Writing, photography, and gratitude.
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 been transported […]
Posted in marathon, friends, The Book, hard work, MadCity Marathon, senegal, running, words, writing, dreams, daily 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 […]
Posted in marathon, MadCity 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 […]
Posted in Madison, winter, marathon, MadCity Marathon, Wisconsin, running 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 […]
Posted in marathon, MadCity Marathon, dreams, 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 […]
Posted in garden, MadCity Marathon, marathon, Madison, nature, trees, gratitude lists, running, Wisconsin, daily 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
Oversized oak trees in Maple Bluff
Thoughts of […]
An expression of gratitude for all that is good in my life.
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