There’s definitely something in the air these days. The days are longer, people are happier, and my office has gotten brighter. It might be because I finally got around to moving to a cube by the window (only three years after I joined the company), and have even acquired responsibility of plants at work (boy [...]
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With a difficult wake-up call at 5:30AM, and then full of butterflies in my stomach, I meandered over in the pelting rain to Nathan Phillips Square. The people awake and bustling about for the marathon was amazing; I’m sure we annoyed many a homeless person on the street corners as we filed in from everywhere. [...]
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What does one do the day before a half marathon? Scope out the route in the morning… Stop to smell the flowers and pick up a chocolate chip hazelnut muffin… Go to the market as usual and stock up for nutrition after the run…and celebrate the first Honey Crisp apples of the season [...]
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Ever since the start of September, I’ve felt slightly shell-shocked about how quickly another summer went by. I remember moaning and groaning last summer about all the rain we got on the weekends, and going through a long winter after Christmas last year, wishing for an early spring. When the first strawberries hit the farmer’s [...]
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For the first time this past weekend, I missed the long distance training (16K). As I’ve progressed in my training, I’ve recently come to realize that I can actually run 16K without passing out, and as such, have also become a bit more lax about the training regimen. So typically me – great start, not [...]
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