"at least you're trying!"

-- he yelled condescendingly as he drove by during my monday evening run. am i running that slow? (yes, it was an easy day) do i look that fat? (i didn't think so) why are we so quick to judge others, be it in running or life in general? he doesn't know that today was an easy run day, and that i...

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one dollar

$1 motivation thursday after work i was not really in the mood to run or exercise in general, but i remembered i had a cvs "extrabucks" coupon ... for $1.00. i just could not let that $1 go to waste! unfathomable. luckily there are three cvs's within 2-3 miles from my house (umm and i live in suburbia...

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product review: cardionet event monitor

are you tired of adjusting and readjusting your uncomfortable heart rate monitor strap? well look no further! now you can rent a cardionet event monitor. equipped with two simple electrode patches and one handy-dandy belt clip, the cardionet monitor records your heart rate at the push of a button! sorry,...

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from er to pr

ok so... don't be mad at me, but i ran a race saturday (i was already registered for it). my racing heart episodes were less-frequent tuesday (post-er) and wednesday. i didn't have any episodes thursday, so i tested the waters with an easy 30-min run friday morning. i ran with josh and took my cell...

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my achy breaky heart

first of all, thanks so much for the caring comments/emails/texts/wwf messages! it's almost like you'd miss me if something happened. :) background: for a week+ (maybe two weeks at this point) i've been having a "racing heart" (i call them "episodes") at bed time and/or in the middle of the night....

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not dead

you can't see it, but i'm hooked up to an ekg and an iv drip i'm ok (i expect to run tomorrow). (i figured that'd make you feel less worri...

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alien invasion

i've been invaded by aliens. two quality workouts in one week, 34.8 miles total. also known as "what i should have done to train for the marathon i ran a few weeks ago" (or 7 other ones before it). memorial day 800's - 6 of them - 3:19, 3:19, 3:19, 3:21, 3:18, 3:21i don't remember what my goal...

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may 2011

may 2011 total mileage: 107.24 time spent running: 16hrs 09min days off: 13 (i am really good at taking time off) avg temp: 70.68 trip of the month: wisconsin, duh. though i also went zip-lining in the north carolina mountains, but that was only a day trip. marathon #10another decent 5kyikes i skipped...

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