July 2010
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“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”
– Stephen Wright
June 2010
13 posts
Rock and Roll Half Marathon Trip Report
On Saturday, I ran the 2010 Seattle Rock and Roll Half Marathon. I’ve heard “The hardest marathon/half-marathon is your second.” I figure this is mostly attributed to actually having an idea what’s coming up and no mystery ahead, but it was true enough for mine for some much more specific reasons than that.
I got an early start with my alarm going off at 3 AM. Crashed...
“Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your lungs and the...”
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“Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.”
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Tip for running long during the summer: For 9 miles or longer on a warm day, I’ve taken to sometimes stopping for a brief break a little after half way at some random convenience store and having an ice cream bar.
Picks you right the hell up, cools you off and it’s tastier than energy gels.
“Pain is essential, suffering is optional.”
– Buddha
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our...”
– Winston Churchill
“Some succeed because they are destined to; most succeed because they are...”
– Anatole French
“Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired...”
– Robert De Castella
“What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the...”
– John Bingham, running writer and speaker (via livemylove)
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to...”
– John Bingham, running speaker and writer (via livemylove)
May 2010
27 posts
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Foil Baked Salmon
Figured it was about time I did a “What I’m Eating” post.
Today’s lunch, foil baked Alaskan salmon.
7 oz salmon fillet
2 Tbsp soy sauce
a few squirts of lemon juice
2-3 tsp minced garlic
Ground pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Cut a square of aluminum foil a little more than twice the size of the salmon fillet, you’ll be using the edges to...
I’ve gone ahead and added a link to my race PR’s to my sidebar. List is meager at the moment, as I skipped from 5K’s to Half Marathons. I plan on fleshing that list out in the near future.
“Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.”
– Plato
Half Marathon Cherry
Well, it’s official, I’m a half marathoner now. I have the finisher medal and sore calves to prove it.
Today I ran the St. Jude’s Heroes Half Marathon, around Seattle’s Lake Union. I ran it with my certified badass mom, and we came in at just a hair under 2 hours 22 minutes. Started out at a 10:30 pace, kept it just above 11 for the middle miles and then felt a huge...
“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope...”
– G. K. Chesterton
EliGEAR.com: Half the man (he) used to be →
My friend Eli over at Eli Gear posted up my guest blog piece today, I suggest you all go read it and check out his blog. He’s the one who convinced me to blog about my new lifestyle in the first place.
Today’s guest post is by my friend Brian, who’s lost almost a hundred pounds in the last year. He didn’t do it by sitting on his butt, and he didn’t do it with low-tech toys like your...
“Speed is sex, distance is love.”
– David Blaikie
Transformation Gratification Moment Of The Day
Went and got some new clothes for a promising job interview tomorrow, as my previous interview clothes just don’t fit quite right anymore. Up until now, even as I was losing weight, every time I’d get a new suit or blazer, there would have to be reasonably extensive alterations around the midsection to get let it out in spots, close or open the vents in places and get the drape just...
“It is time to break through the barriers that have held you back and held you...”
– Greg Hickman
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Scott Jurek runs 165.70 miles in 24 hours. New US Road & All Surface record. No American has run further in 24 hours! Takes Silver Medal at 2010 24-Hour World Championships and Leads US Men to Bronze.
Pretty amazing stuff, and huge congrats to Jurek, but this caught my eye in the article and really stood out:
On paper, Arbona and McCarthy were in over their heads, but they hung on...
“You don’t realize how strong a person really is until you see them at...”
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13.5 miles, 2 hours, 35 minutes, last long run before my first official half marathon next week. The sick part is, that run actually felt almost leisurely. I think something’s broken in my head.
Also, WTF sight of today’s run, passed a Hybrid left idling, with no driver in it or in sight. Chew on that little environmental irony for a while.
“You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.”
“The body of man is a machine which winds its own springs.”
– J. O. De La Mettrie
“I just want to see how long I can keep this thing going. The easiest thing is...”
– Jack Lalanne
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest...”
– Roger Bannister
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
– Marvin Gaye (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“When the body is strong and the mind is weak, the result is insubordination....”
“True courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to proceed in spite...”
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“Sometimes, you gotta run before you can walk.”
– Tony Stark; Iron Man (via lindaliuser) (via quote-book)
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“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
– Jim Rohn
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“Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these...”
– Goethe
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“Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but...”
– Charles Caleb Colton
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“Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.”
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“No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.”
– Jean Paul
April 2010
35 posts
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t...”
– John Bingham, running writer and speaker (via runtheline)
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“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have...”
– Edward Stanley
24 Hours of Leadville →
When 100 miles above 10,000 feet isn’t quite enough.
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“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on...”
– Arnold H. Glasow
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“All it takes is all you got.”
– Marc Davis
Great Moments In Total Transformation
While at a party last night, I was talking with an old acquaintance I hadn’t seen over a year or so, having a great chat. A half hour or an hour into the conversation, he saw a before picture and had this sudden look of dawning on his face.
He didn’t realize prior that we hadn’t just met that night, but that he had, in fact, known me for years. Apparently I just wasn’t...
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“The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.”
– Walter Bagehot