Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Yearly Goals
Prepare for what might be my longest entry to date. 🙂 Over the years, I have wavered between making specific goals, setting intentions or focuses. I have set vague intentions and lost sight of my motivation for those intentions. Other times, I have fallen off the deep end on the other side and set too…
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Changing my Mind
Back in September while in Chicago for Laura’s wedding, an idea began to form in my mind, an idea viewed through rose-colored glasses and lacking any concrete definition. I thought about taking a week of my Winter Break and heading up to Chicago to test it out, give it a whirl in the winter to…
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Resolution Run Race Recap
Race #156Timed Race #12018 Race #172018 Timed Race #1Resolution Run #1 I almost forgot to recap this race! I signed up for The Resolution Run put on by Upstate Ultras as a way to get in my long run for the week since we would be driving back from Hilton Head in the morning and…
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Travel Ahead
In the next few posts, I look ahead and reflect behind. The typical sort of thing to do as the new year rapidly approaches and brings with it plans and changes. Most years bring these, yet I hypothesize that 2019 will bring quite a bit of change, much of it yet uncertain. That, however, is…
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Jingle Jingle 5k 2018 Race Recap
Race #1555k #532018 Race #162018 5k #5Jingle Jingle 5k #4 Unlike previous editions of this race, this race took place on Christmas Eve, on a Monday. This made it quite easy to fit into the trip although I would have come down early had the race taken place on Saturday morning. I did not have…
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Inspiration and Choice
As far back as I can remember, stories have captivated me. I wanted – and still want – to read all of them and write many more. When the fancy strikes me, I daydream of what it might be like to make a living as a writer of some kind. Putting pen or pencil to…
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A More Reasonable Bite
This post has nothing to do with the consumption of food, contrary to what the title may have you believe. Rather, I refer to the idiom concerning biting off more than one can chew, something to which I have a predisposition. As a Learner, I frequently search out new things to consume in an effort…
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A Dabble in Fiction
It has been a while since I dabbled in fiction, too long. It’s my first love and I am contemplating returning to it on a more regular basis. The next vignette has no title or grand purpose but I enjoyed writing it as much as I hope others will enjoy reading. ———- ———– ———- ———…
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Strength Enough
When this school year began, I had clues in abundance that I likely took on too much or at least enough to force me out of my comfort zone. Add in some important family functions and I reach yet another month where I hope that I will emerge from the “desperate dog paddle” mode. For…
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TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k
Race #154 8k #13 2018 Race #15 2018 8k #1 TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k #9 Even though the conference last week threw off my training – I ran only twice – I picked up my training again this week and have enjoyed each step. My coach set the goal as 41:30, an 8:20 per mile…
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