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Location:

Cambridge,MA,

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

3:25:46 Marathon (Seattle '07)

1:36:56 Half Marathon (Whidbey '07)

1:34:30 Half Marathon - in race (Seattle '07)

53:02 12k (Rhody Run '07)

6:55 pace 14.52/185 mi relay (Northwest Passage '08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Weight

~~June 1: 163~~ 157!

~~June 8: 161~~ 156

~~June 15: 159~~ 156

~~June 22: 157~~ 153

June 29: 155

July 6: 153

July 13: 151

~~July 20: 149~~ August 1: 149.6!

Races

Oct 26: Cape Cod Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Emulate my stepfather -- still running at 87!

Personal:

I know a secret technique for opening mangos taught me by a Wolof sorcerer. I was briefly a political appointee at the U.N. I am intimately familiar with a disciple of David Hume.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Elixir Lifetime Miles:						128.80
NB 890v2 Lifetime Miles:						106.80
Kinvara 2 Black Lifetime Miles:						328.45
Merrell Sonic Glove Lifetime Miles:						9.90
Kinvara 3 Red Lifetime Miles:						83.10
Kinvara 3 Blue Lifetime Miles:						99.25

Wed, Dec 12, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

530 with DG. Clear and super-cold (for Seattle) with black ice all over the place.

So here's a conundrum. Sunday I was totally stuck and couldn't write a word, and Monday morning I felt like my body was going to spew spare parts all over the road. By contrast, the last two days I wrote really well and worked fairly efficiently, and lo and behold my body has felt great. Today the achilles was super, no complaints from the groin, stomach fine. What's up with that? Is it just that I sleep better when the work is moving along?

Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Bonnie on Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 14:34:44

subconscience stress about getting it done -- or at least that is what I have always attributed it to -- unfortunately, in academia it never goes away!

Good job plugging along with the writing (and keeping up with the running).

Bonnie

From MichelleL on Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 14:50:35

My husband Paul does at least one "writing session" a day, at least 5 days a week, and has for five years. He may take xmas off, but not both xmas and xmas eve, that would be asking too much. I think writing is alot like running. You have to show up and do the time, and sometimes it is glorious, and sometimes it's not, and you won't always know which it will be.

I get that feeling like appendages are going to fall off sometimes. It is a strange feeling.

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