run …
But I have to tell people about it. My reason is because if I slack off, I want people to call me on it! And it makes me want to run just so I can have something to log. I’ve been tracking my runs at Map My Run for about a year now. They have…
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When in Philly …
I told Justin I had to tell him this story after he spent the weekend in Philly recently: If you visit Philadelphia, of course you have to get a Philly cheese steak. Unless of course, you are like me and you don’t like cheese steak. But seriously, it’s an experience. Bear with me on the…
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Help me be clever
Kevin, Jenny, Chuck and I are talking about running the 2010 Cooper River Bridge Run together. This is so special to me as I have fond memories of my first and only bridge run, with Jenny, in 2008. (Want to see how far Kevin has come? Check out his comment on that post!) I’m going…
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On social graces
I was talking to Jenny yesterday and we were discussing some social faux pas, such as staring at someone’s computer screen while they are working, or watching someone nursing a baby a little too closely … Truthfully, I think many of these sorts of things happen when people are zoning out, not paying attention. Looking…
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The strength to keep going
This was not my race to run, and when I approached the team van near the end of it and saw the physical pain written all over their faces – I was both relieved and jealous I hadn’t been a part of it. This race falls into the category of “insane.” When I asked veteran…