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Author:	gcattarin	Created:	12/6/2008 6:05 PM
Gary's Blog - Adventures and reflections of a middle-aged runner doing this for the second time in his life.

Not Vegas

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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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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A Very Larry Day

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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New Year’s Merriment, Parts One and Two

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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Scene of the Crime

By gcattarin on 12/9/2009 11:37 PM

I’ve told the story hundreds of times, maybe more. I’ve referred so many people to the famed blog posting, “Paying the Price at Wineglass” that the bits on the disks where it is stored on that anonymous blog server in the sky are worn out. But I’ve always wondered, what really happened? So given the opportunity, I went back to check it out.

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Infecting Your Family

By gcattarin on 12/3/2009 11:30 PM

What will any of us leave behind, beside a trail of debris and greenhouse gasses? Can we each put a little positive nudge into the world? Thanksgiving morning made it seem that way. It would appear I’ve contributed to the infection my family, and happily, not with H1N1.

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Unexpected Gifts

By gcattarin on 11/27/2009 10:43 PM

My family, like millions of others, gathered around obscene piles of calories yesterday to pay note to, but not truly appreciate, the overabundance that surrounds us. I, like millions of other runners, knew that meant but one thing: I’d better get out there the next morning and burn it off. And with that came the best kind of gift, the unexpected one.

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Is it or Isn’t It?

By gcattarin on 11/22/2009 10:13 PM

Dr. Cattarin reporting, here. I gave in and went to a real doctor, and the outcome was exactly as I expected: inconclusive. So now I ponder, is it or isn’t it busted, and how, and how long till it’s fixed? Remember “What About Bob?” It’s time for baby steps, baby steps…

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Calling Dr. Cattarin!

By gcattarin on 11/11/2009 11:50 PM

I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. (If you don’t get that reference, you’re not a masters division runner.) But here we go again, back on the injury train, and back in that agonizing mode of deciding whether to play doctor or use a real one.

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Quiet Week After the XC Big Finale

By gcattarin on 11/6/2009 11:34 PM

It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Sadly, my mileage total for the week is a virtually non-existent one mile. And I admit, I didn’t even measure that, so it might have been short. And I didn’t even pen a blog posting. But a down week now and then isn’t a bad thing, a cool down, since it came after a big one.

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