Thoughts on the Run

1:40:00 – 8 miles
This weekend is the last weekend of the season for my son’s hockey team. It has been a great year for growth for my son not only on the ice, but also learning about what it means to be part of a team. A hockey team is not about one person and [...]

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1:42:00 – 8.5 miles
A friend posted a status update yesterday that she was going to speak to college students and offer career advice. She made the joke that they should get a degree and then work in a job that has nothing to do with it. While it’s funny, it seems to happen often.
Now, students [...]

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38:27 – 4 miles
Ran with no iPod today just to see. I really didn’t think about much except running, which tells me I’m starting to move faster. The question will be, how long can I go at this speed? My training for the marathon was ultra conservative … mostly so that I wasn’t found on [...]

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01:33:00 – 9 miles
Stepped up the pace and noticing I picked up an extra mile in the same time as last week … and feeling great!
Last night was a Presidential news conference and following the speech, CNN had a word cloud ready to go. In the online marketing world that my career lives, word clouds [...]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/nyregion/08saloons.html?_r=1&hp
I thought this was an interesting article as it talks about a group of bars in New York that don’t believe in having televisions posted inside. This way, patrons of the bar can enjoy conversations.
I am completely guilty of zoning out and watching tv while in a bar with friends. There have been times when [...]

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