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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Every year my father meets up with three buddies and spends a weekend playing golf. It's an annual event they've been doing for years, one that he looks forward to the way some look forward to that two weeks of vacation Americans get each year. For him, it's a chance ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2011
We drove into Farmington this afternoon, M and m and I. We stopped at Walmart to pick up a few extra bags of bark mulch and other supplies we'll need to install the drip system in the front yard, and then we went to dinner at the Three Rivers Brewery. ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Dark clouds hovered over the east and a stiff wind blew cool air from the Gulf of Mexico. My bare feet slapped against the packed sand as salt water lapped around my feet. I ran south along the beach, the water on my left, leaving the quiet confines of our ...
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Tonight, in the shower, I turned the water as cold as I could stand and let it wash over my head and neck and shoulders. I watched the cold water swirl around my feet and into the drain and I began to cry. I cried not out of fear for ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Today I ran home in the rain. Well, a drizzle maybe. Not quite a full on downpour. I neglected to bring the rain cover for the running stroller and so relied on the built-in canopy to keep m dry. She smiled up at me from her dry perch, through the ...
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Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Shortly after Boston, I wrote here about my next goal which was to place (1st, 2nd or 3rd) in my age group in a New York Road Runner's race. I did some research and found that the only one that may work was today's four mile Celebrate Israel run. Yes, ...
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Yesterday morning, m and I left the apartment around 8am for a short run before we met some friends for brunch. As usual, she was excited to get out and screamed in delight when the apartment door opened. She rushed out into the hallway and stopped at the stairs, looked ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
I've been telling people for a while, since my last bike accident, that I've driven a bike in New York every day for four years and only been knocked off my bike twice. I thought that was good odds. I may have spoken too soon.
I was on my way to ...
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Today's the kind of day that helps me remember why I love to run. The sun was out, the sky blue. When I left the apartment around 9am, the temperature hovered in the high fifties with high humidity. No matter. I love the cool air and the warm sun on ...
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Boston was a big goal for me, one I've been trying to reach for years. Having run it in my best marathon time I worried for a few days that it would begin to feel like something of a letdown. I've been thinking about this marathon for years, after all, ...
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