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Blog Like the Wind: Gazelle in Exile
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Blog Like the Wind. Diary of a casual runner turned all serious. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Wednesday, October 8th- -. Things aren't going smoothly. I’m way down in it and I’m struggling big time. Leg turnover is sloppy, my breathing overwrought. I’m clunky, cranky, I’m peering over the edge. Dig Deep! Robert. Push on through. Crank. It. Out. And then, finally, thank the gods, it ends. Finis. I don’t have to endure one more second. I look at my watch. I step off the elliptical trainer. Wilke, I love you!
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Blog Like the Wind: August 2008
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Blog Like the Wind. Diary of a casual runner turned all serious. Friday, August 29, 2008. Monday, August 11, 2008. Wilke: My First Time. Wilke WILKE. Everyone talks about Wilke. I’d heard so many stories about this freakin' hill I didn’t know what to believe:. 8220;Dude, Bernard ran it once 25 times at a 4:15 pace. I didn’t see it per se, but someone has the video. It’s on YouTube.“. 8220;Okay, today the focus here is not on speed, but form. I really want to see you lift your knees and get that power...
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Blog Like the Wind: October 2008
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Blog Like the Wind. Diary of a casual runner turned all serious. Sunday, October 26, 2008. Friday, October 10th- -. I tow my unmotivated, demoralized lug of self into the gym for yet another day of cardio-lameness. I’m starting to recognize the regulars. Sweatpants dude. Blonde lady with Texas flag running shorts. The 56-year-old in the Under Armour body suit. A guy who only goes backwards on the Arc Flex. Change it up, dude, change it up. I pass a heavyset fellow I see a lot hunched over a Stairmaster.
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Blog Like the Wind: Failure to Communicate
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Blog Like the Wind. Diary of a casual runner turned all serious. Friday, October 10, 2008. Monday morning I walk into the office I share with Lindsey and Allison, a bit of a half-spring, half-limp in my step. 8220;Good morning, ladies.”. 8220;Morning.”. 8220;Morning, Robert.”. Lindsey pulls her eyes up from the monitor and stares at me for a second. 8220;Wow. Pleats.”. 8220;Yep. Thought I’d move my wardrobe into 2008, know what I mean? I settle in, turn on my computer, enter my password. 8220;Because, Li...
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This Wind Though | familyvance
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April 30, 2014. It’s the last day of National Poetry Month, and the wind has been howling here in Boulder for three days. It’s been an obnoxious wind making me wonder if it’s worth it to live here. In honor of the wind and National Poetry Month, I’ll share a draft of a poem I wrote on a windy day a couple of months ago. I live in a place where the wind has a name. Whistling tunes through the door. Tossing mats swings or bins to the side. Shaking bird feeders and tangling chimes. Right in the eye. The nam...
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Skiing Near Boulder | familyvance
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So you want to come to Colorado for skiing? Sheesh … Texans. Just kidding. Come on up and have fun. Snowboarding at Eldora Mountain Resort. The closest skiing near Boulder is Eldora Mountain Resort. If you’re looking for something bigger with more of a “ski resort” feel, try Winter Park. About an hour and a half drive from Boulder. It’s more expensive than Eldora, but it has many more lifts and much longer runs, you can stay right on the mountain, it has a sledding park. For nordic skiing and snowshoeing.
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Elijah emails his friends and Kealing teachers | familyvance
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Elijah emails his friends and Kealing teachers. February 21, 2013. I wanted to let everyone know how I have been. Right now in Boulder, it is snowing and about 15 degrees. We recently entered the world record for largest performed cell mitosis. In French, we have been working on clothes, and have recently started working on activities and vacation time. In History, we obviously don’t study Texas, so we are working on east-southeast Asia and Australia and New Zealand. In English, we are reading. I thought...
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The Stamp House | familyvance
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May 10, 2015. As far back as I can remember, snippets of verse pop into my head. Sometimes I actually write them down (on whatever is handy – grocery receipts, envelopes, iPhone notepad). Sometimes I actually write a complete (“complete”) poem and. Something with it. “The Stamp House” came to me on a Saturday morning, and I knew I had to “complete” this idea. Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, the ‘Mama” in this poem. The clicking spin of the black plastic wheel inside the green box. I watch from tiptoes.
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Weightless Texas-Rig Plastic Worms at Sawhill Ponds and Coot Lake. August 4, 2016. How is that for a blog entry title? A few weeks ago our realtor mentioned that he caught several nice two-pound bass at Sawhill Ponds on weightless, Texas-rig plastic worms. Pictures and everything, but I was incredulous … first because I couldn’t believe there were bass that big in Sawhill Ponds, and second because I […]. Sawhill Ponds Fishing Report. May 17, 2016. May 17, 2016. Sandstone Ranch Fishing Report. This past w...
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Golden Ponds Fishing Report | familyvance
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Golden Ponds Fishing Report. June 15, 2015. June 15, 2015. Fished at Golden Ponds Park. Bass Caught at Golden Ponds in Longmont on June 6, 2015. Heron at Golden Ponds in Longmont on June 6, 2015. When: 10am, Saturday, June 6, 2015. Weather: Sunny, Calm, 65 degrees. Lures/Bait: Teeny Crawfish Crank Bait, Mini crank bait. Action: Couple 2lb Largemouth Bass, couple smaller bass, couple perch. Sawhill Ponds Fishing Report. March 17, 2015. KOA Lake Fishing Report. March 16, 2015. March 16, 2015. March 16, 2015.
