Thank you! I’m just $20 away from raising $375 for the Komen Foundation! If you have a bit of spare cash, please consider donating to this great cause.
The Dallas Rock-n-Roll half marathon is just about 2 weeks away! I’m excited but really nervous, I thought that signing up for a half in late March would [...]
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Running, Raising, and Resting
March 7th, 2011 · No Comments
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New Challenges, New Needs
December 28th, 2010 · No Comments
We’re closing in on Dec. 31, 2010… Can you believe that?! Although there are much better reasons to make a charitable donation than a year-end tax break, if that’s what motivates you… then, by all means, consider this plea. I’m running the 2011 Dallas Rock-n-Roll half marathon, which benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation, in [...]
Holiday (post)cards and the marathon
December 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments
This is the first year in, maybe, 7 years that I haven’t gotten it together to make my own holiday cards and get them sent in time for a Christmas delivery. It’s not that I didn’t want to make my own, I was busy (more on that later). So, I’m going to use some of [...]
Poetry Friday: “Marathon”
December 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
I run my first ever marathon this Sunday morning and will be away from this space for a few days. Please, wish me luck, strong legs, and a good hip on Sunday morning. I think I’m ready, but good heavens this is a big scary thing I decided to do.
“Jogging” in Emanuel Leanza’s Flickr Stream.
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Running After (Revised) Goals
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Racing to the finish at the VA Beach Half Marathon
Oh how I came down with a cold this week. Ever since we got back from San Francisco I’ve been feeling a bit off. Friday (of course) it hit me hard. I slept for about 19 hours on Saturday and another 17 on Sunday. It was [...]
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Just off pace but right on the goal
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments
I finished my first half marathon in 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 16 seconds on Sunday. One year ago Saturday I ran my first race ever. I didn’t plan this, to one year later meet a major goal, but the symmetry is… serendipitous? While writing a postcard to a friend who ran that race with [...]
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Poetry Friday: “The Song of the Ungirt Runners”
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Off to run my first half-marathon this weekend! Wish me luck. I’ll be back in this space on Tuesday with a full report from the race and a few stationery stores I hope to visit. For now, we’re back to poetry on Fridays. Enjoy the long weekend.
“Vancouver Sun Run 2007” from Kris Krug’s Flickr stream.
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Spare a dime?
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Trailer for The Other City.
Once again, I am participating in AIDS Walk Washington and, once again, I’m asking you to donate a few dollars to this cause. This 5k run and walk benefits Whitman Walker Clinic, a non-profit organization that offers medical and dental care, addiction counseling, free HIV/AIDS tests, legal services, AIDS education, and [...]
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I ran 202 miles*
May 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments
*with 11 other awesome, crazy people
We finished the American Odyssey Relay in 32 hours and 30 minutes– slightly better than I’d anticipated. We averaged right at a 10 min mile over 202 miles and some pretty legit changes in elevation. I did it. I didn’t think I could but I did– we did.
My team, Shelby’s [...]
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An odyssey, in more ways than 1
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments
Way back in October, when I ran the Marine Corps 10k, I came across a booth for the American Odyssey Relay. I think the sign said something like “run through America’s Civil War history.” They had me at Antietam.
A week ago I thought it’d be the running that scared me. Not any more. I ran [...]
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