site admin on March 23rd, 2007

Here’s a pic of me crossing the finish line last Sunday. How scary is this? Oh, and just for the record, the time is not correct — it is the time for the marathoners who started about 30 minutes prior to the 5K race. I did not take 54 minutes to run [...]

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site admin on March 18th, 2007

I ran the 5K this morning with a less-than-distinguishing time of 38 minutes. First the first time ever I walked during a race (with the exception of races I deliberately walked, of course). Masterguns Hunt was in my head in the last half, however, shouting at me to “stretch it out” and I [...]

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site admin on March 18th, 2007

It’s 5:03 a.m. and I am slinking around my house gathering running things. John Bingham’s words never rang truer than today. I am getting ready for the Arizona Distance Classic 5K.

Although “ready” might imply that I have run a single step in preparation for this race — I haven’t. Or that I [...]

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site admin on March 9th, 2007

I love the name for this post. I also love the card game by a (ahem!) similar name.
Okay, first of all, the reason I chose this name (other than the obvious — that’s it’s a great eye catcher) is that someone asked if I was really going to run a 5K in two weeks [...]

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site admin on February 28th, 2007

After writing the above post about the Wirefly National Marathon, I decided to suck it up and I signed up for a 5K on March 18th here in Tucson. It will be a great way to start off my spring and to get myself out of this slump. The run benefits the Leukemia/Lymphoma [...]

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