From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Join me in the fight

March 23, 2008

I am officially declaring war on wind in New Jersey. As I am a proponent of wind energy, you might be thinking this is absurd of me. Wind = energy. But, in my case, the case of my 8-mile run this morning, the wind does the opposite. It zaps my energy. In my war on [...]

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Thoughtful People Rule, part two

March 20, 2008

I had some unexpected wrenches thrown at me late in the day yesterday, and left work feeling frazzled and beat up. This morning, after a brilliant ( fast!) 3 mile run with my neighbor, (Hi Tricia!) I came in to my office to find this. My co-worker felt bad for the rough patch yesterday afternoon, [...]

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My longest run was the most fun!

March 18, 2008

I got a chance to run with a fellow Runner’s World forumite over the weekend, and it was awesome. We met for a 7 mile run through part of the 1/2 marathon course. 7 miles came and went like no time had passed at all. We chatted through the whole thing and pushed each other [...]

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4 miles- magically delicious

March 15, 2008

Clif notes: Run 4 Luck! 4-mile race! Lancaster, PA. 38:30!! Whoo hoo! Get up. 6 AM. Hit snooze. Mom yells to wake me up. I’m 31 and the last time Mom has yelled for me to wake, I was probably 18 years old. So I get up. Mom, Dad and me pile into the car. [...]

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Pop goes my kne— wait… what WAS that?

March 13, 2008

Is it possible to hear a loud pop in your knee followed by a dull pain and really have it be nothing? I don’t know, but while teaching spin class the other night, on a hilly climb, standing up.. it popped… then it hurt.. .a little. Was it a “pop” was it a “crack” ?? [...]