The great news about weekends is not only can I escape the office, but I get to do long runs! I know to some that sounds more like punishment, but fellow runners understand the joy that comes from totally exhausting oneself physically (it actually helps revive my mental exhaustion from the week). This morning I did 15 and I felt like I could keep going. Now that is a good feeling. I'm not sure I will feel the same ...
August 18, 2007
Running log
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Had a good week with mileage. About 50 this week. I want to keep this base as I decide on the next race. I'm really looking serious at Las Vegas in Dec. I finally broke down and bought my wife a Garmin 101 GPS tracker so she can accurately track her miles. She is going to do the Kiawah half one week after being with me in Vegas(watching and shopping), so I felt she needed an accurate tool to measure her distance ...
August 11, 2007
Emily and Stan, a young couple, were expecting their second child. Their firstborn was five-year-old Sammy. During the present pregnancy, Sammy would crawl up next to his mother and rub her ever-expanding tummy and sing to his future sibling. It was his way of getting to know the unborn baby. This continued throughout the uneventful pregnancy until labor ensued. The labor was short, yet at the end Emily developed some ...
August 05, 2007
Look Before You Leap
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I bought a new treadmill the other day. Now, for most families I realize this wouldn’t exactly be an event on par with baptisms or your child graduating college, but in my household, largely due to my bizarre way of thinking, this was a big deal. I have long been an advocate of family focused exercise and fitness, so any new arrival that promotes that philosophy I treat as a banner day and mark it with the appropriate ...
