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130 miles: From what do you flee?
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Monday, November 14, 2011. From what do you flee? I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.". There are a few times, or I guess more accurately, activities, when I am utterly sure of myself. During these, I enjoy lengthy periods of clarity in as much as my brain turns off, the questions desist, and I truly focus. Doing an experiment in the lab. Do you ever look back at times in your life when you were really, really good at something, and wonder "will I ever be that good again?
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130 miles: Day 4 (part 2)
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Friday, September 17, 2010. Day 4 (part 2). I ain't heard no fat lady.". Will Smith, Independence Day. Lab meeting went until 4:50 PM, at which time I poked my head around the corner of the department entrance to see the weather outside. Pouring rain. Big, fat, hard rain. It was already looking dark, too; it looked like winter. I remembered the pain in my legs, the pain from the morning, and shuddered. Can I do this? Challenge. This, this is new territory. You runnin' a long way? HOLY SHIT, dude! I walke...
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130 miles: An Almost Royal Welcome...
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Monday, October 4, 2010. An Almost Royal Welcome. A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.". By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. A lot can happen in 37 seconds. In 37 seconds the space shuttle goes from 0 - Mach 1. In 37 seconds a bridge can collapse from an earthquake. In 37 seconds I can run 250 meters. Incidentally. The Royal Victoria Marathon is now known as "The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon". At 2 kilometers le...
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130 miles: Running from Running
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Sunday, November 20, 2011. Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.". Even if you hide yourself from the world, don’t lose sight of your real nature.". Look at that picture for a moment. That was October of 2010 in Victoria. The last few hundred feet of that fateful marathon which I will never forget. I look pretty good, I have to say. You would never know how much pain I was enduring and had endured, right? November 21, 2011 at 5:52 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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130 miles: A question of Priorities
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. A question of Priorities. 8220;Action expresses priorities.”. Another version of a manuscript done. Its the 5th revision. I happily and triumphantly hit "send" on the email, unleashing yet another bit of scientific garble into the ether, an electronic dart aimed squarely at my advisor. But he is crafty. Oh, well, excuse me. And then I sit down to commence scientific head-banging with a clear mind. I tell myself that it is almost over. Things will change when. and then, I...I hav...
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130 miles: Life's Chapters
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Sunday, March 18, 2012. Death solves all problems. No man, no problem.". The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.". I like to think of it as realism. The glass is too damn big. Ironman is 153 days and 15 hours away. And right now, sheer determination is getting me through. How long can it last? March 25, 2012 at 5:06 PM. My glass is half full! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Slipping in the back. quietly.
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130 miles: On the Utility of Heart Rates
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Thursday, February 23, 2012. On the Utility of Heart Rates. Any form of exercise that raises your heart rate and leaves you slightly breathless, if done on a regular basis, is extremely beneficial. I have a routine that I have followed more often than not for the last 13 years as I go to bed. I put on my cheapest, most simple heart rate monitor, and lay down. Then, I watch my heart rate decrease to to the lowest level possible without being asleep. When I am overtrained, my heart rate tells me. As I lay ...
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130 miles: A good friend.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. 8220;Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”. I started running marathons and Cappie become marathon-training dog. She would get tired and fall back to the very end of the leash and look at me, pleadingly, to stop so she could sniff every individual blade of grass- again. At the dog-park she is Icky-dog. She likes to be confrontational, but I don't know where she gets that. She is now "Thesis-Writing dog" and I will put her in my acknowledgements. Lost a f...
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130 miles: The Next 140.6 miles
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Monday, September 5, 2011. The Next 140.6 miles. A year seems like a long time. But it runs by in a blur. That's what I was thinking as I drove away from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada last Tuesday. Having just signed up for Ironman Canada 2012, my third Ironman but first at Penticton, I caught myself having the "plenty of time until that rolls around" thoughts. Nice try, rookie. I knew better. Sure, a year is 365 days, 52 weeks, 8760 hours. It IS a long time. September 5, 2011 at 8:05 PM.
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130 miles: Achieving the Unachievable
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Friday, January 6, 2012. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.". Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.". I set out to win every race I enter. I tell myself this is not realistic, but I never start any race thinking I am racing for 2nd. You are too ambitious. Why do you train so hard? Your expectations are unrealistic. You are setting yourself up for failure. It is easie...
