atombuddy
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Still awesome after all these years!
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This sounds exactly like my wife's diagnosis and treatment in 2006. She's not a runner, but has an extremely healthy lifestyle including walking, yoga, and very disciplined eating habits. A couple of years ago, we threw a party to celebrate 10 cancer-free years. She's still going strong (her own retirement isn't slated until next year), so I suspect you will be too!
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I don't have access to such high tech gadgetry, but I definitely hear you. In my advancing age, as my body slows and creaks, I find that my old bread-and-butter easy runs are becoming unsatisfying slogs. So I'm beginning to experiment with more variation, hills, speedwork, tempos, fartleks...you get the idea. Hopefully, it will keep things as fun for me as the dreadmill is for you. And, of course, with our ideal winter weather, I get to do it outside!
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Marshall University Marathon 2018 Race Report - My First Marathon.
atombuddy commented on MichaelV's blog entry in Bloop
A positive split in your first marathon? That's the dream! Congratulations on following through so well with your plan, not to mention your pretty good quarterbacking form! -
Is there any wine to be gleaned from said toe-tapping grape? If so, I raise a glass to you! As we get older, things do tend to happen, and many of them get in the way of our running. And yet, here we are, still going at it in spite of aches, pains, disappointments, and the inevitable slowdowns. There must be something to this running thing after all!
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I'm sorry things didn't work out as you'd hoped, but at least you did better than I did in Long Beach. And I know what you mean about the age factor; I think I've been able to rule out any other factor in my steep decline over the last three years. But you're still a young whippersnapper by my standard, and I'm sure you have some good races ahead of you. Keep in mind that I ran my best post-high school marathon at age 60.
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I'm glad you found what you needed, and that it keeps on giving.
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Go ahead and put me down as an alternate in case somebody cancels on you. But I've already done HTC, so I don't want to take space away from someone else.
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Good luck with your new school adventure!
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It was fun seeing you on that sweltering day in NYC, but obviously that was just a small part of a big month. I'm glad you enjoyed your hiking tour of our lovely home state, too!
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Yes, it does look painful! Way to hang in!
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I learned the value of patience when I was recovering from hip surgery 9 years ago. But I know it's hard when you don't know the outcome. Stay positive!
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I have this picture in my head of runners going over the edge of a cliff, like lemmings, so I'm very glad you got a PR instead of ending things like T&L. Anyway, you have a wedding to plan!
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You've certainly put in the work, and you've made remarkable progress. I'm impressed by the way you seem to keep exceeding expectations. Beautiful splits, too, by the way!
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Very badass!
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