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22 Jul 20093:24:00 = time it took to watch a very sweet video.
Rest of the day = time I spent thinking about my sweetheart because of the video.
Courtosey of le love blog.
In: motivation| run
26 Nov 2008by John Linscott
‘Twas the night before Boston and all through the Pru,
The rumors were thick in the land of beef stew.
At noon on the morrow one would break the hex,
A runner would run-of the opposite sex.
A girl in the race? The thought troubled Jock’s slumber.
To add insult to injury-she would wear a number.
Jock was sworn [...]
In: motivation| run
8 Oct 2008The ING NYC Marathon recently posted statistics outlining what takes marathon takes. It reminds me of some statistics I saw years ago about the superbowl… and I guess the NYC Marathon is sort of the superbowl of the marathon world. Here are some highlights:
Financial Impact
$250,000,000 total economic impact of ING New York City Marathon 2005 [...]
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6 Oct 2008Being a woman from Alaska has not only been a fact about my life, but a defining characteristic of my personality. I take pride in where I come from, and often day dream of what Alaska means to me. It’s a land full of people with a deep love for the wilderness, and for each [...]
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3 Oct 2008Last night I went out to dinner with a good friend of mine at a restaurant called South. We sat in the corner with a great view of the dinning room and we couldn’t help eavesdropping on the couple next to us who appeared to be on a first date (hopefully we were at least [...]
In: motivation| run
27 Sep 2008“I run because I am an animal. I run because it is part of my genetic wiring. I run because millions of years of evolution have left me programmed to run. And, finally, I run because there’s no better way to see the sun rise and set.”
Amby Burfoot, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of [...]
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19 Sep 2008This is a great story from some Women in Alaska who decided it was time to have a voice. The following is a discription of the story, and a few of my favorite images from the event.
“[The] Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac [...]
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11 Sep 2008Ocean Beach can be a very meditative place to live in San Francisco. Friends and family remark often about how chilly, foggy, windy, isolated the neighborhood can be, and they’re right. It is a very remote part of the city, if there can be such a thing. This isolation is what keeps certain personalities away [...]
I dug snow caves and raised moose in Alaska. These days I surround myself with all things California, and try to avoid being a weekend warrior.