Minutes

May 18, 2012

Yesterday afternoon I headed to campus to get my three laps on the track. I haven’t been taking my Garmin on these “runs” because it just seems like overkill, and I really don’t want to know at this point how fast (or really how slow) I’m trundling along. The track is a good place to [...]

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On the Up-and-Up

May 17, 2012

Please forgive me for the downer tone of the last couple entries. I generally try to stay upbeat in the face of injury, but last week got me down. Reading about my wallowing might not have been super fun, but you know what? Sometimes you just have to wallow. It happens. At any rate, that’s [...]

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Well.

May 10, 2012

I’ve spent quite some time reading about Achilles tendon issues on the Internet. Perhaps this was a terrible idea because now I’m feeling quite heartbroken. Most of what I’ve read indicates that Achilles problems can last for months and the rehab can go on forever, and I feel as though I will spend the rest [...]

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On Second Thought, Maybe I Can Be Stopped

May 8, 2012

I dislike writing this entry because as of yet there is no happy ending to this detour into constant injury that has been my life since last October. I much prefer to tell you all these things after there has been sufficient healing, a lesson learned, and a bright hopeful message, usually realized around sunrise. [...]

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Nothing Can Stop Me, Not Even the Uncaring Universe

April 27, 2012
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The 4:00 A.M. Saga of the Lansing Half Marathon

April 23, 2012

Sometimes I decide late in the game of a given thing that I want to participate. Online sales, local events…you name it. This time, I decided ridiculously late in the game that I wanted to run the half marathon at the Lansing Marathon weekend. I decided it at 10:30 on Saturday night, four and a [...]

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