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  • Inspiring People 4

    Confessions of a Facebook Stalker

    If you’re friends with me on Facebook, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been CRUSHING a lot of runs lately.  Lately, as in the past week, since before then ...

    On April 27, 2012 / By
  • 8k 1

    Bridge to Brews 2012

    Right now, thousands of people are dying of heat while they try to run a marathon.  Hopefully not literally, but it seems possible.  I can’t imagine running a ...

    On April 16, 2012 / By
  • 5k 0

    Shamrock Run 2012

    Portland’s Shamrock Run is a fantastic run, if you like events with tens of thousands of people where everyone is wearing the same color.  Unfortunately, it’s not so ...

    On March 20, 2012 / By
  • Miscellaneous 1

    Running and Then Quilting About It

    Sometimes, no matter how important a goal is, no matter how badly I want to improve my times, I just can’t get myself to run.  This was one ...

    On February 5, 2012 / By
  • Running 7

    Vintage Kathy Griffin

    Great news!  I once again accomplished a week of 30 miles!  That makes two out of four weeks so far this year.  Not too bad, but since my ...

    On January 29, 2012 / By
  • Running 0

    Level Green!

    After going on a run today, I came home and checked my Nike+ account, and Paul Rodriguez popped up on the screen and told me that I had ...

    On January 27, 2012 / By
  • Contests and Giveaways 3

    Winner of the 2012 Mile Time Prediction

    I’m embarrassed to admit to you, my readers, that lately I have had things in my life that have taken priority over blogging.  Please accept my promise to ...

    On January 24, 2012 / By
  • Goals 3

    Blogging In the New Year

    Happy 2012, boys and girls!  I know you must be be on the edge of your seats in anticipation of learning my latest mile time, but I have ...

    On January 2, 2012 / By
  • Contests and Giveaways 4

    Things That Make You Fat, and Another Contest!

    I’ve had a lot of things to say about running lately, but somehow I haven’t had the time to tell you about all of them.  I’ll try to ...

    On December 10, 2011 / By
  • Races 2

    2011 Turkey Trot at the Zoo

    I know that the purpose of Thanksgiving is supposed to be taking time out to think about how thankful you are about everything/everyone you have, and that sort ...

    On November 25, 2011 / By