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Race Day!

I ran a 5k race today. Well, run is a little generous – I ran parts and walked parts. All in all, I finished with a time of 38-something – not bad for my first run in 15 years. I … Continue reading

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Quite respectable 23:55

Well I’m dropping something down to let y’all know how it went. Don’t worry I’ll try to give more details in another post, as well as a picture of my number. But ya, I broke 24 minutes. That wasn’t an … Continue reading

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Pre-race night.

Hey all. So tomorrow is the race. I’ve got to say, I’m getting excited. Nervous ya, cause I haven’t raced in a long time. But excited too. When I ran yesterday to keep loose, per the Ipod I was hitting … Continue reading

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Current Weight: 195

I have accepted an invitation to run as part of a team in a 5k race with my coworkers in June. It’s a little frightening – although I used to run cross-country competitively in high school, as Dave can attest … Continue reading

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Creating one’s motivation

So as I say elsewhere here, I lost most of my weight by running. And I was steadily increasing my distance. My longest distance was a little over 9 miles, I think, and averaging around 20 miles a week. Then … Continue reading

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