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Express Yourself

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I sure wish that I had more time to write!  However, just like anything, you make time for what you want to make time for.  I've decided that training for a Marathon is more important than writing, hence, not much going on the blog, lately. I did get a "long" run in yesterday.  I ran by feel (without techy feedback) and did a little over 8 miles nice and comfy at a slow rate.  This gave me well over an hour and a half to think about things as I run solo.  I don't listen to music until I feel like it, in this case the last few miles. The notion that I run to express myself came to mind.  Though not in the way that you can express yourself through art or through, say, flair... I was thinking more of the result of expression. The "what comes out" of the act of expression. When I run, I think.  I consider.  I mull over.  Sometimes I feel convicted of something I'm not doing quite right.  Sometimes I float back in time to a sad place and hit the p

Iron Chef Andrea

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Hooray for getting to the pool today!  1500 yards took me 45 minutes, but hey.  I got in the pool. I had a workout with 2400yds on it but after the warm up and a couple of "faster" 50's I was already tired.  So I got in 1500 and then spent 10 minutes in the hot tub. The boys both took amazing naps this afternoon, and boy was I glad.  I plan to take a rest day tomorrow as usual and then try to run a little on Thursday.  I think if I can maybe do 2mi on the treadmill and then finish the workout in the pool that will be enough. As many of you may know, I've been severely under employed since right before Thanksgiving.  Mostly, it's been a blessing.  I've learned to slice our grocery spending to a minimum.  We've avoided using our credit cards as we are in enough slavery to those damn things already.  I've learned about places through out our city that give away day old bread, bruised produce and close dated dairy items. I've learned that

First Week

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I hope all of you have been having a wonderful New Year.  What are your plans, goals, dreams? I have had a lot of time to think about my goals.  This last week, I have been seeing a lot of this: I had a bout of cellulits in my right leg and have been on total rest for the last 8 days.  Total rest.  Like, no movement.  I mean it.  You will lose.  Do it or else.  Complete inertia.  Rest. Fortunately, I got this in the mail right as I was entering my phase of inertia. I normally scoff at things with the word Bible in the title - but hey.  If you want to say that a Bible is a comprehensive guide for living, then this book is certainly a Triathlete's *that*. Naw, mostly I've been sitting on my boot, surfing the internet and getting irritated at things that people say.  One of my resolutions this year is to stay off the screens for heaven's sake!  Many times I find myself sitting in front of the television screen with the laptop open or my iPhone screen in my face

Happy New Year 2013

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Aw, Happy New Year everybody! I know it's not "cool" to make resolutions - but I like the start of a year (or month, or week) to start charting progress at the least.  Last year I logged each of my miles and wound up with about 1,925 when I set what I thought was a lofty goal of 1,500!  If I hadn't kept track all year long, I wouldn't know how it turned out.  Even more than that, I wouldn't know that I needed to up the ante for this yaer!  2,013 miles in 2013?  Yah! I also think that the beginning of January is a fine time to see just how much improvement you can plan for the year.  If you sit around all year saying "Gee, I'd sure like to..." or "Maybe when the weather straightens out, I should..." you'll be to busy when the time comes and miss the opportunity! Here are my Goals and Resolutions for the coming year. 1.  Join a swim meet or club.  I just started swimming a little over a year ago and it is by far my weakest s