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Category: Non-Running
December 6, 2013
Follow Friday: Remy’s World
I’m going to start a new feature called “Follow Friday” similar to the Twitter #FF. Why am I doing this? Some blogs I follow are so awesome that I think you should follow them too! I’ll probably eventually get around to everyone on my “links” page. And if you have any suggestions I’ll gladly add them to the list too! I’ll start with one of my favourite blogs: Remy’s World! It’s maintained by Runner’s World Editor-At-Large Mark Remy. I really appreciate his ridiculously irreverant and witty sense of humour when it comes to all things running. Every Friday, he publishes “The[…continue reading]
December 2, 2013
Reality Check Fairy Ensues
Training is going okay. I’m making my regular posts on my Dopey Training. This isn’t a post about training, or even running in general. It’s almost a wishlist, but not really. Damn reality check fairy! I have such ambitious plans… Marathons, triathlon, french, PMP, courses, licenses, yoga, tai chi, martial arts. I’d like to do my own renovations. But there’s this reality-check fairy that taunts my thinking. It reminds me that there are only 168 hours a week. I work 35 of those, sleep 63 (hopefully) and commute 14 at least. Doesn’t leave too much time for all those other[…continue reading]
November 11, 2013
I’m running. Standby.
A little corollary to a post I made a few months ago about a lot of running in the new Star Trek Movie. I saw this animated GIF on Tumblr and had to share it. In this scene, Engineer Montgomery Scott (Scotty) is running down a very long room. Simon Pegg who stared in Run Fatboy Run really sells the scene and provides some comic relief in a very tense part of the movie. This article says that Pegg ran so fast that he after the 3rd taping of running all out, he threw up. I just thought that the phrase “I’m running. Standby.”[…continue reading]
