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    Time-only runs are fun

    I did my forty-five minute Thursday run in the evening, which was interesting, since I’d been pre-dawn running all summer. Advantages to evening run: More energy. This may be related to fact that I’d ingested food within the past five hours. The forty-five minute run was actually a piece of cake, and I’ll probably do an hour run early next week. Disdvantages: My stomach didn’t like the idea of me having eaten or drunk anything in the past several hours, and complained with some sloshing and light nausea. My legs actually got tired. I’ve been running in some form or another since November 2003, and my legs have never gotten…

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    I stand corrected: yum.

    The cheese had the tang of cheddar and only a hint of fermented-ness. The bread was soft and yummy and only slightly sour (because the starter had only been sitting for three days). Cheese fondue was a success and my initial impression has been changed drastically. Then there was the chocolate. And the bananas. Oh… I’m something of a [closet] sensualist, and the difference in types of sweetness, temperature (the bananas were chilled), and texture, along with the sheer pleasure of mixing the sharper sweetness of bananas with smoothness of milky dark chocolate is enough to keep me fascinated and interested in eating far past any “full” signals my body…

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    Not so bad…

    Today was surprisingly nice. I had a rough night last night, but I came in to work early, got work started and done, and had a little fun in the process. Like lunch by scum pond with Luke. (Ah, sunlight. That thing I only see when I’m going home and when I go to bed…) Or a ridiculously fun ride on a pallet through the academic buildings with Luke and Dr. 7. Or the fondue the lab girls have planned. Jenn and I did cheese fondue this past Saturday, and I have to admit I was disappointed. I just don’t like the taste of fermented things (like wine), and it…

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    Damn.

    How did I never notice this had actually been published? You can even get it if you Google my name. Grr.

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    Triumphing on Tuesday

    This morning was a forty minute run. The first fifteen minutes were hell. The last five minutes were hell. The middle twenty minutes just got better and better, and by thirty minutes in, I felt like I was floating. I’m keeping an eye out on my left ankle, because it’s been feeling “weak” since yesterday–almost like I twisted it on something, but I don’t remember injuring it and it’s not enough to detract from running. I also almost completed three sets of 15-second planks (I crapped out 9 seconds into the last one). I love these things, because I can feel it working my lower back as well. Today’s workout…