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Confidence in you is confidence in me: The hand of a friend
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Sunday, January 25, 2009. The hand of a friend. Yesterday I spent severely overdue time with one of the most amazing people I know. It has been nearly seven years since I last saw Kaarin Knudson. I consider the opportunity to get together this weekend with her a huge help in light of this past week's events. . Ah, how good it feels, the hand of a friend". Consider that nearly 20 years ago Kaarin was a 14-year-old, 5-4 freshman who talked faster than the human brain can process. I never could have ima...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: A Run in the Park
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Saturday, January 24, 2009. A Run in the Park. Its amazing what a simple little run will do for one's spirits. I had probably my best run in about 6 weeks today on the Forest Park Trail here in Portland. It wasn't particularly fast or far but for the first time in what seems like forever, I was able to run without the dull ache or pain I've been dealing with. I'd almost forgotten that there is any other feeling. Between the injury, food poisoning and Laird's passing (read the Anchorage Daily News. Light ...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: Junior High memories
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Funny how writing and running parallel each other for me. There's a certain rhythm to each and keeping on top and finding that sweet spot is both easy and challenging at different times. Right now my writing suffers from a lack of motivation while my running continues to become easier and easier. After taking pause from a busy day of a conference call with the Independent Running Retail Association board, squeezing in a run, selling shoes and hosting a team night for junior high.
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: Layer after layer
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Yesterday was Laird's memorial service and it was a powerful reminder once again what an amazing person he was. Many have told me that they have found this blog to be a helpful resource in the past week, especially for those who are out of town looking for infomation. I decided to print my eulogy to Laird for those of you. The mile requires a perfect combination of all elements. You need endurance, strength and speed. If you can combine all the elements you can achiev...That ...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: February 2010
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Thursday, February 25, 2010. Just a little out of reach. Today was supposed to be the day I was going to be in Mexico celebrating one of the biggest events of my life. As I write I see old photos of me kayaking by the Arch at the end of the. And me standing bare chested in the foothills above the Sea of. Cortez during a run. I try to find strength in those places that I have been able to rely upon in the past. How many young athletes had I seen crushed by their disappointment of goals unfulfilled? Of cou...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: Memories contained in a shoe
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Memories contained in a shoe. I ts been almost one year since I last posted here. With the passing of Laird and the emotion of writing and trying to squeeze into words the feelings and memories I had of him I had lost the energy and enthusiasm for writing. Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are,. The things you never want to lose. I remember ripping off those spikes immediately after the race as my feet were on fire. The warm down with Laird...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: Just a little out of reach
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Thursday, February 25, 2010. Just a little out of reach. Today was supposed to be the day I was going to be in Mexico celebrating one of the biggest events of my life. As I write I see old photos of me kayaking by the Arch at the end of the. And me standing bare chested in the foothills above the Sea of. Cortez during a run. I try to find strength in those places that I have been able to rely upon in the past. How many young athletes had I seen crushed by their disappointment of goals unfulfilled? Of cou...
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Funny how writing and running parallel each other for me. There's a certain rhythm to each and keeping on top and finding that sweet spot is both easy and challenging at different times. Right now my writing suffers from a lack of motivation while my running continues to become easier and easier. After taking pause from a busy day of a conference call with the Independent Running Retail Association board, squeezing in a run, selling shoes and hosting a team night for junior high.
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Confidence in you is confidence in me: Certainty of death, small chance of success...
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Friday, January 22, 2010. Certainty of death, small chance of success. Like last year at this time I'm training for Boston. Though I hope to run the marathon in April, I'm actually focused on a indoor mile race next month at the Boston Indoor Games. After neglecting my "real" speed over the last few years its been a challenge trying to turn the muscles from plastic back to rubber. At my age I've found that the muscles fuse together much faster than they stretch back - that is if they ever do. In Lord of ...
