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The only thing worse than the first few weeks of running is starting with a friend who is a “natural.” My friend was Courtney and to this day I am still bitter. While I drug myself through the neighborhood in shame, Courtney opted to train on the treadmill. She was with me at the first [...]
I wasn’t going to show up for my second 5k without a bit more practice. I set out for a jog feeling very fit and healthy because choosing to run already set me in a higher existential sphere. I imagined how I must look to people driving by, wishing they were a svelte athlete in [...]
I signed up for my first 5k because I wanted Kim Zmeskal’s autograph. (It was the Edmond Classic– do they still have that one?) I walked most of the course, and afterward I felt like someone shoved six Valium down my throat before dropping an anvil on my chest. I hadn’t really trained because I [...]
For all of you who prefer the “Running” to the “Mama”… Saturday was the Cowtown Marathon, Ft. Worth’s biggest running event each year. My running partner, Jerri, and I planned to run the half. Despite the ugly t-shirt with a huge flaming bull, the race is supremo. It is big enough to offer awesome perks [...]
I don’t post about running very often because most of my friends would rather gouge a stick into their eye than cover any distance on foot, but every so often I feel it necessary to justify my blog title. I almost didn’t get into the race because I procrastinated and they sold out of bib [...]
Like if you were a slug, a turtle might seem fast. I am slow and steady too. I get up on running days and double knot my Mizunos with fervor, because how else should I? They don’t know that I am no Deena Kastor, blazing a path through the dawn like a whitetail deer. I [...]
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