There’s a lot of things I love about running. I love the change of scenery, the people watching, the feel of moving forward at a speed that I’m controlling. I love the smells as I pass by parks. I love the challenge of navigating potholes and dodging cars. I love so much about running and [...]
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Christmas Trees #2 – My Mom’s tree
For years, my mother and I have been very different in our ideals of how the Christmas tree should look . I think it started way back when I was in high school. This is partially why I was so glad we got our own house, so I could put up a tree to my [...]
Clothes
Perfect pocket
I love well designed for a purpose clothing. I love when there is just enough pockets and tabs to suit needs without being excessive. I often find my running clothes to be lacking in certain departments. Most notably the ability to carry my keys while out. I’ve often resorted to wearing my vest. It’s reflective [...]
Family
Christmas Trees #1 – Mother-in-Law’s
When I was at my in-laws house for Christmas day, I started taking some pictures of my Mother-in-law’s more unique Christmas decorations. I warned her that I would be making a blog post about them. She declared “Oh they’ve all been making fun of my decorations for years, so I don’t mind”. I have no [...]
Internet
Running Training Links
As I mentioned on Monday, I’ve been running again. I’ve been sticking to it quite well. There’s a few factors that seem to have helped me this time around. First is the support of friends. I’ve made a few friends who want to join me in races and training and for that I am very [...]
Clothes
All I wanted for Christmas
When Adam asked me, the only thing I could think of that I wanted was a pair of trail runners so I could extend my running to trails and deal with the lovely mess that are Manchester’s sidewalks during the winter. Adam has a pair of red trail shoes that I love because they are [...]
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
No matter what you believe in, I would like to extend my wishes for a wonderful and happy holiday season. And I’m posting this on Christmas Eve because it was traditionally when we celebrated Christmas when I was a kid.
Dogs
Cooper's Idea of a Down Stay
While I was home I had the opportunity to visit two friends who are about to welcome the newest member of their family in January. Their current child, a black lab mix named Cinder, is feeling a little left out lately. So we brought Cooper over so they could play and burn off some energy. [...]
Races
Freezing in Buffalo
Since mid-October, I’ve been running. Well at first it was more walking than running. I would go back to a walk as soon as the pain in my feet got bad. And I started being very carful with what I ate too. I was under a lot of stress so I was careful to make [...]
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