Absence and the Fonder Heart

June 12, 2011

(This was cross-posted at the Run Smiley Collective.)   This last week my sister came to visit from California. She still lives in the San Diego area where we grew up. She has only been out here (NY/NJ) twice in the 20 years since I moved east. So this was a big deal. I took [...]

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I’m Back – Because of the Run Smiley Collective (“The What?”)

June 2, 2011

Well, all of you in my vast audience out there (all 3 or 4 of you) know I’ve been AWOL since about January.  I’ve been healthy, and running, and happy.  Just not inspired to write and really busy at work. But something last week got me back in the saddle.  The Run Smiley Collective: I [...]

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Running Mantras: Don’t Push!

January 30, 2011

If you’re following along with my series of posts on mantras that I use to keep working on my running form you know that the first one was “Think Spring”.  Basically, that involves making each of my leg muscles work as springs, that absorb the energy  from impact with the ground in an efficient manner. [...]

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