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Author: Paul Radcliffe
July 19, 2013
Running Comic by The Oatmeal!
I just had an emotional experience reading a webcomic. Almost every Friday, Mark Remy publishes “The List” on his blog at RunnersWorld.com with a set of topics that saavy runners will be talking about over the weekend. On this weeks list was a link to a webcomic by The Onion’s author Matthes Inman called “The Terrible & Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances.” The comic is beautiful, haunting, funny, brutally honest, and motivating. It’s six web pages that I am reading over and over again. There are a few moments that I really liked: I immediately related to[…continue reading]
July 17, 2013
Damn Artificial Sweetners
After my swim this morning, I reached for one of my trusty protein bars. From what I understand, getting some protein and carbs not long after a workout is important for recovery. I have a Premier Protein™ Bar Variety Pack with 15 bars that I purchased a few months ago from a local Costco. I looked over all the ones Costco had, and wanted a protein bar that maximized grams of protein with the fewest number of calories. This brand seemed to have the best ratio (30g of protein for 270 calories) with what I thought was no artificial sweetners.[…continue reading]
July 16, 2013
…Or Bust?
In a post from about a month ago, I declared I was going to run Berlin Or Bust! After a tough month of reality checks, my goal of running the Berlin Marathon in September seems pretty far away. The worst part is I think I might be okay with that… If I was following my training schedule for Berlin, I would have needed to do 23km Sunday night. I didn’t run at all. I feel quite guilty about it, of course! But I also have a slight sense of relief. I’ve been so obsessed with schedules and miles for so[…continue reading]
