I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me

10% running, 90% TV watching.

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Monsterpiece Theatre

To thine ownself be shoe.

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Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go

Ever run so hard you puked? I puked so hard I didn’t run.

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What have you done today to make you feel proud?

The Biggest Loser makes me hungry.

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The first cut is the deepest

A 26.2 feet long marathon.

Continue Reading 8 comments January 23, 2010

My mama told me you better shop around

Wanted, one Sportcount Chrono 100. No defects please.

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This is life, the one you got

From Jenny Craig to the Boston Marathon.

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The longest legs in the shortest pants

Is it true, do British runners only run in short pants?

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You all everybody

The Lost Marathon

Continue Reading 18 comments January 14, 2010

It’s been five long years and I love you just the same

I finally found my maximum heart rate. At the top of a ski hill.

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I’ve been searching low and high, Part II

Google me this.

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I’ve taken my bows and my curtain calls

A former chain smoking lazybones gets a prize.

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We’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne

Dirt, bunnies, and trophies.

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You’ve either got it or you don’t

Count down the dirty dozen to the #1 rejected blog post of 2009!

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My grown-up Christmas List

What I really want this Christmas is world peace and bouncy hair, but until then these treats will warm the cockles of my heart.

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I’m Mr. Ten Below

I’m too much.

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One moment in time

Tales from a torchbearer look-a-like.

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You are my candy girl

Archie Andrews runs a marathon.

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All I want for Christmas

is a ten-minute PB.

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I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

This Santa has enjoyed too many cookies

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Band on the Run: Holiday Hustle

Because a constant stream of canned holiday music is not enough.

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200 reasons to love me. Or to love me not.

I am dedicating my 200th post to an underappreciated distance.

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I’ve been searching low and high

Why do runners wear short shorts?

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They say you are what you eat

So I’m switching to an all fast food diet.

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Run Run Rudolph

Lucky for us reindeer can fly.

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I played with my friends in the mud

I’m not paralyzed. Yet.

Continue Reading 5 comments November 27, 2009

Know when to walk away and know when to run

The day I (imagined that I) outran Simon Whitfield.

Continue Reading 10 comments November 26, 2009

My smile looks out of place

The Five Stages of Marathoning.

Continue Reading 7 comments November 25, 2009

I don’t want your photograph

Marketing 101. Last chance = last chance, for now.

Continue Reading 6 comments November 23, 2009

You can’t always get what you want

And if you do, what’s next?

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You’re a strange animal

Thick nipples or fast twitch muscles? You decide.

Continue Reading 14 comments November 20, 2009

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