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November 1, 2011 1. a little help.

Besides making what turned out to be a half-hearted stab at getting back into blogging in October, I made another pretty serious change last month — and I’m at the point where I’m going to ask you for help. Since I started running, I’ve been overwhelmed with the number of people who have taken the [...]

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October 25, 2011 20. setback.

As I mentioned previously, I’ve been sick. As I mentioned before that, I’ve been running. What has happened in the interim is something kind of scary: I’m enjoying the running. If you’re not familiar with any of the Couch to 5K apps, they work sort of like this: Each week you’re given a schedule with [...]

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October 9, 2011 9. not dead yet.

Things I’ve learned after a successful first week of Couch to 5K: My street only looks flat. The nice English lady who lives in the C25K app sounds awfully earnest when she tells me to run. I always feel like looking back over my shoulder to see if she’s noticed someone following me. Strangers really [...]

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October 4, 2011 4. i didn’t die.

It was still dark at 6:45 this morning. A little misty, a little cool. And not once did I think about going back to bed. No, I wandered around the neighborhood for about two miles. A little more walking than running. The running part felt pretty good, and when the nice British lady on Couch [...]

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October 3, 2011 3. run away.

Those of you who have been here for a while might remember a promise I made nearly two years ago — that one where I said I was going to run a half-marathon the following year. Have you stopped laughing yet? It’s OK — I haven’t either. The unfunny part about that promise is how [...]

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July 15, 2011 time out.

The first thing: The other thing: Can we just stop the season now and have a Cleveland Indians-Pittsburgh Pirates World Series?

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