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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Now normally I don’t like to get too serious on here, but this is a topic close to my heart for several reasons. Most importantly, my mother and Shelley’s aunt are both breast cancer survivors. Rock on, Ladies!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and it is a good time to reflect on all of […]

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246km on pate

Balazs Koranyi just ran 246km in the Athens to Sparta Spartathlon. His secret weapon? Pulverize fattened geese - or if you want to get fancy, Foie Gras.
To do this race his body would consume over 24,000 calories. Yes, that’s basically breakfast for Michael Phelps, or 10 times what you and I would eat […]

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Marathon Goal Times

Picking a marathon goal time is a tricky thing to do. Over in the Land of Nitmos he is going with the two-pronged approach of best and worst case. He is starting with a range of 3:12 - 3:58. That’s quite a huge range. It’s the difference of about 1:45 a […]

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St. George in the books …

Well, St. George is in the books. I’m writting this from an iPhone so I’ll keep it short.

It was 72 degrees when we got on the bus. But by the time we reached the start the rain had started and was joined by some gale force winds. The temperature would drop into the low 60s […]

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