Two…

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T-minus 2 Days and Counting… Today I got winded walking back from breakfast.  That is a bad omen. Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down… And broke his crown… And Jill came tumblin’ after. Dark tidings for dark times?

Three…

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T-minus 3 Days and Counting… Me: Kowalski! I need a “Go/No Go” from Prep… Prep: Skipper, I gotta be honest. The numbers don’t look good. I sincerely doubt Katherine Johnson or even Taraji P. Henson would sign off on them.  This morning’s 4:30 am run was… disheartening. Me: Is that a “no-go,” Kowalski? Prep:  Aw, jeez. Me: […]

As The French Say…

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“Fat Tuesday.” That’s how I’m feeling today. I looked in the mirror and this is what I saw: I went for a run, and this is how I ran: It is a dark time. T-minus 4 days until the first moonshot attempt. NOTE: Apparently “Fat Tuesday” is also how you say it in Huttese… at […]

The San Francisco Marathon – July 23, 2017

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Let me preface by saying my SF Marathon bib listed me as being a part of the 40 for 40 challenge. I couldn’t actually recall what that was when I picked up my packet and found myself wondering if that meant I was eligible because I was 40 and running the 40th. Turns out it’s […]

Of Personal Suckage and Others’ Success

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This day was a series of unfortunate events, starting with a 3:45 AM drive over the Bay Bridge into San Francisco wherein a car next to me plowed into one of those plastic stick barricades, hurtling it toward my car such that it wedged itself in the undercarriage. The race itself proved a tough day […]

I Left My Bib in San Francisco

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I drove up to SF at 4 am this morning for tomorrow’s  40th Anniversary San Francisco Marathon. More often these days in encountering tough traffic wherever I go; sometimes it’s tempting to just get out of my car and run to where I need to be… it would take only a few minutes longer and be […]

Slower or Slowier

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Sigh. At least I got out the door… but my ankle is twitchy, my pace is off, and I’m … worried. San Francisco on Sunday will be a good trial run. At least I HOPE it will be a good trial run.

Small Moves…

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That’s enough “running” related stuff for one day.  I’m headed back to bed.  Zero miles yet again.  But at least I fill in all my form [sic… and sick].

A Bug

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Ugh. I’m pretty sure I’ve been bitten by a bug.  Not a radioactive bug that granted me powers to spin a web any size, to catch thieves just like flies.  No, this is a bug who had either narcolepsy or mono or maybe was told by his bug guidance counselor that he lacked motivation and […]

Cat Ballou? Kathmandu!

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A really great guy I met while running in Antarctica in 2016 put together a reunion tour of sorts for folks to run the Mount Everest Marathon this year. He does it for charity to support the Nepal village he was working at during the huge and hugely devastating Nepal Earthquake of April 2015. For […]