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Geat Western Half Marathon

Posted in Journal Entry on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Awesome.  Fabulous day.  Sunny, light breeze from SW, temperature rising from about 45 to 60 degrees.
Well organized, 800 runners, about 150 no-shows.  Organized by Fox River Trail Runners.  Nice job!
Pizza, banana, bagels.  Nice running shirt. 
13.1m 2.06′51″ 

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shamrocks are bloomin

Posted in Journal Entry on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Me and Charley Farley did the Shamrock Shuffle today.  I love running with the kids!
I’m now in the run-up to the Fox Valley Half-Marathon.

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6.8 miles door to door

Posted in Journal Entry on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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getting a new rhythm

Posted in Journal Entry on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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the thaw is coming

Posted in Journal Entry on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today it’s gonna get into the mid 50s!!!
So I should be able to get back on the Leroy Oakes trails soons.
It was so nice to get out in the sunshine today, I took off my hat and gloves halfway through the run.
Still had to go carefully over patches of ice – the freeze-thaw cycle is [...]

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don’t adjust your volume when you’re running uphill

Posted in Journal Entry on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Almost a full month since I ran.  The weather has been lousy and it’s been too icy.
So today, for the first time in weeks with the temperature above freezing I got out and ran for 43 minutes – I’m guessing about 3.5 miles.
I’m so glad I broke the spell.  It’s only 8/9 weeks to the half [...]

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lake harriet minneapolis

Posted in Journal Entry, day by day on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

5.1 miles of pretty level running.

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snow running

Posted in Journal Entry on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

6.1 miles of bloody hard work through Leroy Oakes with about 6″ of untrodden snow.
Signed up for the Fox River Trail Runners half-marathon today.

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Gilberts Cross Country Challenge

Posted in Journal Entry on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

“Plodging through the clarts”. 
That’s what we used to say when I was a kid about this sort of run.  You know the sort of thing – it seems like it’s raining upwards.  Your shoes get stuck in the mud and you feel as though you are running uphill all the time.  It’s a 5 mile [...]

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Thanksgiving Week

Posted in Journal Entry on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I ran on November 11 and then I picked up a nasty cold that hit all the breathy bits.  I was coughing and weazing … I didn’t run for 10 days or so, and then on Thanksgiving morning I headed out with Tori, Jeff and Henry for about 4 miles.
What a pleasure to run with those [...]

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