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January 26, 2015
Video Games Relapse
So, there haven’t been any updates to this blog lately. I have an explanation: I had a video game relapse recently. I mused in the summer that I didn’t play video games much anymore. But, as I posted in a Facebook post back in November, I felt like Dragon Age Inquisition would be the biggest threat to my training season. It has been so far. I have been very impressed with this latest iteration in the Dragon Age series. The story is compelling, the graphics are great, and the gameplay is fun. I got very immersed in the story and[…continue reading]
September 26, 2014
Ottawa Race Report Addendum
I was in a pretty dark mood when I wrote most of my race report for the Ottawa Army Run Half-marathon. But I’m very moved and touched by the supportive comments on the blog post, and on the Facebook and Dailymile shares. I want to thank you for being such good friends. Many of you reminded me that I didn’t really fail and I was being too hard on myself. It’s quite true! If my goal had been 2:20, I would have celebrated 2:17:54. The grind to the finish line would have been an epic, hard-fought success! Instead, I[…continue reading]
August 15, 2014
Distance Running Time Dilatation
Our society is very fast paced. We live in an era of instant messages and instant gratification. No one has time for anything! Our attention span has been reduced to twitter messages of 140 characters or less. Magazines promote that we can lose “10 pounds by the weekend!” It’s possible to communicate “face-to-face” with anyone almost anywhere in the world. And we have instantaneous access to the collective information of human history through smartphones. And yet, everyone seems busier than ever and don’t seem to have time for anything! I suppose it’s ironic that running, a sport that is synonymous with speed, has made[…continue reading]
