Never Gets Old… Even Though I Do…

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It’s always a bit of a thrill for me to see my name up on marathonguide.com in the results write-up: It’s perhaps a silly thing to get excited about… like when I was excited to get my name in the phone book, only to realize that just meant telemarketers had an easier time ringing me […]

Garbage In, Garbage… Stored?

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What Am I Doing?! There are a number of banker boxes stacked throughout my house. They contain colorful file folders stuffed with race paraphernalia – course maps, bibs, brochures, receipts from travels. I kept it all as a paper trail, a record of where I’d run and what I’d done. I used to keep a […]

When In Boston…

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Seeing as how I’ll already be in town for the marathon on Sunday the 16th… And seeing as how it was limited to the “first” 10,000 folks who signed up… I set my reminder for 10 AM this morning to register for this: I fully expected it to be sold out within minutes.  As of […]

Words, words.

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Yet another day off. Second in a row. Tired. Still cold. Feeling the age. Tomorrow.  Tomorrow I’ll be better. Wound up registering for a 12K in LA. Ups and downs.  Downs and ups.

Seeing Double – Museum of Aviation and First Light Marathons

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In retrospect, it was a weekend of failed personal initiative and imagination, perhaps best exemplified by my decision Friday night to skip sightseeing in the Macon/Warner Robins area and instead go see Liam Neeson’s THE COMMUTER. That movie failed to live up to even my meager expectations and might actually be terrible. But this isn’t […]

First Light Marathon – Quick Post

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It’s still a log drive ahead of me to get home. But here’s a short-short update: Mobile is a great town and I regret not budgeting time to enjoy it. As for the race, well, I was an emotional wreck, haunted by regrets past, present, and future. My chip time doesn’t really convey what a […]