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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-15

Curtis — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Starting an 18 mile run #

Preparing

Curtis — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:53:45 +0000

I’ve finally had a few weeks of running without pain, so I feel pretty confident that I’ve solved the issue with tenderness in my knees. Cross-training and extensive stretching have really done wonders. With that fixed, I am not able to concentrate on extending my runs.

Even with shorter days I’m able to get in some good mileage on the weekends along with some decent miles on weekdays. I’m going to try to have a couple weekends with 21 mile runs. Then I will feel confident enough to run the 50K at Sunmart.

Running Friendships Saves Lives

Curtis — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:18:32 +0000

At least in this case it did.

A boss, and friend, teased his co-worker enough that they raced against each other. The teasing was rooted in a strong friendship and both cared deeply about each other. My favorite thing about this is at their race to see who was the fastest they are wearing Obama and McCain shirts. Of course, Obama won that race!

And, more importantly, the man lost 151 pounds.

Creatures

Curtis — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:58:44 +0000

I ran into six of these on my recent five mile run. They are harmless animals and sort of fun because they dart away but usually stop after ten or so feet and resume foraging though the leaves on the ground.

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-04

Curtis — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Funny quote: “Cows are surprisingly buoyant…they sort of floated like boats.” -Hollis Gildillian, a rancher in Winnie, Texas, as quote … #
Times on how cows survived Hurricane Ike. #

All The Self Imposed Expectation

Curtis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:57:30 +0000

2000. That’s the magic number of miles I think that I’m capable of hitting each year. I haven’t done it yet, but I do think it’s appropriate. I think it’s the number that I should be hitting pretty easily. Why? I’m not sure. Is it the roundness of the number? Is it maybe that the year 2000 was such a big event?

What with Y2K. All the fear that came with celebrating the year 2000. We had Conan O’Brien doing skits about the year 2000 from about the time his show began. We had all that debate about whether the year 2000 was actually the beginning of the 21st century.

Of course, all of that makes a huge difference in the mind of someone from Generation X. Maybe that’s why I am fixated on breaching that number of miles. I don’t know, but I don’t think it should be as difficult and as elusive as it has proved to be.

Will I get there this year? I don’t know…but I will try.

Busy Week In Running

Curtis — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:17:25 +0000

Despite being in trial for most of the week, I was able to get in some good running and see some friends. I ran a few miles at Memorial Park on Monday. Then on Thursday I met a friend to run 5 miles on the trails. After getting cleaned up, I joined some people from the running club for our club meeting. We had elections and a group of great members were nominated and selected to serve this year. Friday I ran 7 miles at the park. I planned on running 14 but the sun was setting on me a little quicker than I was running.

Going Long

Curtis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:57:27 +0000

This evening I decided that I needed to put in a longer run. After months of rehabbing my leg/knee my runs have been almost pain-free. Certainly not any of the pain that was present for a couple months before the actual injury. The leg held up great the entire nine miles.

I didn’t run it in a remarkable time, but I was finished in about 1:40 on a hilly trail route. I prefer to be more around 1:30 but this will do. Typically I can drop a minute or two off each mile when I’m racing so that’s putting me at a decent time if I run the Rocky Raccoon 25K next month.

This week I’m in trial for a felony, so I don’t know how many miles I’ll be running during the week. Thankfully I can let some stress out this coming weekend on the trails!