Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Finally
After seven years of teaching, I will finally get to teach what I entered the teaching profession to teach, social studies and only social studies. I have talked about how my decision to be pragmatic pigeonholed me into subjects that I appreciated personally but disliked teaching. Now, more than two years after deciding to hold…
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Peachtree 10k Road Race 2021 Race Recap
Race #18710k #152021 Race #32021 10k #1Peachtree 10k Road Race #1 For most of my running years, I ran the local 5k on my birthday, the Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k. Last year I chose to run 35km to mark my 35th birthday since the race went virtual. This year, I entered the lottery…
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A Field Day Story
[Editor’s Note: I wrote this about a month ago, near the end of May. I have gotten a bit lax with my posts and writing for various reasons but I hope to pick that back up soon.] My current school goes all out for field day, something I experienced for this first time this year.…
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Puzzlin’ Part 2
Today I want to talk a little about why I enjoy puzzles and why I selected the puzzles I mentioned in part 1. Having started on one of the puzzles, I think some of this post will take on a little more nuance than if I had dived in right after writing the first part.…
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The Home Gym
For just over 11 years, I was a member of Pivotal Fitness. I have described before how the act of joining this gym back when I first started teaching played an instrumental role in starting my transformation as a runner. Over those 11 years, my habits at the gym changed but I still made enough…
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Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon 2021 – Race Recap
Race #186Half Marathon #682021 Race #22021 Half Marathon #2South Carolina Half Marathon #49Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon #3 Originally I had planned to make this a sub-1:50 half marathon, as close to 1:45 as I could as a step towards a half marathon PR. After a month off from dedicated training thanks to Covid…
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A Daily Streak – One Year In
Yesterday, on a day full of so much stress and chaos, marked the completion of a year of running a minimum of at least one mile every day; most days I easily surpassed that. I never thought that I would join the ranks of those runners yet now I cannot see myself as any other…
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Puzzlin’ – Part 1
Back during the initial lockdown phase of the pandemic, jigsaw puzzles experienced a resurgence in popularity. I even spent a little money purchasing a couple puzzles, one for my dad as a birthday gift and one for myself because I have always had a soft spot for jigsaw puzzles. I wanted to buy more but…
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Chicago Again
For a while I did not know whether I would run a marathon this year, mainly due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic and human response. (I know that because of that fall marathons may still change formats.) At the beginning of this year I stated my goal of chasing my half marathon PR>…
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Avoiding Burnout
A few months ago I wrote this post. Amongst several unfinished, handwritten entries, this one fell through the cracks so I am bringing it back now. Back in early February, I reached an unfamiliar point. I woke up on a Thursday morning, utterly drained, emerging from a dream, a nightmare, that left me worse off…
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