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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40:00 – 4 miles including 2×800
I’ve been battling a sinus cold the past 3 days and couldn’t take another day of not going running. The original plan was to go in and do a light run … well, that turned into me adding some speed drills into it. Oh well, was distracting enough to make [...]

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01:04:00 – 6 miles
It is almost becoming fun to run more then an hour …
All the talk, every 15 minutes at least, on the news is focused on AIG and their $165 million bonuses being paid. I’m all for bonuses and being compensated for achieving goals … but those that are getting these bonuses are [...]

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54:00 – 5 miles
Amazing how the mind wanders when you run yet then you forget. There are a few things that I remember watching … President Obama’s speech review, weather, car chase, octuplet Mom, weather, and plane crash. Only positive topic in there was the weather.
Received an email from one of my hockey kids’ moms [...]

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