Category: Running
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Running, biking, and what’s next
I figured I would start working on a list of events I was planning on participating in this summer as I work towards my goal of running 50K for Runfos. I’ll work on the list as the summer stretches on. June Panther Prowl (5K) Zeeland Zoom (5K) July Lakeshore Miracle Run (10K) August Oshtemo Sunburst…
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10K
Way back in February when I first started hearing about Runfos and it was mentioned that one of our big goals for the next few months was to participate in the River Bank Run in May, I was a bit daunted. Doing a quarter mile at an 11:30 pace was a challenge. How I was…
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Sir, why are you running so fast?
This should tell you how exciting downtown Holland can be on a Saturday night. We were at a complete dive bar and my friend decided that the time had come to get the car, which was a couple of blocks down the street. Being the athletic type, he decided to Runfos his way back. On…
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First 5K
Yesterday was St. Patty’s Day, which for many people my age, it was the one day a year you can roll out of bed, crack a Guinness, and then blow off class. Or call a sick day. That’s the thing about graduating and becoming an adult: you have to be responsible and go to work.…
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Runfos and Carfos
I’ve been getting into the whole running thing a bit lately and last night I decided to take a chance and go on a run with a friend. I hadn’t gone for a run in a couple of years now, and I had never attempted a 3 mile run before; I figured that since I…
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I should have resolved to bowl 100+ this year.
That way, I could cross something off my list of goals for 2011 on day 4 of the new year. Given that I’ve been bowling in the upper 90s for a week or two now though, that’s not much of a goal. It’s about as challenging as “get in to work on time this year”…occasionally…
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Activites I have latent skills in
Soccer Ultimate Frisbee Dodgeball Underwater basket weaving? (I’ve never tried) Malware detection and removal (in most cases) I suppose that’s why we practice these things. Including running. My showdown with the treadmill was this morning, and I managed to hit my goal. I did two quarter-mile “laps” at a reasonable pace (read: brisk jog), then…
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Man vs. Treadmill
I’m not much of a runner. Let’s just start with that. I can bike or walk briskly for a good distance, I can usually last a couple of intense rounds of ultimate frisbee, and I can push myself pretty hard in soccer, but if you pointed at a treadmill and told me to log a…