Running

The Saga Continues: Saucony Mirage 2s

February 7, 2012

Last night upon arriving back in East Lansing, I went over to Playmakers and took my Ravennas back. I’m still feeling rather torn on the issue of stability vs. neutral shoes; I never had a problem through six pairs of the Brooks Defyance (a neutral shoe). The salesperson was very kind and although she said [...]

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Plot Twist! A Pain, A Pair of Shoes, and Some Fretting

February 6, 2012

One thing you may or may not have gathered in the course of visiting this blog is that I tend to lie awake at night, worrying. Last week was quite stressful because starting Sunday night I found myself lying awake every night except Wednesday. The reasons involved some idiocy happening at work and some continuing [...]

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Running Too Much: A Cautionary Tale

February 2, 2012

Yesterday, registration for the 2012 Chicago Marathon opened. It’s now one year and one day from when I signed up for the 2011 race. OMG, it was so exciting! I very nearly met all my goals and had as excellent a time as is possible when you’re running for four hours. Word to the wise: [...]

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Don’t Be That Awkward Runner (Video)

January 31, 2012

This glorious video came up in my News Feed yesterday, and it’s still just as hilarious as the first day I saw it. Well, at least to me, anyway. If you are one of these awkward runners, don’t let this video get you down. Celebrate it, man. I think the real truth is that we [...]

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If You Run, There Are Definitely Some Things To Run Away From

January 30, 2012

Recently, I saw an image post on Facebook similar to this beaut, which is located in a thousand and one places on Tumblr. It’s a lovely sentiment. In theory, this gets at the heart of something that I think every runner struggles with at one time or another. Running can strengthen the soul, that’s for [...]

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Faux-Winter

January 27, 2012

Well, last night we got a little bit of snow. It’s covering the grass right now, but who can say what’ll happen later on? It’s supposed to be a high of 37 today. For the first time in a while I ran four days in a row this week, culminating in a three-miler yesterday in [...]

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