Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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CRAW Region 2 Week 2 – Finding a Groove
Monday, 55 minutes, 7.16 miles (.65 miles walking)Lately all of the runs have felt really difficult for the first couple miles, so difficult that it makes me wonder about my overall fitness. Then comes the middle miles where I seem to settle in and it feels *eh*. Then the last couple miles come including their…
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Single Issue Politics – pro-life > anti-abortion
During every election season pollsters seek to discover the issues driving voters’ candidate selection. What issues do people feel most passionate about and base their votes upon. For so many in certain political circles within which I grew up firmly ensconced, the straw to potentially break the camel’s back is abortion. Many choose their candidate…
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CRAW Region 2 Week 1 – Pushing Through
Monday, 54 minutes, 6.71 milesAt first when I started, my legs felt heavy and I did not appreciate the warmer temps. I even considered cutting it short but I kept going because I am way too stubborn and want to kept in my CRAW miles. Then I looked down and saw splits that matched last…
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Like Butter Scraped Over Too Much Bread
Bilbo Baggins best described how teachers and so many people involved in education feel. Teachers already juggle so much but now the workload has doubled or more with this new school year. We have the same amount of hours in the day yet the laws of physics (and time) bend for no one. I wrote…
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CRAW Region 1 Week 4 – Cooler and Faster
Monday, 53 minutes, 6.82 miles (.57 miles walking)I had some of the strangest dreams I can ever remember last night. I went through the motions in the morning of getting ready for the run but still felt wigged out. So, thanks for the cooler temperatures, I pushed my run until after school and got to…
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CRAW Region 1 Week 3 – Back on the Bike
Monday, 52 minutes, 5.86 miles (.65 miles walking)I got a slightly earlier start, not enough to add more minutes to the cool down but enough to tack on an extra minute. I have stuck with the walk breaks at miles 2, 3, and 4 like I have this whole summer but I think I will…
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Performative Boycotts
[I originally posted this directly to Facebook Sunday morning but wanted to post here as well.] For over a week, I took a break of sorts from scrolling through social media (Instagram and Facebook). The death of one of my former students consumed my emotional energy and I knew that the world had not stopped…
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CRAW Week 2 – Black Lives Matter
Monday, 51 minutes, 6.18 miles (1.04 miles walking)Once again I read the Fast Women newsletter by Allison Wade and discovered that Laz had once again acted out of fear and asked a group to change their name from “Black Lives Matter” or receive a complete refund. Having just started this race and really enjoying the…
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Gone Too Soon
Nine years ago I taught what I thought would be my last year, only my second year. I taught some cool kids that I remember but only vaguely. I focused on surviving, not building relationships with the kids. Thus, when two years later a plane crash in Alaska claimed the life of one of my…
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CRAW Week 1 – From RAT to CRAWdad
So yes, I signed up for another long term virtual stage race, this one as part of a team where we try to complete the Circumpolar Race Around the World (CRAW.) We shall see what happens with this one! Monday, 50 minutes, 5.61 milesI felt fantastic for the first mile and a quarter. At that…
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