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Auto-Cover at O’Hare

I’ve only seen these at O’Hare, so maybe the inventor is the brother/cousin/uncle/or-something of the airport manager… Training Journal – 5/11/12: Current plan: Half-marathon program Today’s session: Rest day Comments: Early morning flight home from my biz trip. Walked around … Continue reading

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A veg day today…

A veg day today. Not really motivated to write the race report for yesterday’s race. This came in the mail last Friday – WooHoo! Training Journal – 5/6/12: Current plan: Half-marathon program Today’s session: Rest day Comments: nada: chill, rest, … Continue reading

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Half Marathon Número Dos

Number two in the books – my second “half” in seven days. A few lessons learned this week as well. Full race report tomorrow. i go lay down now… Training Journal – 5/5/12: Current plan: Half-marathon program Today’s session: Race … Continue reading

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Milestone

Not much to write about today, though I did realize that this post is #800 – WooHoo! Training Journal – 5/4/12: Current plan: Half-marathon program: taper week, part deux Today’s session: pre-race rest day / still in the midst of … Continue reading

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IBPLANIN’

One product of what you get when you cross a wannabe spreadsheet nerd, a compulsive planner, and a runner: To do: Plot out three training programs: one half and two full marathons Intersperse various strategically-beneficial races in each of the … Continue reading

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A Flashback and a First

The Flashback Sunday, as I drove home from the Pleasanton Half Marathon, I had a flashback… After I graduated from high school, I worked in Pleasanton for a short time. The job isn’t important – the flashback involves my daily … Continue reading

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Procrastinate

Sometimes I like to visualize what I’m doing… Two things: It is a verb, which implies activity or action. BOOYAH! I probably should have spent my lunch on that other thing… [Image from the Visual Thesaurus, Copyright ©1998-2012 Thinkmap, Inc. … Continue reading

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Backyard Fun

Oh yeah, she’ll sleep good tonight. Training Journal – 4/23/I12: Current plan: Half-marathon program: taper week Today’s session: Rest… Comments: …& strategize.

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Aloha Kakahiaka

Good morning! Still enjoying my Kona from January’s wonderful trip! Training Journal – 4/21/I12: Current plan: Prep for Brazen Racing’s Western Pacific / bridge for half-marathon program Today’s session: Rest Comments: one word: pancakes – not as good as Ken’s, … Continue reading

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A Memory and a Taste

The Memory: As I came though the garage after my run this morning, this caught my eye.  It’s the side of an old box that our wedding invitations came in from the printer.  Some friends from church owned the print … Continue reading

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