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Damp Damp Damp 

8 and bit miles
K-Town

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Bitter north winds mean drastic new tactics

8 and some miles
Kingston Town

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Running with the professor. Classic 6.3. Slow.

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My toe hurts. 16miles at Percy Warner. About 2:20.

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Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:47:00 -0800 11.22 http://modernrunners.posterous.com/1122 http://modernrunners.posterous.com/1122

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Today I ran 11.22 miles but I was not a runner. I was so aware of running I became unaware. 11:22 miles sub 1 hour 30.

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The running shop where we start a group runs is next to a liquor store. The owner of the running shop made a comment about how sad it was that people were outside the liquor store at 8 am. I realised that it was equally as tragic that grown men congregate at his shop 3 hours before with exactly the same purpose, filling the void. 7 miles rks.

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Do I drink because I run or do I run because I drink. 8.5 ending with 10x100m fast.

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Running from the guilt and the shame

I am now a member if the RKS. RKS 5.

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I only run these days if I can lose my shoes in thick mud. With winds so high that your eyes water and your legs falter. Anything else and it might start to seem like fun.

6.30am. 7miles. MR Classic.

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:08:52 -0800 You are not a real runner until you lose your dignity. http://modernrunners.posterous.com/you-are-not-a-real-runner-until-you-lose-your http://modernrunners.posterous.com/you-are-not-a-real-runner-until-you-lose-your
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A familiar run and I found myself in a familiar position, crouched in a field with my shorts around my ankles. For a sane man this is embarrassing and humiliating for me it's just another 7 mile run. Rks del rio 7 miler.

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:01:26 -0800 Beating the system http://modernrunners.posterous.com/beating-the-system http://modernrunners.posterous.com/beating-the-system
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Just when the Saturday police thought I was under house arrest I escaped and surprised my self with a lunchtime 6 miler. West haven del rio 6.

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A friend asked me the other day if I still ran. I said I try to go out weekly, even though my mind, my body and my time are often against me.

'You're tenacious', he replied...

This morning I ran 7 miles, 2.5 of which were on sand into 20 mph wind on a miserable Sunday in January. I am not tenacious. It is a compulsion. I have no choice in the matter. In the same way that I have no choice over blood flowing through my veins or air circulating in my lungs.

I cannot stop.

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5 normal 2 fast

I run because I run. Rks del rio loop

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Sunday Service - 5 miles - tired after too long off due to snow, ice, laziness and guilt.

Then I remembered why I did this and what I was missing.

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Treadmill 5k 20. Gym culture is ugly.

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Hell Hills Austin Texas

4 miles of cruelty.

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Cold 5 with mc. Nugget. Rks 5.

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Old dogs are put out to pasture.
Long live the new. First 5 wet miles.

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Date: 311212
Number: 119
Time: 20:43
Position: 28
Category position: 7

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An eerily quiet Sunday service marking the final fast 5miles of 2012. A fuck of a year - that has often felt one long uphill run. The year the world ended then began again.

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