Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Finding My Passion
Self-help gurus preach this religiously. Any blogger who quit their full time job will tell you this until they are blue in the face. This concept, cultivating passion, has merit even though it has progressed far on the path towards cliche oblivion. Yet I have become increasingly convinced I have truly discovered mine even though…
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Running Deeper – Base Building Week 1 of 6
Once upon a time, on my old blog, I wrote weekly training recaps. I used these as things to record training and look back upon when I started a new training cycle to see what went well and what went wrong. Well, I said that I used the weekly recaps for that purpose. Eventually, these…
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GHS Swamp Rabbit Race to Greenville – Race Recap
Race #142 Half Marathon #46 South Carolina Half Marathon #33 2018 Race #3 2018 Half Marathon #2 GHS Swamp Rabbit Race to Greenville #5 I had zero goals for this race. I know I have said that before but today I truly meant it. After Hilton Head, my quads were incredibly sore, much more than…
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The Gun Post
On Wednesday, February 14, Valentine’s Day, once again, another normal school day erupted into tragedy. Seventeen families lost someone they loved. Social media devolved into fractious shouting matches slinging words like hand grenades as they turn away, cover their ears and protect themselves from the fall out. Few stop to mourn. Fewer still pause to…
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What I Have Done With My Life
Recently, one of my cousins, one not yet 21 and married less than a year announced that he and his wife are expecting a baby due in August. This news stirred up turbulent emotions and disconcerting questions. I first thought of my grandmother. She always wanted more babies in her life and a year after…
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Hilton Head Island Half Marathon – Race Recap
Race #141 Half Marathon #45 South Carolina Half Marathon #32 2018 Race #2 2018 Half Marathon #1 Hilton Head Island Half Marathon #7 (8th consecutive time running) Today turned out to not be my day on the race course. In the end though, I am still proud of the effort i put out and learned…
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Telling People’s Stories
Long before podcasts gained popularity, I listened with avid interest. Months or years worth of episodes piled up on my iPod like a pile of raked leaves in the fall that I dove into and binge-listened to my heart’s content. Years ago, I alternated between podcast binging and audiobook listening but the advent of the…
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The Peril of a House Divided
“A House Divided.” This phrase has resonated throughout history since its origin in the gospels. Most Americans associate the phrase with Abraham Lincoln who famously used it to describe the disastrous state of the United States during the Civil War. Recently this phrase and its implications became startlingly clear in my own work life. The…
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A Woman Alone – Travel Thoughts
Back in July, my father gifted a book titled A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe. I had never heard of the book before but the concept intrigued me for obvious reasons. Thanks to my book project I did not have a chance to read the book until the first week of this…
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Greenville News Run Downtown 2018 – Race Recap
Race #140 5k #49 2018 Race #1 2017 5k #1 Greenville News Run Downtown 5k #6 After the unsuccessful PR effort at Jingle Jingle back in December, I briefly entertained another PR attempt here since I was already registered, emphasis on briefly. Instead, I shifted my focus, as planned to half marathon training since the…
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