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Monthly Archives: February 2018
No grumping allowed
Last night around 2:00 am I awoke thinking about yesterday’s blog and a passage to which I referred to the feeling of loss one can accumulate with age. This is what I wrote the feelings I had while lining up … Continue reading
Vacation racin’ in the human salad
The starting pen at the Gasparilla 8K was low on competitors lined up in the 6:30-7:30 per mile pace. I’d started far at the back of the pack lined up for the race, which numbered more than 5,000. It was … Continue reading
Posted in 13.1, 5K, running, Uncategorized
Tagged 8K, Gasparilla races, race prize, sara Hall, the human salad, vacation racin'
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Explosive evidence
Heading into my senior year in college, I was desperate for a summer job when my best friend’s father offered me summer work as a janitor at a building called International Towers. It sat at the junction of Cumberland Road … Continue reading
When have you felt truly happy?
For those of us that have dealt all our lives with the double drain of anxiety and depression, the thought of being “happy” can seem more like a phenomenon than a true state of mind. Yet there have been many … Continue reading
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How do you deal with guilt?
This morning at 4:45 my wife rose from bed to gather her gear and go swim. She is disciplined about her workouts. And frankly, she loves to swim. That goes back a ways, and she is good in the water. … Continue reading
Fireball rally
In the never-ending battle to tame my gut at both the appetite and girth level, I’ve lately engaged in a test on the ingestion front. Thanks to my brother-in-law Paul, who likes what he likes and that’s that, I am … Continue reading
Posted in healthy aging, healthy senior
Tagged diet, exercise, fireballs, healthy snacking
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Clockwise and counterclockwise
Originally posted on We Run and Ride:
? Photo of a running track taken while approaching Midway Airport southwest of Chicago. When you think about it, there’s no real reason the hands of a clock rotate ‘clockwise.’ The same result…
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Clockwise and counterclockwise
When you think about it, there’s no real reason the hands of a clock rotate ‘clockwise.’ The same result could be achieved if the hands were to move in the other direction, known as ‘counterclockwise.’ But it’s tradition. So … Continue reading
Posted in race pace, racing peak, running
Tagged counterclockwise versus clockwise, indoor track
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Not exactly razor sharp
I recall a workout during my peak competitive years in which the plan was to do a track session of 8 X 400M at a pace of 60-63 seconds each. I was sharpening for a track race in which my … Continue reading
Posted in injury, race pace, racing peak, riding, running, swimming, Tarsnakes
Tagged fitness, razor sharp, tarsnakes, track workouts
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