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We Don’t Stop Living

April 16, 2013 by Jenna Leave a Comment

We Don’t Stop Living

I've never run a marathon. I would venture to guess that most Americans haven't, either. But today, more than 23,000 people started running the Boston Marathon. Only about half of them actually finished. Not because they gave up, but because there is evil in the world. I do run an occasional 5K. Sometimes my kids come with me. As we watched coverage of today's tragedy at the Boston Marathon, Demolition Man asked, "Mom, can we never go to a race again? Even though I was pretty sure of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bomb, Boston Marathon, evil, living, marathon, running

The Show Shoulda Gone On

November 3, 2012 by Jenna 2 Comments

I'm not a marathon runner. I aspire to try a half-marathon, but I have yet to even work my way up to a 10K. Still, I'm incredibly disappointed in Mayor Bloomberg's decision to cow-tow to pressure to cancel the iconic New York City Marathon. The REASON I've never attempted to run even a half-marathon, is that it is a LOT of work. And it takes a LOT of time. Not just the 12 hours it would take me to actually run the dang thing. But the hours and hours of running, the diet-tweaking, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Running, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bloomberg, hurricane, marathon, New York City Marathon, running, strength

      

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