Just a friendly reminder to take five minutes right now to clean the funk from your mouse. The reduced friction will surely bring a smile on your face for many days to come.

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Following my 15-miler today, I realized what might seem like the most inexpensive and environmentally friendly activity, really is not. Let’s take a look at the breakdown of today’s run: Shoes: $100. I get ~200 miles out of a pair of my Saucony Pro Grid Hurricane 10s so that comes out to $.50 per mile. Today’s run? $7.50 in shoe wear. Energy: You cannot…

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After less than a year of use, my iPod Shuffle has bit the bullet. I’m not too surprised, as I do put it through a lot of abuse on my training runs, but still, shouldn’t an electronic device make it a year before crapping out unless it has been submerged or something? Since I feel running is a perfectly valid use of the item,…

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It has been over a week since my last “real” post. Everything since then has been a movie review or something simple like it. Yes, my last real post was about running. Since that is really all that is going on in my life (I’ll be running 35 miles this week), that makes sense… On the running front I ran a mile race last…

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With 3 days (of running) remaining, I’m already at 104 miles. My previous high month was set last year, in prep for the half-marathon; a measly 78. With the few days that remain, I’ll be hitting ~115. Not too shabby considering I’ve only run ~50 for the past three months (34, 44, 59, 37, 25, 30, 17, 48, 49, 49 since the half). My…

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Made my way to this race at Fletcher’s Cove last night after work. It should be noted that this location is likely the most difficult place to get to in DC during rush-hour as it is on Canal Road, which is two lanes going only one way. To come from Arlington, you must take the Key Bridge, or go up Chain Bridge, cross over,…

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