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I finished the Lou Cox Memorial 5k. I was two minutes shy of having it renamed the Bryan Suddith Memorial 5k. I finished just short of death. Actually eBear paced me pretty well at an 11:30-12:00 minute mile pace. We finished a bit under 36 minutes I think. Neither of us placed in our division. [...]

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My dad’s family is from Alabama and they are always “fixin” to do something. Seemed appropriate on the eve that I become a runner. I showed Melissa a “rub mark” on my side from where I wore my iPod on my waist band last week. No more wearing things on my waist band. But rub [...]

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Today was a good long run on a Saturday. I hit the road. Sidewalks and pavement. 1st mile was in 11:15, second mile was completed at 22:55 and I finished my run at 2.7 miles at 29:45. I picked up the pace quite a bit on the last leg. Running along a major road provided [...]

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Thursday was a good run. Two miles. 10:30 pace. Very happy with that. I finished strong..running at a sub 10:00 pace.
I have been haunted…not literally…but daunted..or vaunted by Saturday runs. The last couple of attempts have been horrific. So tomorrow…God willing and if the creek don’t rise (my dad always said that)…I will run on [...]

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Saturday’s run was horrible. I won’t say more. I had my brother’s iPod shuffle and new running shorts and it was the first run after my 35th birthday and it sucked. I tried to lift weights instead but that didn’t work due to a bum thumb. A whole ‘nother story.
Monday was a great run. Until [...]

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I am no Forest Gump.
Ran/Walked Mon, Tue and Thursday. Monday and Tuesday were horrible. Walked and Ran 1/4’s for a total of 1.5 each day. No iPod and that mattered.
Thursday was good. Ran 1/2, walked 1/4, Ran 1/2, walked 1/4, Ran (at 6.5) for 1/4, then walked 1/4. A total of 2.0 miles. Saturday I [...]

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