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She's a 1992 model, and I got her new in late May or early June of 1993. So we've been together 20 years now! She's a smidge too big for me, but after all this time I'm used to it. Over...

I'm about 75lbs under my heaviest, and have been this weight (or smaller) for 5.5 years now. 5 years ago, there was much more droopy/ saggy stuff, but over time things have tightened up...

Derby Day is a big holiday here in Kentucky, and the first Saturday of May is typically good running weather, so this is fast becoming one of Lexington's bigger races. This year, proceeds were going...

Orange is a fast color, that's why my lucky race-day bra is orange. And I had gotten dressed and then changed my shirt after I realized just how visible it was through the old tee I was wearing!

Dear woman I was behind for the first mile of today's 10k/5k,
Did you know that your black capris were so worn/stretched-out that everyone could see that you were wearing orange underwear?

The elementary school just .5 mile away doesn't even have a bike rack. My next door neighbors drive the kids to and fro school every day. Makes me sad. The middle school and high school this...

I remember watching them out of my dorm window, freshman year of college, in Minnesota. Way cool.

(I also saw a couple of tornados dancing across the plains out of a dorm room window. That was...

A couple friends are doing marathons today-- Louisville and Nashville. I'm excited for them, but also find myself more worried than usual for them. Not that I think anything will happen, but... ...

Thankfully I'm past the worst of my spring allergies. It's only when I spend a lot of time around maple trees that I have problems. Thing is, my backyard is dominated by a huge ancient maple tree!...

All the local running clubs came together this morning for a Boston memorial run, well over 200 people at 7 am in 34F weather. I didn't make it, as I was preregistered to race my nearby high...

It's warm, at last! And the pollen has either decreased or I've adjusted somewhat. So I got out for a very nice run this morning. Just over 5 miles, at an 8:30 pace. Part of that speed came from...

Well, no PR in today's race. Instead, it was my first DNF. It was hard to run with a respiratory tract full of phlegm. Oh well. Bailed at 4k, at a respectable 22:54, all things considered, but...

Skipped Thursday's run, and only managed 2 miles today, thanks to the sudden arrival of spring allergies. But I'm racing tomorrow anyway; gonna do drugs, as much as I would rather not. It's a cross...

You know it's spring when you vacuum in the evening, only to find a mist of freshly-shed dog hair covering the carpet the next morning...

About 2 miles into yesterday's long run, I tripped on an uneven sidewalk in some really bad light. The way the trees cast shadows in the streetlights in that neighborhood... Oh well. I fell well, I...

Thanks to my running log, I know it was 51F at 6:30 am a year ago today. But today, it was back to the treadmill yet again, as it was snowing. Really not that cold, but cold enough that I didn't...

Race day! again. It was great weather, upper 30s with just a hint of a breeze and a bit overcast. Well, great weather once we got running; standing around waiting for the race to start was quite...

Dear spring pollen,
How is it that you're already bothering me while it's so cold? No fair dealing with allergies on a day while wearing wool long johns!

I'm nearly done with Lavinia by Ursula K Leguin. I was a classics major, and she's one of my all-time favorite authors, so I'm loving her take on a minor character in the Aeneid. With Chinue...

It took until September last year before I had a pr; got that out of the way early this year! Next Saturday is my first 5k of the year, which I need to run fast to get off to a meeting at church. ...

First race of the year is done! It was plenty warm-- about 58F at start time-- and also plenty windy. Nothing like a 20 mph headwind for the last 3rd of a race... I started out fast, with my best...

I'm hoping this was the last 20F morning of the season... Ended up on the treadmill, yet again. 5.5 miles, at an 8:10 pace. It would have been 6 miles, but I was delayed getting to the gym by...

Well, I've never made mayo with anything other than a whisk, by hand, and it's always turned out OK. Blender/food processor is not necessary. My only problem is that one egg makes more than I'll...

Skipped the brewery run on Tuesday-- it was raining hard at the time it started, and a near white-out by the time I would have been heading home. So I just enjoyed a can of their beer at home with...

Breakthrough! On the treadmill this morning, I did 5 miles in 39:56! It started out as a tempo run, at an 8:10 pace (which is crazy fast anyways), then I started picking up the pace for the last...