Tag: running
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5 Lessons Congress Could Learn From A Ragnar Trail Race
The polarity and divisiveness in our country has reached extremes never seen in recent times. Our democractic and constitutional norms are straining at the seams. Op-eds and analysts drill down with their best ideas for how to restore civility, how to find our way back to some kind of bipartisanship … but not a single…
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Running the Trails at Sunset (30 Days of Gratitude: Day 1)
Hello, friends! After neglecting my blog for much too long, I have decided to hyper-extend as a return effort and try to blog a post-a-day for the month of November! (Nothing like going from zero to 60, eh?!) The whirling shit-show of the political world has sucked me in, following the news obsessively and losing…
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She Believed, So She Did (Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners)
As I sat on the bus at 5:45 a.m., I was reminded that the next several hours were going to come down to believing I could do it … I would do it … I was going to run a marathon. Despite the weather forecast, my anxiety disappeared the day before the race (perhaps recounting…
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Top 10 Reasons a Steamy Duluth Forecast Won’t Stop Me From Finishing My First Marathon
When the local television station has this for their forecast … … I feel the anxiety levels rise. I can’t afford wasting that negative energy over the next 48 hours. Last night I went for a relaxing 3 mile run with my younger four-legged companion, who reminded me that at whatever speed, you just need…
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