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Diabetic to Dietetics
Life is all about backup
October 1, 2010
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Four months ago when I walked into the Running Room and was greeted by warm faces that I hadn’t seen in awhile, I walked in there with a plan. We…
Perfect. Almost.
September 29, 2010
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For a day that was so crummy yesterday, it was sure golden today. First, I found a smile-inducing note from Mario attached to a couple of surprise chocolate wafer cookies…
The princess in the plastic bubble
September 27, 2010
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Well now, that was the fastest 23 km I’ve ever run, so fast I made it back to the store in 1.5 hours, so fast I made it back BEFORE…
A foot fondling
September 24, 2010
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Maybe running 10 km last night wasn’t the smartest thing I could do. Not only did I just come off five and a half 800 metre speed intervals, which in…
A bug’s life
September 22, 2010
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HELP! I’ve wounded myself and it won’t heal. Three and a half weeks ago I was out running the Vancouver Seawall and at about 10 or 11 km into the…
Eat. Live. Train.
September 21, 2010
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So it turns out that I am not the only diabetic to have found myself in a situation, like I did on Sunday, where I had no poker to draw…
The Flaming Pins
September 20, 2010
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Thank goodness yesterday’s 32k was by far a much better 32k than the last time, (probably mostly because I had no feelings of having to puke) but that being said,…
The fast and the furious
September 17, 2010
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Dear devil driver, who purposely swerved your boat of a vehicle, right into the line of us dear runners, with a sadistic look in your eyes. If you were looking…
Germies, go home!
September 16, 2010
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T-25 days until Portland Marathon + T-27 days until Europe = NO SICK ZONE! Normally on run days I head to my brother’s house after work before my run, and…
Crank it up baby
September 15, 2010
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Oh man, was I ever in need of a serious endorphin hit. For two straight days, I was in a mood, and as Mario will attest to, I’m not exactly…
Bike-aversary
September 13, 2010
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Leading up to this past weekend, Mario and I kibitzed about how my grandpa and his pops were hanging out “upstairs,” congratulating themselves on a job well done. See, we…
2011: Road Rash’itis’
September 10, 2010
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Well, it was bound to happen I suppose; I have been running for more than four years without a single case of road rash’itis’ – until today. At 20.67 km, the…
