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What I Want to Be When I Grow Up!

I think I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up. In this case, "growing up" means finally figuring out what I should be doing in my career at age 32 (almost 33), post-college, post-MBA, and post-working-in-a-professional-capacity since about 2003. I want to be a race director. A race director specifically for races you can do with your dog. Yes, I am being serious. When I started training for my first 5k, I was training for a race I could do with Kano. I would joke that if anything went wrong, at least he'd be there to drag me to the finish. But honestly, it was one of the best things we've ever done together. And there is a very strong possibility I might not have done it without him. I just wasn't that into running at the time. (Now I guess I kind of am. I signed up for my first ultramarathon this summer - 6 hour race! Not with Kano, though, unfortunately!) Just like dogs that love the walk, Kan...

Treadmill Wars Versus Mycroft Holmes

My top three obsessions in life at the moment are (in order of importance): Training to run a half marathon in under 2 hours. Sherlock . Training for my first sprint triathlon. Which is an interesting order, because what will happen is (in chronological order): I'll run out of Sherlock to watch. My first sprint triathlon is in October. My next half marathon is in November. Today was the first tempo/pace related run of the training plan, and the easiest way I thought I could accomplish this was to run it at home, after work, on the treadmill. The plan called for 8 miles: 2 slow miles, 4 miles at an 8:50-9:10 pace, and 2 slow cool down miles. Running on the treadmill can be pretty daunting, so what to do to pass the time? Watch Sherlock, Season 3, Episode 2 during my run. What a great episode. Dr. John Watson is getting married! Sherlock is the best man! I have 2 miles under my belt, then 3 miles, then 3.3 miles... and I...

My Long-Overdue Recap of Grand Canyon Rim-to-River

I have been meaning to write this up for a long time. A looooong time, like several months have passed since I went on this adventure. I briefly mentioned it in my last post, about my hopes to do a separate write-up, but life got in the way and I haven't been able to just sit and write this out from start to finish. I am having to piece this together over several days and hopefully it doesn't come out too disjointed - but since it was such an amazing trip, and since it's possible I may never do it again, I wanted to make sure I got it down forever on the internet. I don't remember exactly when we decided that we - Kelli and I - would do this, but I believe it was the summer of 2017, and we were both in a running rut. It's hot as heck here during the summer and it's hard not to be in a rut if you do anything outdoors; plus, that summer I was still trying to figure out what was wrong with my thyroid, so I was just kind of depressed about my weight and genera...

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