This is going to be a week in review for my running. It’ll be short and sweet and riddled with injury and other pain-like experience that I had… some good, some not-so-good. So join me… Last Tuesday, in the morning, I had one of my Nature’s Do Not Call Episodes and in the house of [...]

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I mentioned yesterday that I was a little dinged up. And I was, but I found a miracle cure: Running Shoes. When I put on my running shoes yesterday before running (and I almost considered NOT running) the pain almost instantly went away. I was really amazed. Once I was running, there were a handful [...]

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In our household, we have “The List”, and if you want to do anything it needs to get on “The List”, and especially with 2 kids, the “The List” is very important. Now toss in 4 more adults in your house and “The List” goes out the window, unless you are my wife. My lovely [...]

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Today was the day of all rest. After a not so grueling week, at least on paper, I had to take today off and I can already feel the healing. Jen mentioned this morning that I might have had a not so perky run yesterday because of the two medicines that were injected into my [...]

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Sunday was by no means a good running day. Even though I got in 5.4 miles, it was rather a pathetic attempt and scampering with my feet. My intention was to run at least 10 miles to get in a good long run and help with my overall aerobic fitness. It probably didn't help that [...]

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A funny thing happened today. My goggles disappeared before my very eyes. One moment they were there and the next minute they were gone. I found a lap lane and set my stuff down so that I could put on my swimcap and when I went to put my goggles on, they were gone. Even [...]

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Here is an aerial photo where I have superimposed my running route. THe route runs right at 2.2 and has all the elements that you need. Plus it has a lot of people on it during the warmer months, so you feel safe and there are different people to look at while running. Oh i [...]

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It wasn't my intention to run fast yesterday, but I did. I was even lucky that I got a chance to run yesterday because of the poor weather that we were having. but as luck would have it, it cleared up at the last second and although it wa overcast and chilly, it made it [...]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL & ZOE VELAS. Believe it or not, they are 4 years old today! WOW! First and foremost, Eric took about 5 steps on his own last Friday night. In addition he also went from a sitting to a standing position. Since then, he has done nothing! He stands some and can [...]

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