Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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GHS Half Marathon 2017 – Race Recap
Race #120 Half Marathon #37 SC Half Marathon #28 2017 Race #4 2017 Half Marathon #2 GHS Half Marathon #4 I have a slightly less than sane habit of running half marathons (or comparable distances) two to three weeks after marathons. (15k a week after my first marathon and then the Tryon half a week…
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Hilton Head Island Marathon Race Review
Normally I include the race review after the recap. A marathon, however, deserves its own separate post. Registration and Packet Pick Up Nothing unusual cropped up during the registration process. Additionally, we arrived too late to experience packet pick up in its new location. Our race day pick up went fine albeit a bit awkwardly.…
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Reviewed and Renewed Intentions
A quick note to address the vocabulary choice in the title and throughout the rest of this entry: from here on out, instead of using the word “goal(s),” I plan to use the word “intention(s).” This is to align my actions this year with my overall focus of intentionality. These “intentions” all serve a specific…
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Hilton Head Island Marathon – Race Recap
Race #119 Marathon #9 SC Marathon #2 2017 Race #3 2017 Marathon #1 Hilton Head Island Marathon #1 (7th consecutive time running, 6 previous were the half) I’m pretty sure that I have never been more relaxed heading into a marathon before. (It is a bit surreal though that when I run Chicago in the…
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Going Deep
When I first conceived of the idea for this blog, I pictured a place where I would dive in and thoroughly explore the variety of topics that spark my interested. I know that I’m only a month in but so far most of what I have written has stayed much closer to the surface than…
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Uber Frugal Month – A Recap
Although a few things unexpectedly cropped up, this month was a rousing success both in savings and goal terms. I’m going to go line by line over everything I have spent this month. Don’t worry, this list isn’t very long. Charitable $396 – tithe. This is non-negotiable, the first thing that I do with my…
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Thoughts on Minimalism
Over the past several years I have been drifting – slowly at first but much more rapidly now – towards minimalism. Based on my family history, this is unusual. As a general rule, both sides of my family have collected and held onto large numbers of things. Of itself, collections and keepsakes can be quite…
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The Rest of the Goals
I am a goals oriented person. I derive immense satisfaction from making lists and then crossing through each line. I become giddy when I set goals and surpass them handily. (I should remember this for those many times I attempt to shoot for the moon.) Instead of devoting a separate post to each of these…
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Resolution Run Half Marathon 2017 – Race Recap
Race #118 Half Marathon #36 SC Half Marathon #27 2017 Race #2 2017 Half Marathon #1 Resolution Run Half Marathon #4 We sandwiched this race in between 60 extra minutes. I think our inadvertent taper (10 miler on New Year’s Day without the planned 30 extra minutes thanks to the rain and a long run…
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2017 – The Financial Year Ahead
By the time this post publishes, the year will be 10 days old. That’s what happens when I have limited my posting schedule to once a week during the school year. (#lifeofateacher) Back to the post… A year ago I wrote out a financial goals/philosophy post. Even though I never published it, I found it…
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