Tag: running
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Weird Crimes: Colorado’s Serial Sidewalk Pooper Makes My Day
Every once in a while, a new story breaks through all the worry and malaise burdening the national consciousness, (and myself, in particular, which is really the only worry and malaise I can actually, honestly attest to). This bright, glittery meteor of a human interest (?) story somehow—someway—against all news judgement and journalistic standards manages…
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Some Days, You Just Want to Run
I was on the phone with my personal-trainer-for-life XFE last Friday making our plans for the evening. He gently broached the topic that he knows may or may not set me off: “So, are you planning on running this evening?” “No, I think it’s already too hot out,” I replied, quite logically, I thought. “Wait,…
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A Post In Which I (Again) Complain About Running
(*Part of an Ongoing Series of Indeterminate Length) I started running again this month. Because August in Washington DC is just so refreshing and wonderful and I have such a natural affinity for running that doing it in weather that reminds one of warm pea soup is so incredibly pleasant and even, dare I say…
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Running Update: Hopping Pathetically Down the Bilby Trail
You’re probably reading along on the PoeLog and noting the conspicuous absence of posts about a certain activity, and you might be asking yourself, “Hey, I wonder if Poe still runs?” Or maybe you have more important things to think about, such as when the heck is Jessica Simpson going to give birth? (Seriously, she’s…
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Book Clubbing (and Who Do You Think You Are, Anthropologie?)
Can we be uber-lame (besides just using the term “uber”) and start a blog book club? You might think that such an idea was inspired by the Great Poe (not me, the other great Poe, that Edgar dude) or by the fact that I am, technically, a writer (as in: somebody actually pays me a…
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Race Recap: LV Rock N Roll Wreck
Disclaimer: This is a very long, very thorough account of my Las Vegas RnR experience. I promise I won’t stop being your friend if you don’t want to read all of it. Seriously. You can skip it. I’ll be ok. If you like the crush and sweat of other runners, bottlenecks galore, and wearing yourself out…
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Run Review: Run for the Water 5k, Austin, Texas
I’m back! OK, what did I miss? I mean, Kim and Kris are still happy young newlyweds, right? And Jessica Simpson is totally not preggers, right? And Rick Perry gave an amazingly awesome speech in New Hampshire that’s going to help him regain the top of the polls, right? Oh, so…..none of those things are…