Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Recent Reads – November 1 – 7
I have quite a few books to discuss for this reading week thanks to two days off work as well as a goal to read audiobooks for at least 3 hours a day. This week and next week I’m prioritizing all of my “required” reads before the Goodreads Choice Awards finalists are announced. (If it…
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Green Line 5k
Race #2175k #642023 Race #122023 5k #5Green Line 5k #11 The opportunity to run this race came up more quickly than usual race plans but I really liked the idea of this 5k on a new portion of the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Mom and I headed out early enough to pick up our bibs and…
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Recent Reads – October 25 – 31
Three of the books that I read during this time period I discussed in my recap of the October Pokethon gym. Other than that, I managed to get through five books, one not pictured above. Celestial MonstersAidan Thomas I let too much time pass between reading the first book in this duology and picking up…
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Pokethon – Fortree Gym
On Saturday, October 26, I attempted a pokethon gym – a patreon readathon for Jaderayreads. While I had books chosen for all of the prompts, I read only three. Sometimes pushing myself to read several stories in a row will make my brain rebel. That being said, I enjoyed all three graphic novels that I…
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November 2024 TBR – the One with the Goodreads Choice Awards
Since I started reading through categories of the Goodreads Choice Awards, November TBRs have proven difficult to create. Goodreads does not announce the nominees until about halfway through the month. (I will have a post up then about my plans.) Once they release those lists, I drop everything and focus on finishing as many of…
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Asheville Half Marathon – August 26, 2023
Race #216Half Marathon #782023 Race #112023 Half Marathon #5Asheville Half #2 When I originally signed up for this race, I planned to just run it in my ongoing quest to run 100 half marathons. I neglected to add a note to my race on FinalSurge for my coach that reflected that so she gave me…
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The First Recent Reads – October 17-24
Here we go! This story opens with the female main character helping her father, the captain of a ship who rescues “passengers.” The captain has immense magical powers in a world built on a world spawned from a successful slave uprising on a ship in the middle passage. All the different parts of this world…
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Return to the Blog
It has been quite a while since I’ve written regularly here. I blame my undiagnosed “neuro-spiciness”. (Disclaimer: I have never been professionally evaluated. However, I have long known that my brain does not function the same way that most “normal” or neuro-typical people’s brains do.) I frequently find new obsessions, fixate on them for a…
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Turtle Trot 5k 2023 – Race Recap
Race #2155k #642023 Race #112023 5k #5Turtle Trot 5k #4 I learned my lesson this year. Even though the course is flat, the weather makes it anything but fast. Instead of aiming for a fast pace, I planned to run a little faster and try to run the course the best I could. The race…
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RWBS 5k 2023 – Race Recap
Race #2145k #632023 Race #102023 5k #4RWBS 5k #10 I went into this race planking to run fast but not as fast as a hard 5k effort like last year, remembering the toll that heat and humidity take on me. I also planned to run with Mom but soon after we started she fell behind. …
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