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In November 2006, I was getting the urge to run and to finish a marathon. To make mileage tracking easier, I decided to buy an iPod nano (second generation) and the Nike+iPod running kit. The running kit consists of a small transmitter designed to be inserted into a Nike running shoe and a small receiver […]

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Running the marathon was both one of the simplest things and one of the hardest things I have done in my life. Simple because it merely involves putting one foot in front of the other and hard because it involved months of training, large amounts of discipline, and huge amounts of willpower. Like most things […]

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When I got back to work on Tuesday after the marathon, I found my cubicle filled with balloons and my coworkers had gotten me a congratulatory cupcake cake! They also had a card signed by everyone in the department and some of my friends in other departments. There were a few accusations on the card […]

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I successfully ran the San Francisco Marathon today! My goal was to finish and I finished under my own power with a time of 6:05:53. It was a lot of fun with a lot of camaraderie amongst the runners especially within the group of stragglers in the back. Highlights include: running across the Golden Gate […]

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I’m still battling this head cold and I called in again sick today. I am feeling better, however, and I managed to get out of bed and had enough strength to move around the house and watch lots of TV during the day. I’m not nearly as tired as I was on Wednesday and the […]

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I stayed home today with my bad head cold. I woke up enough to call in at 8:00 A.M. and then slept in until 11:00 A.M. I ate breakfast and then returned to bed and finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I briefly left the house to get a haircut and the stylist remarked […]

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The marathon is in five days and I’ve got a cold. It started yesterday with a plugged up nose and a tickle in my throat and by this morning I had a severe sore throat. I plan on going to work today because I still feel relatively functional. Also, I am scheduled to give a […]

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Early this morning, I ran my last long run of my marathon training. It was 8 miles around the neighborhood and through a park. I saw a covey of about 8 Gambel’s quail near the College and a group of people practicing tai chi in the park (I don’t know the collective noun for people […]

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I’ve been struggling to keep up with my training schedule in the heat. I did manage to get my two longest runs (18 miles each) done but the shorter runs have been difficult. I skipped a few shorter runs and managed to do a few at the gym. It’s tough to run in the heat […]

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Our heat wave continues (from the National Weather Service via the Weather Underground):
… Record highs broken or tied across the Las Vegas forecast area again today [July 6, 2007]… …
The high temperature at McCarran International Airport here in Las Vegas this afternoon climbed to 115 degrees. This reading tied the record high for the date […]

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