• Running
  • Fixing a Running Problem

    This isn’t about running form or sore feet or chafing. No, this is about another running problem: Rust stains. Sometimes you’re given bum safety pins to attach the race bib to your shirt. Unfortunately, you don’t know that you have bum safety pins until after you remove the pins and find that your massive amounts […]

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  • A Race in Review

    It’s high time I wrote about our great race experience last weekend. (Particularly since the crazy Boy is running another marathon today. Yes: today.) We drove to Kansas to participate in the Eisenhower Half and Full Marathon. The Boy needed a redemption marathon after having to pull out of the Dallas Marathon because of his […]

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  • A Runner’s “Problem”

    Running is great for losing weight and even more so for reshaping your body. I’ve had the best results at reducing my hip and waist size through regular training runs. There’s just a slight problem with that. My friend S from work pseudo-complained about the same thing on Twitter this week: You know your running […]

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  • My World is Flat(ter)

    My broken foot last summer taught me something. And it wasn’t that I look awesome with an ortho boot on. It’s this: I can’t really wear heels as a daily public transport commuter. The car-to-train-to-office-to-train-to-car hike kills my feet if I’m wearing a traditional heel. {And there was great sadness in the land.} So I […]