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First camping trip of the year (sort of)
Vivian and I did a quick one-night sort-of camping trip to kick off our 2026 camping campaign. I say sort of because we stayed in a campground cabin, so it was really easy (and awesome), and no tent setup was required, but I’m still counting it as camping! We stayed at Raven Rock State Park…
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A few words can be much better than none
I tend to err on the side of avoiding small talk with people that I run into. With some minor exceptions, I would go even further and say that I’m often antisocial around those new to me. It’s probably mostly to my detriment and something that I’ve been wondering about a lot recently. Maybe that’s…
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2026 American Tobacco Trail Marathon
I finished my second full marathon today. It was mostly awesome. The first half seemed to fly by. Just don’t ask about those last 5 or so miles. Brutal. My watch says I’ve gone nearly 50,000 steps today. My two big toes are so sensitive to touch I nearly howled when Vivian accidentally stepped on…
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Running is a conversation with myself
I’m not really into Harry Styles’ music but I appreciate his running habit and this interview with Murakami from Runner’s World is gold. I could listen to him talk about running all day. I have a marathon coming up this weekend and I’ve only recently been listening to music from time to time on my…
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What you are aware of
“What you are aware of, you are in control of, what your are not aware of is in control of you.” Awareness by Anthony De Mello. This is a line from Awareness (one of the very few books I reread annually and have posted about before) that I’ve been coming back to again and again…
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Notes from the trail 01.28.26: Headphones are ok
Three things I learned during my past few long runs.
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Notes from the trail 1.13: Run the song
Second marathon coming in < 10 weeks. “Moving the left leg and then the right leg is a lot and is enough.” Ben Ratliff, Run the Song
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Notes from the trail 10.01 (Sun Never Sets Edition)
My running game has kinda been on autopilot ever since my month of running 150 miles and the marathon earlier this year. However, at my work we had the 9th edition of our “Sun Never Sets” 5k relay, so you know I had to lace up the trainers for that.
