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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Top 10 Reasons Duluth is the Best Place to Live
As the last week of voting takes place in Outside magazine’s “Best Place to Live” contest, with Provo, Utah and Duluth, Minnesota going head-to-head in the final round (vote daily at voteduluth.com!), I thought I would share my Top 10 reasons why Duluth, Minnesota is the Best Town and deserves your vote. Let’s begin: 1. The excitement […]
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