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Running Through Tampa: February 2006
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Sunday, February 26, 2006. Just a quick note to say that I ran the Gasparilla Marathon this morning. I stayed pretty close to my goal time, and most importantly, I finished! 262 miles in approximately 4 hours and 44 minutes. I'll have a complete posting soon. Special thanks to Jan and Carlo for getting up at 3am to be my support staff, and to everyone else who showed up to cheer me on. It's nap time. Posted by Livework Studios LLC at #. Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Marathon Loop 26.2mi. Quality sleep in...
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Running Through Tampa: December 2005
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Thursday, December 15, 2005. West Bank 3.6mi. I’m a minimalist at heart. Unfortunately I’m also a lazy slob. The minimalism of running appeals to my purist aesthetic, and its immediacy meshes well with my penchant for procrastination. A run can be squeezed in at almost any time of the day without any planning, and with very little preparation. I have a vision of a gym designed by Mister Jalopy. Where the smell of sweat is mixed with leather and cigar smoke, where everyone wears Chuck Taylors. Peter Turch...
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Running Through Tampa: January 2006
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Second Runner-Up, "Bitten To Death By Rats". I have a confession to make. Despite my mapping obsession, when it comes to the finer details of training - the statistical facts that so many runners become obsessed with - I usually just give myself the benefit of the doubt. Distance, pace, and time may all be relative terms with me. I always round off my finish times to the nearest minute. Anything between one and forty-five seconds gets rounded down. And the monuments to Union an...
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Running Through Tampa: September 2005
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005. I Want The City, But I Want The Country Too. Of course there are requirements to be satisfied. So many miles on certain days. Areas of historical significance. Routes from home. Routes from work. And there are rules to follow. I study the narrative to be recalled on the next day’s run. Here are the mile markers. Here are the names of unfamiliar streets. Here is a water fountain. A bathroom. The river. Entitled River of the Golden Ibis. The second version of the days run is wr...
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Running Through Tampa: November 2005
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005. He may pork her Russ, just keep eating". Rogers Hanna 10.5mi. Well, they’re still growling at me. Only the little one, he says. The little one , so-named only in contrast to THE BIG ONE , still has me locked in his bloodthirsty gaze. So, with less than a mile to go, I turn around and backtrack to Broad Street where I can detour around this idiocy. Your dog is going to bite me. He’s not going to bite you. I still think he’s going to bite me. He’s only going to bite you a little.
