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A Perfect Day

Posted in biking, Madison, marathon, Wisconsin, writing on Jun 27th, 2009

A perfect day: Getting out of a meeting 2 hours earlier than planned Picking up my sweet new Schwinn Collegiate (an August 1969 model) from the bike shop and going for the first ride.  Telling anyone who will listen the story of how I found it abandonned behind my parents’ garage, as though it had [...]

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Just another story featuring a shirtless woman

Posted in daily, dreams, friends, hard work, MadCity Marathon, marathon, running, senegal, The Book, words, writing on Apr 14th, 2008

Sometimes life’s biggest disappointments are tomorrow’s opportunities dressed up in wolves’s clothing. Last week I officially changed my marathon event from 26.2 to 13.1 and with a heavy heart (not to mention legs) tried to begin a modified training schedule. After only three days of consecutive running, my foot ached again and the thought of [...]

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Weeks 3-5: The Only Thing We Have to Fear…

Posted in MadCity Marathon, marathon, running on Feb 24th, 2008

Weeks 3-5 of my marathon training blend together, the only remarkable days were setbacks. For eight consecutive days, I was sick enough not to run. While I laid around my apartment watching the Office or going through the motions at work in a sudafed daze, I couldn’t help but ruminate on the idea that my [...]

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Week 2: Call The Bookie, Lap #25 Was Slowing Down

Posted in MadCity Marathon, Madison, marathon, running, winter, Wisconsin on Feb 7th, 2008

Warning: my review for week two of marathon training is unexciting, tough to get through, and was really hard for me to start. Exactly like every run this week. I followed a very distinct pattern this week: hard run followed by day of rest followed by hard run. The only thing that I can say [...]

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Week 1: This is My Brain, Flooded With Endorphins

Posted in dreams, MadCity Marathon, marathon, running on Jan 27th, 2008

This past week was my first official week of training for the Madcity Marathon, which is May 25th. My training program is 18 weeks long and is a modified version of the Novice Training I followed for Grandma’s Marathon. I wasn’t ready to jump up to the Intermediate Training just yet; that would have called [...]

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25 Things On Today’s Run That Made Me Happy

Posted in daily, garden, gratitude lists, MadCity Marathon, Madison, marathon, nature, running, trees, Wisconsin on Jan 12th, 2008

Fluffy Snowflakes Ducks congregating and quacking on the Yahara River Other runners passing me, smiling A guy shoveling whom I startled when I passed, making me think I’m soft on my feet and stealth The Governor’s Mansion in Maple Bluff Patches of blue in the sky The sound of snow crunching underfoot Hearing song birds [...]

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