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		<title>Be the run&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every run in my first year of long distance running was mind-boggling.  Running any distance greater than the span of a busy intersection was inconceivable.  Ultimately I&#8217;m more daunted by how much time it takes to run, say, 16 miles than the fact that I&#8217;m going to *run* 16. consecutive. miles.  Distance is a fairly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=353&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Double Crush</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Double Crush Syndrome &#8211; the root of my problems.  (There&#8217;s a joke in there somewhere&#8230;) For weeks I have been mystified by the intensity of pain I have been feeling in my right leg, particularly my right calf and right glute.  Since first consulting with my chiropractor, who specializes in sports injuries, the focus has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=344&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Body At Rest, A Body In Motion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five weeks and counting.  That&#8217;s how long I&#8217;ve been banned from running and I&#8217;m hating it.  At first I tried to maintain my cardio fitness and leg strength with other forms of exercise, but my resolve weakened when I found myself in physical therapy 3x/week for a pinched nerve in my lumbar spine.  My will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=332&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two months? Really??</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, long time no talk!  Where&#8217;ve you guys been?  When did it get to be *September*?? Let&#8217;s catch up:  In June there was the tendinitis diagnosis and the subsequent acquisition of orthotics, which worked wonders.  There were six weekend trips to Denver, three half marathons, and a 20-mile backpacking adventure that caused a pretty severe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=329&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The shin bone&#8217;s connected to the ankle bone&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all coming back to me&#8230;little comments made over the years that indicate that my current condition&#8211;posterior tibial tedinitis&#8211;has been a long time coming:  A shoe salesman said that I was flat-footed.  A doctor commented that I was knock-kneed.  A chiropractor told me that I overpronate.  These characteristics were noted in the same manner in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=306&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode To My Coach :-)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coach David read my last post and commented that he wasn&#8217;t *that*  bad when he said &#8220;I told you so.&#8221;  He wasn&#8217;t.  I tried to find our conversation so I could quote him verbatim but it was over text message and it is long gone.  I think he said something like &#8220;Maybe now you&#8217;ll listen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=296&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the hard way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in January when I told my coach that I wanted to run Eugene on May 2 he said it was a bad idea.  It was too soon, he&#8217;d said, I&#8217;d be better off with a late June marathon.  He was concerned because I&#8217;d just run the second of two marathons only five weeks apart, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=286&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My stats are improving!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awhile ago I decided that if I was going to focus my valuable time and energy on running, I was going to get the most that I could out of it.  IMHO, the best way to do that is to understand my strengths and weaknesses, and then train to exploit the former and improve the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=246&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The road to hell&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If indeed the road to hell is paved with good intentions a substantial number of them are mine. I am a planner, and a good one at that (hence my occupation).  I love making plans, I love having plans.  Here I sit two weeks after the Eugene marathon with a spreadsheet full of plans for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=261&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; Guest Blogger: Stephen</title>
		<link>http://arunningconversation.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/race-report-guest-blogger-stephen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember Stephen from his first guest stint:  &#8220;What He Said&#8221; Since Stephen and I ran the Eugene Marathon together I thought it might be interesting to get his take on it. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8220;Hey there, Mr. Multi-Marathoner!&#8221; That cheery opening fronted a discussion of the post-marathon blues that Krista and I share right now, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arunningconversation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11858658&amp;post=257&amp;subd=arunningconversation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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