Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Running Check in
A few weeks ago, I started my first dedicated training cycle in nearly a couple years. I did “train” for Atlanta but I did not end up completing the plan I first wrote out for speed. Even as I wrote out that initial plan, the first stepping stone towards a half marathon PR, I felt…
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Greenville Half Marathon – Race Recap
Race #185Half Marathon #672021 Race #12021 Half Marathon #1South Carolina Half Marathon #48Greenville (GHS/Prisma) Half Marathon #7 I knew that I wanted to run this race. I love the course and the organizers usually do a spectacular job putting on the race. I did not register until fairly close to the race, waiting to see…
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CRAW Region 8 Week 1 – Trials and Miles
Monday, tempo intervals (10k and 5k) 6.50 miles, spin bike, 16.20 milesI loved this speedwork on the track. It felt like I had to put in the work on these intervals, especially the 5k pace intervals. My legs still as of Wednesday felt the work I put in. I also had to contend with the…
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Getting Started
So many times lately in either a post or a journal entry, I have written about my ever lengthening to do list. Aside from that mention, I want to shift the focus away from the fact of the list and more to the things that haver over my head like a cartoon anvil on a…
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CRAW Region 7 Week 3 – Carrying
Monday, 70 minutes, 7.98 miles, spin bike 17.6 milesOriginally I thought I would drive over to school to use the track to get in my speedwork for the week. Instead, rain settled in…or never left…so I switched the runs up and ran easy on the treadmill instead. (If only the temps had dropped a few…
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Echo Chamber
Right now, my 8th graders are crafting arguments. We have spent the past few weeks working through various aspects of writing and analyzing arguments, things like the basic parts, types of credible evidence, understanding counterclaims and how to disprove them and how to explain how the evidence proves the claim. Back when I first introduced…
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CRAW Region 7 Week 2 – Finding Time
Monday, 70 minutes, 7.76 miles, spin bike, 11.7 miles, .57 miles walkingI felt good throughout the run. Soon I will have the ability to run outside after later days at work but until I can finish the run in the light rather than the dark, I will run on the treadmill. Today I tried running…
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Unprofessional Behavior
A few Fridays ago, I witnessed some examples of clique-ish, childish behavior amongst my grade level colleagues. I will not describe the events in detail. However, I will summarize them as typical “mean girls’” behavior such as having conversations with the whole group sans myself in a closed room and also ending conversations when I…
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CRAW Region 7 Week 1 – Back at It
Monday, 70 minutes, 7.99 miles, spin bike, 11.5 miles, .80 miles walkingI got started later than usual thanks to my regular ART appointment. I felt good throughout the run and specifically focused on my form as I ran. Occasionally my ankle felt pinched but when I focused on good form, that went away. During the…
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Selective Agreement…or Disagreement
On January 18th, I posted a picture from the book I read at the time, The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. I had come to the recounting of the 1960 election between Nixon and Kennedy and the telling of how Nixon responded to this electoral loss. Even though Nixon received reports of…
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