Sounds a kind of like the Elton John song, Bennie and the Jets as I was thinking of a title for today’s post. Let me start with the hearing part… What a shocker!! The post-race party was held in the…
Category: Running
Week 2, Day 5 – Blah!
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Today I am feeling blah…probably coming down with a cold or something and just in time for my first race of the year tomorrow…the Dash for the Dome 5K. Right now the weather is windy and blowing snow. If its…
Week 2, Day 3 – “Very cold this morning”
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Those were the words out of one of my co-workers mouth this morning. Although I was looking at him, I wasn’t really concentrating to the extent that I was going to have a conversation with him. Its like…out of the…
Weekend 1 – Mish-mash, potpourri and other things of interest
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Lots of things going on this weekend….so let me start…. Firstly, congrats to my friend Paul Schwartzmyer who completed a whole day’s worth of spinning courses on his way to being certified as a spinning instructor. Michelle better watch out…
Random ramblings
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A little more than 24 hours to go before activation! I wish I could go back to sleep and then wake up tomorrow morning instead. Last night’s game/party at Mike’s house was great. Great company, good food, awesome house, lousy…
A change in venue
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Starting today, I am going to be write in the evening rather than the morning. This way, I can report on my experiences as they occured during the day while fresh in my mind. This will be extremely important particularly…
Penguin Run
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Yesterday was the first official race of 2007…the 13th annual Cradle Beach Penguin Run. A little over 400 souls braved wet slushy pavement with some ice at the end. The course which is flat starts out in front of Classics…
2007 Western New York Running Calendar
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Tomorrow kicks off what would be considered the 2007 official Western NY running season with the 13th annual Cradle Beach Penguin Run at Classics V Banquet Center on Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst NY. I’ll be there but as a spectator.…
Support Groups and the first race of the year
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The other day, I started researching cochlear implant support groups. I found a couple of yahoo groups and as a result of that, I was invited to join an “invitation only” group dedicated to Advanced Bionics Implant users. This group…
Forgot to mention (as an addendum to Thank you Nurse Steph!)
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By the time you read this, it will be 14 days to activation. Am I excited? You bet! But by the same token, I am trying to keep my expectations down because I have been warned that my world is…