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By octobert on September 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 17.59-20.29 – Bulldog Badge

Tough run today. Technology issues – GPS turned off, music wouldn’t play and headphones that wouldn’t connect – caused a lot of frustration early on that felt tough to run […]

By octobert on September 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 14.37-17.59 – Random Thoughts

Today was another early run at the Lehigh Parkway. Benjamin has his cross country practice there, so I took advantage of that to get my own run in. To recover […]

By octobert on September 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 11.04-14.37 – Little Lehigh Love

Even through the music from my ear buds I hear every step in the gravel along the way. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. The sun has not yet made its way above […]

By octobert on September 1, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 10.04-11.04 – Running and Writing

One measly little mile today, but it was the plan of the day. My legs were still a bit sore from Sunday and I ventured out pretty frustrated with work. […]

By octobert on August 30, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 7.16-10.04 – Decisions Made on Hills

I had a really nice run today. The weather was perfect…sunny but not overly hot with a little bit of a breeze. My goal was to run 2.84 miles…I wanted […]

By octobert on August 26, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 4.75-7.16

Frustrating afternoon led to me looking for some relief in running, which did not come. I’m not going to whine about what caused the frustrations or the additional things that […]

By octobert on August 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 2.75-4.75

Today, 2 miles was my goal and I made it. It was not overly difficult, but it was hot. Had I had some water with me, I probably could have […]

By octobert on August 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

OBX: A Highway Runs Through It

OBX: A Highway Runs Through It…NC Highway 12 and the paradise that surrounds it.

By octobert on August 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Challenge: Miles 1-2.75

I set out to do two miles and felt really good after a mile, but decided I should aim for 1.5 to not hurt myself since I am really not […]

By octobert on August 20, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

100 Mile Running Challenge: Mile 1

I also believe in signs…I think there are little things God puts in front of us to remind us that he is with us and that everything will be okay.

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