Thoughts on the Run

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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01:00:20 – 6 miles
The mental aspect of running is fascinating to me. I’m pushing my pace and mentally telling myself that I’m still going slowly. Seems to be working. The main reason I am doing this is not so that I can run faster now, but because I know I will be running faster come [...]

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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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53:00 – 5 miles
Well I just looked at my training calendar and I apparently was only supposed to run 4 miles today. Oops. I even stepped up the pace so that I can work on increasing my speed. Not a bad morning, but still seeing the 18 miler coming on Saturday.
So speaking of going an [...]

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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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