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No quitting allowed
April 29, 2013
Diabetes
I thought for sure when I set out on my run yesterday morning, I’d be leading this post off with a big fat ugly “Ugh!” By all accounts this run…
Hypoglycemic doozies
April 27, 2013
Diabetes
The other night I was lying in bed and I couldn’t sleep. I tossed. I turned. I was tired, but my brain wouldn’t shut off. It took about 20 minutes…
Assumption kills the race
April 25, 2013
Diabetes
After years months of negotiation, reviewing routes, location, timing, and swag for various organized runs, Big Brother and I finally put our hats in the ring for the Vancouver BMO…
Run hard. Run fast. No excuses.
April 23, 2013
Running
Before even finishing my run yesterday, I knew I had kicked those speed intervals out of the park, that I had gone all Speedy Gonzalez on that pavement, and that…
Kicking out the cobwebs
April 21, 2013
Races
So, today’s run. It was just supposed to be a shake the cobwebs out kind of run. I haven’t run in more than two weeks, first due to injury then…
Chicken and Rice Soup
April 18, 2013
Diabetes
April 17, 2013: Cook’s Country – February/March issue Chicken and Rice Soup “Too often, cutting corners in an effort to save time spoils the broth. Our version of chicken and rice…
I am a runner
April 16, 2013
Diabetes
I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around yesterday’s senseless act of evil at the Boston Marathon, but I can’t. I…
Sick sucks
April 14, 2013
Diabetes
A word to the wise, do NOT mess with karma, because let me tell you, I just got kicked in the butt by that turd-eating jerk face! Not even two…
Injury strategy 101
April 12, 2013
Running
I don’t know if I’m being a wimp, overly cautious or smart as elephants, but whatever it is, it’s driving me bloody crazy. During last week’s rainy tempo run (the…
Saying goodbye
April 10, 2013
Training
It felt as though I had been out of love with my Kona Zing for years, almost since I got him it seemed. Every time we hit the pavement, I…
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: And then there were two
April 8, 2013
Diabetes
Remember a month ago, when I teased you all with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT on the horizon, and then I pretty much didn’t say a word of it since. Well folks,…
Running with BOB, part 2
April 5, 2013
Diabetes
So. BOB. I suppose I should retract some of my former statements regarding my newest running partner. I suppose I should say I don’t loathe him, I don’t hate him,…