Happy Thanksgiving

Hope all had a nice Thanksgiving however you envisioned it.   Mine was nice and relaxed.
I thought about running one of  the local races in town, but basically, I was to lazy to get up that early.  I figured I had a day off work, and I wanted to sleep in, especially since I [...]

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Wild turkey animal sighting

 image: wikimedia
This animal sighting on my run yesterday is so fitting as the holidays approach.  Literally, I looked in the field, and there it was just running as fast as it could.

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Old habits die hard

About a month or so ago, I bought Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook.  I had heard such good things about it that I thought it would be a good investment.  I’m almost done with the book, and for the most part, there is a lot of good knowledge, facts, and research in it.  I really like [...]

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Gaining motivation

Last week, my running days numbered at only like three.  They weren’t even very good runs either.  Then, on Thursday, I did simple squat exercises.  I haven’t done them in awhile but have no trouble with them.  So I did two sets of 25.  Late Friday morning, I don’t know what happened, but I could [...]

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Nagging injuries part whatever

I took four days off of running last week.  Okay, it was more out of lack of motivation.  Not exactly sure why but just couldn’t get myself out the door.  I at least figured this might be good for my nagging knee/leg injury.  This is the one that began after the last marathon.  Since that [...]

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Runner and fox

I’m not sure whether to classify this as gutsy, amazing, or simply bizarre.  Though this story has received a lot of press, I’m going to post it anyway.  I most certainly am glad she is okay and receiving appropriate treatment.  However, this is one reason why I carry Direct stop with me on every run.
 
Jogger [...]

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Obama Wins!

I know this is a running blog, but today was historic!  This is evident that individuals across the nation want CHANGE.  I think this is a start.
The headline reads:
 
Obama defeats McCain, wins Presidential Election!

 
 

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