Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Language, a Powerful Tool
As a child, I frequently imagined creating my own language, a new and unique way to express thoughts in my heart and head. Little wonder that the works of Tolkien became my favorite the moment I opened the first page. I knew that I would study a foreign language the moment the class first became…
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Know and Do Better – Tragedy Then and Now
Most people know little to nothing about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Prior to 2017, I was one of that number. I learned about this tragedy when preparing to teach the novel, Tulsa Burning to my Gifted and Talented students. Then a little over a month ago, the American History Tellers podcast showed me just how…
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Palmetto Dunes Turtle Trot 5k 2019
Race #1715k #562019 Race #152019 5k #3Palmetto Dunes Turtle Trot 5k #2 I signed up for this race as a way to get in a race in August, nothing more. In the south, races in August are few and far between so I will take what I can get. I knew that I would have…
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Not the Expert
Disclaimer: I originally intended to post this several weeks ago, having written it before leaving on my Europe trip. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to type it up and post it before leaving and the wordpress site would not cooperate while overseas. Thus, I ended up going a month without posting. I have plenty…
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Family Notions
Complex. Unique. Varied. The word “family” brings all sorts of connotations to each individual person. Some include immediate family members such as parents, siblings, and children. Some include everyone even tangentially related, inviting them to family reunions so large they print matching t-shirts in bulk. Others may acknowledge people to be biologically related but will…
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Zermatt Half Marathon 2019
Race #170Half Marathon #592019 Race #142019 Half Marathon #8International Race #3Zermatt Half Marathon #1 When I first started planning this trip, I thought about running the ultra. After all, I had thought about a stage race to begin with and this would be my first ultra, up a mountain no less. Thankfully, sanity prevailed and…
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Thirst for Knowledge and Challenge
I have discussed this before but as I sat in a full day of grad classes for my school leadership degree, I believed that I should revisit the topic. It is something consuming a large portion of my mind (at the time of writing since I had a lot of time on my hands to…
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Milliman “Moose” Mile 2019 Race Recap
Race #169 Mile #1 2019 Race #13 Milliman “Moose” Mile #1 Short and sweet. That’s the mile, although not so much the sweet. Sweat perhaps, not sweet. I found this race while looking for possible alternatives for a June race after I decided not to run Sunrise. (At that point, I still planned to run…
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Planning, Planning, Planning
For the past few weeks I have been knee deep in preparations for my Grand European Adventure, the upcoming school year with a new prep (Social Studies, finally), my ambitious plans for a high school Model UN club, and getting my classwork for my two grad classes completed. While it drains me and consumes my…
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Running Revisited
Obviously, running forms a crucial part of my life. I fell in love with it almost nine years ago and have not looked back since. For many years I chased the allure of “faster.” I hired a coach, completed the speedwork as ordered, and obsessed over every twinge, or sore muscle, coming tantalizingly close to…
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