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Continue reading →: Perfect isn’t always “perfect”
“Perfect is the enemy of good” is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. The phrase argues that achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still meritable.…
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Continue reading →: Money Doesn’t Improve Happiness
I had an interesting conversation at work today – and one that I think ties in with the last post, “Mortality and Worth“. We were on lunch break, lamenting some local political decisions and the unfortunate financial impact they would have on the average resident. Not only will they be…
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Continue reading →: Mortality And Worth
In most Western cultures we rarely discuss Death. We all know that we’ll die someday, yet we avoid the topic. We ignore it, pretend it doesn’t exist, as if death is like one of those bad stories on the news – something that only happens to other people. Why is…
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Continue reading →: Trail running Alaska in the Fall
The last few training runs I made an effort to take some photographs. It’s one thing to describe the imagery in writing, but it almost sounds unrealistic until you see it for yourself. It’s a little like running through scenes from a kid’s fairytale- the trees, the colors, the crazy…
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Continue reading →: Race Results
Success is what you make it. So, it didn’t go as well as I wished it would have – but it could have been worse. I started out this morning feeling pretty good. I was stressed over my knee, but hoped that it had recovered enough over the last two…
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Continue reading →: Training days left… 0
So, the race is tomorrow. Wow, it feels weird to say that after a tumultuous 11 weeks or so of training and planning. There were a lot of ups and downs, ending on a pretty big down. The end of week #9, my knee started acting up – so I…
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Continue reading →: Training Week #10 – ?????
Roll the dice? It’s looking doubtful. What am I talking about? I’ll explain. One of the things every runner (or athlete) has to figure out for themselves, is how to tell the difference between pain that can be ignored and pain that shouldn’t be. Whenever we’re working out, there’s a…
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Continue reading →: Training Weeks #8 & 9
Chaffing and Motivation The last two weeks have been a painful slog. I’ll start out with the fallout from the long run Week #7. That run went fairly well, if you’ve read the last post. It wasn’t great, had a few challenges, but I got some time in. What I…
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