October 2011
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New Yorkers: Marathon info session + free tech tee... →
I think I’m going to the Tuesday session if anyone has interest. I have no idea what to expect, but hey, free shirt!
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New York Times: Elite Marathoner Is Right at Home... →
Elites! They walk among us!
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NIKE+ WOMENS (VIRTUAL) HALF MARATHON :) - January...
tinaoffandrunning:
i love this- here’s a link to the site and to register!
I mean, they’re just biting the Soaring Wings style, but yeah, I guess this is cool.
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Nutritionally, green juices are my (choose your...
I don’t believe they work consistently, I would never base an entire plan around them and I look down on those who do. Mathematically I know it’s better to practice better every day than try to cram at the last minute.
And yet in a pinch I’m like, “Well, it can’t hurt and it’s better than doing nothing.”
This post brought to you by lack of sleep and the...
UPDATE ON RnR NOLA REGISTRATION
runningwithguts:
Promo code is now SAINTSWIN, not SAINTS.
SAINTSWIN.
SAINTSWIN.
SAINTSWIN.
Got it? Great!
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RnR New Orleans 2012 →
Okay, if I understand this page correctly…
1. Every time the Saints win, RnR discounts the marathon and half marathon registration the next day by the number of points between the Saints and the other team.
2. The Saints beat the Colts yesterday 62-7 which could be some kind of record.
3. That’s a $55 discount…
4. On a race that’s $90 (half) or $95 (full), so it would...
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Saturday Long Run Song
(to the tune of “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”)
There’s a stranger in my bed, there’s a pounding in my head Spandex all over the room, iPod’s loaded up with tunes I smell like a Powerbar, sun is rising in the yard Later on we’ll barbecue, hope I don’t blister or bruise
‘Cause my face and time will end up online — I’m screwed! Oh well, it’ll be a blur but I’m pretty sure it...
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“Philosophers have explained space. They have not explained time. It is the...”
– Arnold Bennett. His book How To Live on 24 Hours A Day is kind of the original self-help (from 1910!) and you can read it for free in email installments here. I probably reread this book about once a year whenever I get a case of the “There’s never any time!”s.
fact of the day
meredish:
Sixty-two percent of adults intend to exercise regularly, but only 46% do.*
*OMG… I am a part of that 46%!! WOOO!!
WE ARE THE 46%
(Too soon.)
(Also, here’s the source for that fact, because I like having sources for things.)
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Robots among us
I can only conclude that the programming of music at my gym is done by computer from the frequency that Kelly Rowland’s “Motivation” comes up in the rotation. Despite its title, this is not a song about motivating yourself to work out. It might get your ass there anyway (not judging!) but, no.
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