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Two’s company
My partner and I both had the day off today, and we spent the day together running errands and jeans shopping (quelle horreur). Once we got home it was getting sort of dark and cold and you know it’s...
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The things I call “fun”
Today was a 5 miler, and I plotted out a new route that had sidewalks– hooray! A good chunk was along one of the busiest thoroughfares in the county, and I had to stop plenty for driveways and...
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Running weather
I was worried today as I headed out for my run– it was just 45º out and breezy. Sounds cold, right? But I put on a pair of long pants, a shirt and a pullover and after a couple minutes it was perfect....
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Cold stories and healthish people
Since I had some down time today and the weather is reasonable (42ºF or so) I decided that I’d go for a nice long run today and do some yoga tomorrow in preparation for more Stage 3. I ran 3.1 miles in...
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Cabin fever
The weather has been so poopy lately! Rain, ice and now a couple inches of snow. I like winter, but it sure doesn’t make it easy to get outside and do all the activities I like. Yesterday was my...
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Set small goals. Achieve small goals.
I’m finally back at home after a nice week with my parents. I’m off work until Thursday (yay!) so I’ve been having a quiet day at home doing housework (I believe in that superstition of getting all the...
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Icy running
We were blessed with more obnoxious weather last night: an ice storm. Train service got all bunged up because of trees down everywhere, so I opted to work at home. (The roads weren’t passable until...
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If I must run in the cold…
27°F today and the schedule called for 3 miles– but no treadmill in sight. I’m just going to have to suck it up; this cold weather isn’t going away anytime soon and these training runs aren’t going to...
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5k test run
I’m at the halfway point in my 5k training regimen, so today was a “test race” day. I didn’t have a proper race to use for this purpose, so I went out today with the intention to run just as hard as I...
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Wherever I can
I have time constraints today, and yet I put off my run to the afternoon, right before a meeting. But I figured I could squeeze in 30 minutes– so it wasn’t quite the full workout I had planned, but it...
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Pre-turkey 5k
I’m dashing this off fast– my partner is pulling the corn pudding out of the oven now, so we’re headed over to his parents’ for Thanksgiving dinner as soon as that’s all set to go. (Transporting very...
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Cold Runnings
Sadly this post has nothing to do with the Jamaican bobsled team, and sadder yet is the fact that I’ve apparently used this silly pun as a blog title before. cold-runnings-2, eh, wordpress? Anyway,...
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Utility movement
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the northern part of the east coast of the US is having a Snowpocalypse right now. For better or for worse, I’m sitting right at the edge of that– we’re getting enough...
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Running on ice!
We got more snow this morning and were given the option to work at home, and so I did (mostly because there was a really unpleasant meeting scheduled– and it was cancelled because everyone was...
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Self-interested altruism
The world is still a snowy mess, and given my past experience with running after snow, I thought it might be a good idea to take a shovel around my 5k loop to ensure I can safely do my planned 5k test...
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Slushy 5k test
Well, it’s a gorgeous day out– 45F and blindingly sunny on the snow– so I had no excuse not to go out and get my test 5k run done. In fact, I was pretty excited to go! I decided to dress lightly and it...
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Back from paradise…
Well, as you can guess from my long hiatus from the blog, I didn’t run at all on vacation! However, I spent a lot of time paddling around in the Caribbean, exploring a corner of the island, and having...
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Almost there…
After today’s workout, I have just one more training run before the race. I think I’m about ready to take a break from serious running; for one thing, it’s just too darn cold out there! Today was 40F...
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Sometimes just getting out there is a win in itself, but you find that it was easier than you thought it was going to be. That’s how today’s run went. It’s cold and windy so I bundled up for today’s 5...
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Long run weekend
I forgot to write about my long run this weekend on Saturday. For what it’s worth, I did come back in, shower, and immediately get to work making a cheesecake so blogging wasn’t at the top of my brain…...
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