Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Traveling on a Teacher’s Salary
So far in this blog’s short history, I have talked a lot about both traveling and personal finance. most of those posts have focused on the how. This post focuses on the why. Why do I choose to spend a comparatively high percentage of my income on travel and everything that goes along with it?…
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Freedom Flyer 2 Miler 2017 – Race Recap
Race #128 2 Miler #1 2017 Race #12 2017 2 Miler #1 Freedom Flyer 2 Miler #1 When I saw that the Greenville Track Club was putting on a new holiday race in a distance that I have never raced before, I signed up immediately. (Like I have mentioned before, I have an addiction to…
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Closing the Cycle – Composting
A few weeks ago while at the gym, I happened to catch a small portion of a morning news clip. That clip talked about a new statewide initiative to reduce food waste. Most of the details escape me save one. Each year, on average, South Carolinians throw out 640,000 pounds of food. One person has…
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Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon 2017 – Race Recap
Race #127 Half Marathon #38 SC Half Marathon #29 2017 Race #11 2017 Half Marathon #3 Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon #1 I had high goals for this race. After my unexpectedly good performance at the GHS Half back in February I decided to go for it at Mountains to Main since they, as…
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2017 Travels – Chicago Edition – Lessons Learned
One thought that occurred to me frequently throughout that Spring Break was “this is why I am frugal. I have prioritized my spending on what brings me joy.” That’s a post for another time. (This post was originally supposed to go up on May 2 but unfortunately something went wrong, most likely user error, and…
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Covenant Race for Adoption 5k 2017 – Race Recap
Race #126 5k #46 2017 Race #10 2017 5k #3 Covenant Race for Adoption 5k #4 I had a lot of fun at this race. This course challenges me every time yet I keep coming back. Before the race today I decided that I wanted to run hard. I knew that would not be close…
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10 Years Later
May 5, 2007. The day I graduated from college. The realization has started to sink in that I can no longer call myself a recent college graduate, no matter how much I may feel like one. Twenty-one year old me, months away from my twenty-second birthday, had no idea what God would bring my way…
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Swamp Rabbit 5k 2017 Race Recap
Race #125 5k #45 2017 Race #9 2017 5k #2 Swamp Rabbit 5k #5 I have a hard time staying away from this race despite my better judgment. When the registration cost is only $6 and one has a mild addiction to running all the races, if my schedule allows I sight up and run…
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One Hundred Two
On April 24, 1915, the Committee of Union and Progress, the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, rounded up, arrested and deported over 250 leading Armenian intellectuals and religious leaders. Most of these men were later murdered. Although the Turks had perpetrated various acts of violence towards Armenians before this date, this egregious moment of…
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Reedy River 10k 2017 – Race Recap
Race #124 10k #10 2017 Race #8 2017 10k #1 Reedy River 10k #4 The plan going in to this run was to try to pace Mom to a sub 50 minute finish so that we could both register for the same corral for Cooper River next year. I didn’t tell her because I did…
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