100 Mile Challenge: Miles 27.39-30.48 – I Hate Running
How the hell can people enjoy running? Good lord, it sucks! I ran 3 miles tonight and every single step HURT. I expected to loosen up, but step after step […]
100 Mile Challenge: Miles 23.38-27.39 – “Hello” Protocol
Today was a real struggle. I planned to do 4 miles and unlike previous runs, I was not optimistic or “in to it”. I didn’t want to be running, plain […]
Remembering 9/11
We had our bulldog puppy Edgar for about two months when I found myself staring at him and feeling envious as I did so. He sniffed around the room, jumped […]
100 Mile Challenge: Miles 20.29-23.38 – Between Rain Drops
I did another morning run today between rain drops. It was a confidence boosting run as it didn’t begin well and I went out in a bad mood, but it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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