So as I gently alluded to in my last post, I had a slight ankle/achilles tendon injury during the Detroit Marathon. Essentially, I feel a *slight* pain in my right ankle, alternating between the achilles, the sides of the ankle, and every once in a while, the arch of my foot. It has gotten less [...]
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Finally, about a month later, I have time to think about how the Detroit Freepress Marathon went on October 18th, 2009. Final time: 4 hours, 7 minutes, and 11 seconds. Am I happy with this time? Hell yeah! I would have been happy with anything near 4 hours; truth be told, I was much more [...]
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—continued from previous post— I folded my Two Weeks shirt and put it back in my drawer, and at this point had thoroughly tainted all these people’s future accomplishment by assessing their behavior by a different standard. I had missed the essence of what they were doing: ironically, participating in one of the few cross-culturally [...]
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U2′s Bono, with the help of Bobby Shriver, created (Product) RED in the hopes of engaging the “marketing prowess and funds” of the private sector to fight against HIV and AIDS in Africa. Different businesses have teamed up with (Product) RED, marketing their normal products either in the color red, with a picture of Africa, or with [...]
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The final third of an Ironman Tri is a 26 mile run. I have never run 26 miles. I have never actually run more than 13 miles, though I have run a good handfull of half marathons in decent time. I want to be able to be able to hit that last third of the [...]
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