151 Results for author: David-
It started with a 4.5 mile run on July 19th. Only one day off after my first triathlon (sprint) and things didn't feel too great. Dead legs, tired.... you know the drill. I would have never guessed that would be the beginning. The beginning?? Oh, the beginning of what WE are calling "The Streak". After today's 6 mile trail ...
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After 36 consecutive days of running without a rest day, today was THE day. REST. That invaluable and necessary evil that all runners must deal with. Ahhhh..... just lazing around, eating junk and doing nothing. Living the dream. Blah, blah, blah..... That lasted until about 7pm tonight. I started jonesin'...BAD. Had to ...
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One Mile of Honor.... 186 and growing. WOOOOO!!!! x186Today, for miles 163 - 166, it was my privilege to run IN HONOR of some wonderful people.163rd mile Dora Chiumanatta164th mile Jack Richars165th mile Loraine Harris166th mile Dawn HodgesOnce again, I am humbled and grateful to have been granted this privilege. They have ...
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Long runs can be hard. Sometimes they zap ALL the energy before you even get started. This morning, as I set out for a 17 miler, I just wasn't "feeling" it. When I go solo on these runs the thought ALWAYS comes through my head to just cut it short and make it up another time and, as much as I hate to admit it, sometimes I ...
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There are not enough hours in the day sometimes. After a very long week away from home, there was not ANY time for me to slip away from my boys for a run today. THAT was okay - I missed them too. So, I had given up on the idea.....good thing for me that I hear VOICES. Some last minute running on the dreadmill let me ...
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Sometimes I really wonder if ANYBODY pays attention to this....or anything that I babble on about. Maybe they do and maybe they don't but the one thing that I DO know is that there are now 184 peeps now participating in the One Mile of Honor event. I guess what I am trying to say in my dumb little way is this..... WOOOOO...
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Sometimes it helps to look around. Look around and see that things aren't THAT bad. I watched a family go through the extraordinary hardship of removing a loved one from life support last night. The process began in the afternoon and lasted until the early hours of the morning. As I sat camped out in the ICU waiting room ...
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Trails....trails.....trails..... gotta love those trails. Today I managed to squeeze in 10 miles of therapy on some pretty awesome trails just north of Springfield, MO. Great way to clear my mind and get things together. Nothing like avoiding loose rocks and surface roots, dodging spiderwebs, jumping over dead logs and ...
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The world is going end tomorrow. Oh, no!! What are we going to do? Uhhh..... this part of 'WE' is going to throw on some Nike Pegasus and hit the roads....no, that won't do much good. The trails, that is where I would head. I would run the trails and think about anything and everything, EXCEPT the impending doom that is ...
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Some dates are easy to remember. Holidays, birthdays and anniversaries are the most obvious. For me, there is a date that I will never forget. January 16, 2006 – the day that I unknowingly turned the page and began a new chapter in my life. The idea was simple and easy. Just find some old shoes and lace 'em up, go for a ...
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