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July 16, 2008

Meet me in St. Louis!

career, travel / 12 Comments

I’m finishing up my project in Boston today. When I came into work this morning, I didn’t have anywhere to go after this. My plan was to head back to New York to hang out for the week and hopefully get to spend a good amount of time with the boy (still haven’t come up with a name for him yet) before he goes ice climbing in Seattle next weekend (see, he’s crazy too – we’re a great match!). However, instead of taking a week of time to sit around and relax and whatnot… I’m now heading off to St. …

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July 15, 2008

Race Report: Boilermaker 15K

running, travel / 12 Comments

Overall, I just did a really lazy job on Sunday. I had this awful sense of entitlement (“I just did two marathons in two weeks… I deserve to go easy on myself and walk”) throughout the race. I’m disappointed that I got rewarded for my efforts with a PR because… come on, I don’t want to reward myself for being lazy. Though I guess to look at it in the opposite way, it’s great that I can PR even without much effort. Here’s how it all shook out: Didn’t get to bed last night until about midnight, which wasn’t good …

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July 9, 2008

Fire!

running, travel / 11 Comments

I’m currently sitting on the sidewalk outside the Marriott, watching fire trucks pull up and firefighters stream into the building. Around 3:30, a siren started going off in my room. My first thought was, “man, the alarm clock at this hotel is sure annoying.” I then realized it was not, in fact, time to get up, and that it was the fire alarm. I threw on some gym clothes and my new running sneakers – not because I was so worried about saving them, but because I figured while I was waiting maybe I could get a workout in. Then …

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July 7, 2008

Race Report: Calgary Marathon

running, travel / 31 Comments

Just call me international marathon extraordinaire. Not only did I make it through my third marathon just seven days after I killed my legs on my second, but I set a new PR! I arrived at Calgary airport and found myself going through a tunnel of people in cowboy hats clapping in cheering. Did I get drunk, black out, and forget that I already did the marathon? Was this the finish line? No, apparently it’s just standard procedure during the Calgary Stampede, a huge festival going on in town. I got my rental car and headed directly to the race …

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July 2, 2008

Calgary, here I come!

running, travel / 21 Comments

Flights are booked. Race registration is complete. I’m doing the Calgary Marathon on Sunday! The race starts at 7 AM and my flight is at 1:50 PM, which creates extra incentive for me to run a PR so I don’t miss my flight 🙂 A quick quiz courtesy of Marathon Maniacs: Do your thoughts switch to the next scheduled race immediately after finishing a marathon?Five minutes after finishing Seafair, I could be heard on the phone with my mom saying “Calgary is next weekend, and I heard it’s flat and fast…” Are you signed up for more than one race …

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