By gcattarin on 1/29/2010 11:34 PM

This week I was faced with a good news / bad news scenario.  Given that choice, I prefer to try to extract and enjoy the good news.

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By cyktrussell on 1/24/2010 9:49 PM

When I was sitting in a Dutch pub last night, eating dinner, the ambient music piped in for our pleasure was disco.  It seemed a bit jarring and dissonant to my settings.  Disco is alive and well in Holland.  Alive to me with all its sweaty, hairy, ebullient escapism. 

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By gcattarin on 1/23/2010 9:21 PM

You’ve heard me rant on the power of running clubs.  Here’s another dimension:  they empower, too.  Empowerment is a funny thing.  It represents power that exists because you believe it does.  In a way, it’s an angle on confidence.

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By gcattarin on 1/14/2010 11:06 PM

There are legends out there amongst us, entirely unknown to us.  Then one day we realize just who that person was, we shake our heads and mutter, “Wow.”  One of those legends died last month.  This weekend, the running community came out to say thanks, in a way, for being who he was.

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By cyktrussell on 1/9/2010 1:14 AM

 Good luck to all you winter marathoners.  I want to leave you with something to with something to think about when you hit the wall.  This is your mantra.  The warrior is within you.  The warrior is within you.  The warrior is within you. 

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By gcattarin on 1/2/2010 11:27 PM

We’ve started 2010 with a bang.  Actually, it was more of a swoosh, followed by a crunch, but we’ll get to that in a few paragraphs.  We’ve got New Year’s Merriment Part One to cover, first!

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