Monthly Archives: January 2010

Run 13, 2010 …do you suffer from Brain Monkeys?

Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 by Administrator

I thought of various other titles for this post. Titles like “It was brutal! It was really really brutal!” But Brain Monkeys won out. And today’s run was brutal. I hurt a lot. I’m just this crazy frozen lump of … Continue reading →

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Run 7, 2010 …the myth of Sisyphus

Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 by Administrator

During my 12 km run yesterday, I was thinking how often I have had to “start all over again”. Long story short, the Greek myth of Sisyphus: Sisyphus was condemned to roll a large stone up to the top of … Continue reading →

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Run 3, 2010 …all the world’s a track…

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Administrator

All the world’s a track, And all the men and women merely runners: They have their exits and their entrances; And one runner in his time plays many parts… And so today I ran at the indoor track. I ran … Continue reading →

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Running indoors? Sure, why not?

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Administrator

I can hardly wait for tomorrow, I’m so excited! Why am I excited? Because tomorrow is the one day of the week when I get to run indoors, where I can wear shorts and a T-shirt instead of layers of … Continue reading →

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Karate 140

Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Administrator

Well the first class of 2010 was relatively easy. I don’t think any of us did any karate during the holidays and the Christmas break of almost a month didn’t help. Classes usually end during this time as the schools … Continue reading →

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Run 2, 2010 …the marathon training begins today

Posted on Sunday, January 3, 2010 by Administrator

Today’s run was a good one. The weather was partly overcast and a lot warmer at -16 or so, so I was quite warm. I began the run a bit on the slow side, but achieved a negative split, averaging … Continue reading →

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Run 1, 2010 …all systems go…

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2010 by Administrator

Fours layers of shirts…check…two layers of pants…check…hat…check…mittens…check…yaktrax…check…pepper spray…check…portable hot pack…check…socks…check…shoes…check…water…check…iPhone and Runkeeper program…check Will to live…check Feeling sorry for myself… check All systems go! See you all in about an hour and a quarter after my 11 km run which … Continue reading →

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