Surviving Myself

 Despite myself and sabotaging my own efforts, I keep surviving. It isn’t pretty, but I’m doing it. I read a post today from a regular blogger to whom I subscribe that reinforced her description of her blog. She related it was a pro-recovery blog, and so she was trying to keep everything positive in her […]

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Long Run Ramblings

This post is a couple of days late, but it’s still time for some long run ramblings on recovery. To see other ways recovery is like running a marathon, look at 1/2 Marathon Musings and The Marathon of Recovery. This past long run on Sunday, I was reflecting on how hitting a stride or pace […]

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Life in the stress lane

Life in the stress lane 1

First things first, I didn’t post yesterday, but got in a tough 8.5 mile run, with a 1 mile warm-up.  When I finished my run, I decided to walk up the trail to the shopping center at the top of the hill where an Atlanta Bread Company lays waiting for me with an iced coffee.  […]

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Book Snob

Book Snob 6

I have one book left to read for the summer, and need some more. Now since I’m a pathetically poor college student, I’m on a tight budget. No bueno for someone who is a voracious reader and needs books to breath. So I went to a *insert shame* used book store with a bag over […]

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All in a days work

All in a days work 15

So what does an obsessive, compulsive runner do on her rest day without giving in to bad behaviors? She, along with her Crew, try on different perspectives and outlets to channel her running energy. So that’s what we did today. We explored our options. The morning got off to a rocky start. We burned our […]

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