• Adjusting Goals

    Is it acceptable? I did some Googling, found little to nothing on the subject. It’s a sticky subject. If goals become adjustable, what’s the point of them? I suppose they’re still better than nothing, but you run the risk of not taking them so seriously. Anyway, halfway through the year, I find myself only able to run about 10 miles a week, comfortably, with…

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  • What’s in a title?

    Running to the office today, I had my first realization that my days of being “a runner” may be coming to an end. Three years since identifying an injury with my hamstrings, I’m still only able to comfortably/intelligently run about two hours a week. To someone who spends their time on their couch, that may seem significant, but when I was really a runner…

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  • My Day In Hollywood (err… Baltimore)

    It all began last Friday. In the daily digest of a bike racing mailing list I subscribe to was a call for cycling extras. Intrigued, I read on. The movie, Better Living Through Chemistry was filming a race scene in a park in Baltimore on the following Tuesday. I’m absolutely swamped at work, but figure I’ll never get another opportunity to be this close…

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  • I wouldn’t say I “fell” off the wagon

    I jumped. ”Producing” every morning was too much effort. I already do too much and then I had a wedding on top of that. Holding myself responsible to do more was overwhelming. Aside from not producing each morning, I’ve reduced the number of places I log my physical activity (from 4 to 3… one of which is automatic). This is just the beginning of…

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  • The Cherry Blossom Struggle

    Soooo…. “If any race photos pop up of the finish, I’ll need to see them. The anguish on my face must have been a hell of a sight.” Enjoy.

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  • To Instapaper and Back Again [to Read It Later]

    Do people send you links for which you have no time to read? Surely, at some point you do find the time to get to them, but without a means to save those links, you’ll have to go find them again. Enter the realm of “Reader” apps. At the top of the food chain are Read It Later (RIL), and Instapaper (IP). There are…

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