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156 is my magic number

August 26, 2008 – 10:08 am

 (No, that’s not me on the treadmill - that guy’s not bathed in sweat like I am when I run….)
As I posted a week or so ago, my current goal is to run a 5K with a pace of an 11-minute mile or less, and also run a total of 35 miles by September 20th. [...]

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Sunday Stars for August 24th

August 24, 2008 – 8:17 am

One more week until Labor Day, and the unofficial end of summer. Time to squeeze in as much outside time as possible. But while you’re inside, check out some of these links I’ve starred in Google Reader this week:

Top 10 Most Underrated TV Dads - Some of these on the list I agree with, [...]

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Do it because you love it

August 21, 2008 – 9:55 am

There are only a few days left of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and by now we’ve probably all heard that Michaele Phelps has won 375 gold medals (kidding), Shawn Johnson and Nastia Luikin were trading back and forth for who would win gold and who would win silver in women’s gymnastics, and the US continues [...]

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What is your next goal?

August 20, 2008 – 5:28 am

Over the summer, I had a goal to run a 5K, which I accomplished in June with an average of 11:58-minute mile.  I also had a goal to run 30 miles in 30 days, which I completed in late July. I’m not noting these because I want to toot my own horn; rather, I want [...]

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Finding Tupperware in the woods….

August 18, 2008 – 5:07 am

… that’s what my younger daughter and I did tonight for our daddy-daughter activity. It’s actually called geocaching, and it can best be described as ‘high-tech hide and seek.’
Throughout the country, and actually throughout the world, geocaching enthusiasts have taken containers filled with trinkets and hidden them in parks, forest preserves, highway rest stops, and [...]

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Sunday Stars for August 17th

August 17, 2008 – 5:33 am

It’s Sunday again, and time to check out the list of blog articles I starred this week in Google Reader:

Britain is Repossessing America - I’ve seen this one before, and I’m not sure of when it was first posted, but this open letter to America from John Cleese is hysterical.
Pick up your baton…. - [...]

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