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Walking up the hill tonight, and you have closed your eyes
I wish I didn't have to make all those mistakes and be wise
Please try to be patient and know that I'm still learning
I'm sorry that you have to see the strength inside me burning

So I was finally able to run 28 minutes straight yesterday morning, and I feel great. We took a week off from running, and boy did my legs need it. We shoot for 28 minutes again tomorrow morning. I hope it's easier than yesterday's run!

Being active has considerably changed everything about me. I feel more positive. I look better. I have more ( Read more... )

Which restaurants are making your kids fat?


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Here are pics from my first race (3K). I finished at 21:49.

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This will change your life...

http://www.myspace.com/clerancechuckston

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I just realized that tomorrow morning will be my last run with intervals. Tomorrow's run consists of :

5-minute warm-up walk
Run 10-minutes
Walk 3-minutes
Run 10-minutes
5-minute cool-down walk

After that, it is non-stop running...beginning Sunday with 25-minutes straight. Will I be able to do this? I will be in Muhlenberg Co. this Sunday, so I'll try ( Read more... )

LiveJournal seems to be somewhat of a dying breed. Who can blame everyone with some of the other all-in-one sites. While I will keep posting my blog to LiveJournal (which automatically updates Facebook for me, too) for the time being, my main blog will now be at jondoss.blogspot.comAnything you see there will also be here for now, so if you're ( Read more... )

I ran Week 6, Day 1 (W6D1) last night, sans Josh. It almost seemed like backtracking after that 20-minute straight run, but I'm going to trust the program and stick to it. The run consisted of:

5-minute warm-up walk
Run 5-minutes
Walk 3-minutes
Run 8-minutes
Walk 3-minutes
Run 5-minutes
5-minute cool-down walk

Running seems to go in and out of being ( Read more... )