Mysteries of Life

At least the running schedule was kept this week

2008-08-28T17:18:11Z

I didn't get up and run this morning but that is okay because I got most of my mileage in on Monday and Tuesday this week. That allowed me to use Wednesday as a rest day and while I would have loved to have completed my 9 mile tempo run this mor...

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August Squeeze

2008-08-14T00:13:22Z

Summer is just too short. Essentially you get June, July and August and then it's over. Even though the weather might be nice in September and even October, most of the world thinks of summer as the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day. When...

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Portage Park and tempo runs

2008-08-13T22:48:00Z

One of the components of my marathon training is the tempo run. There are several schools of thought on what a tempo run should be. One theory is the Ladder, where you start out with a warm up mile, then -- depending how deep you are in the sea...

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A Day at the Park

2008-07-30T04:41:54Z

So the Krazy Guatemalan sent out an e-vite last week inviting some friends to see The Blues Brothers at Movies-in-the-Park, Since joining the consulting company, it takes an Act of God for me to be able to make MITP. Either I'm sent out to the ...

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Escalation points

2008-07-09T15:27:50Z

I sent a couple of friends a photo I took of one of them along with a casual invite to join me sunday at an event. Dan, I'm gonna be at the IAHC on Sunday for Irish Fest. You should definitely come. Karen, the IAHC is very close to your par...

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Has it really been only a year?

2008-07-01T13:12:46Z

Why can't I do this every morning! I managed to get up and meet my speed workout group for only the second time in six weeks and only because it was track work which occurs closer to my home than our usual lakefront meeting point. And can I rea...

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Back on the grid

2008-06-23T16:21:13Z

I've been off the grid for the last couple of weeks. For the most part, it's been a combination of being busy with work and spending my free time with my girlfriend and/or taking care of things outside the cyberworld. Last week was at the St M...

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A rare Perfect Day at the office

2008-05-20T17:53:19Z

While I did not "have" to run today and certainly not before work, I did have to be at work precisely at 8:30am. Somehow, I managed to get up early enough to get a 4 mile run in with plenty of time to get ready for work, have a light breakfast a...

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Salt licking good

2008-05-18T04:59:43Z

In a few minutes I start my long journey back home. I catch a flight to Frankfort and then a connection to Chicago. I didn't get much sleep last night because my cell phone rang. It was my mom, but she didn't stay on the line or lost the conn...

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Kinda like the Taste of Polonia

2008-05-17T15:46:25Z

I have about 14 hours left in Warsaw before I head home. Since I'm pretty much toured and museumed out, I haven't done much today except go for a run this morning and check out the town square. Yesterday, after Brian left, I took a walk around ...

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