No Top of the Hill

GOT IN A LITTLE HILL WORK DOWN SOUTH THIS WEEK. Costa Rica, to be more precise. As it was a business trip, with the inconvenient expectation of my employer that I actually work during the day, I didn't get to any of the destination spots. But I snuck in a couple of runs in the …

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Back on My Feet Again

IT FEELS GOOD TO FEEL GOOD. After several days of enforced rest (save for those pushups) I recovered from whatever I had and got back into the groove this week. Aikido on Monday went well, as did conditioning class Tuesday. Then I found that Coach Marie had given me 8 miles for Wednesday night - …

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Ice Cream, the Cure for Everything

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY KNEE IS BETTER. The bad news is that I came down with a cold last Wednesday, and I suspended running, Aikido, and conditioning class until I recover.  It helped that the weather has been lousy, so I haven't felt any regret looking out my window on a sunny afternoon …

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