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Sorry folks. I have been extremely busy the past few weeks. I am waiting to hear about a recent job interview (fingers crossed), am trying to close out my semester here, and am preparing my house to sell–either to move to a new state and job or to a larger house here in town. For…
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I finished my first half-marathon on Sunday! I have officially joined the ranks of a small percentage of the population that has completed a race of this distance or longer. Full race report to follow. As a teaser, I’ll tell you that my IT Bands and I got to know each other very well for…
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Less than a week until the Texas Half-Marathon. I am officially nervous. Got the cho-pat brace on Friday and ran 2 miles. Seems to work, but my IT issues never emerge until after 3 miles. So, on Sunday I was slated for a 6 mile run. I decided to run as far as I felt…
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I was on spring break this week. So, I stayed away from the office mostly and did some home improvement projects at home, such as repainting doors in the house, especially the ones my sons have run into, drawn on, slammed, scratched, and abused. But today I started playing around on my MAC, and after…
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A friend of mine has a friend….who swears by the IT band support by Cho-Pat. So I ordered one. No running until Friday at the earliest, and only then will I do no more than 2 miles. It is usually after 3 that I hurt. So, I’ll do a bunch of 2 milers before the…
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For the past two weeks, during my long runs, my right IT band has really tightened up and been quite painful, to the point I had to stop and walk. I am really concerned. 13 days until Dallas and I have this issue! Here is the plan: no more running until Dallas. My triathlete friend…
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I registered for the Disney marathon last night. So it is official. I am running in January 2009 at Disney. I had waited a little while before signing up but saw on a forum last week (www.disneyrunning.com–great site!) that the race was already half full. I pulled the trigger and registered, even buying my own…
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As much as I’d like to for this post to be all about Pink Floyd’s smash hit from the 1980s, alas, it is not. I met Mr. Wall today. Actually, I met the Wall that bullies the normal walls. No. Check that. I met the bully who picks on the bully who torments normal running…
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Sunday. Eight miles scheduled on the day of daylight savings time. Usually I run in the early morning hours, but it was too cold, and I was still very tired from losing that precious hour of sleep. So I told myself I’d run in the afternoon after church. So I did. Temps in the hi…
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First, let me say that although I have only run 2 10-milers, this last one was awesome. I had energy, my legs didn’t hurt after 8, and I felt great. It was warmer than usual on a Sunday morning around 7 AM, but the day was beautiful. My first two miles were warm-up miles, slower…
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What happens when you run the best 10 miles of your life, a 60 year old man says you have “good looking legs” (and you’re a guy!), and you don’t choke on Clif Shot bloks? Find out in the next post of Running To Disney. Coming soon.
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