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<\/center><\/p>\nThis is also the park where we took engagement pictures during a Nor’easter. It is also the park where I come to torture myself whenever we visit her parents. Today I ran far enough that I couldn’t feel my foot. <\/p>\n
Yesterday, at her high school track, I ran 440s, which I haven’t done since high school, and which I did poorly back then. But<\/em>, I told myself, running 440s will build up speed<\/em>! I do not know what is happening. These are the first two workouts after the most recent triathlon and a day in the car. A handful of 440 sprints and running my way into a numb extremity. I am counting the days until our next race, which is in July. And that will come with only a few weeks of “training” after about two weeks of downtime. What could go wrong? <\/p>\n Here’s something I ran along today. Pretty nice, huh? <\/p>\n I learned something about myself today, as I told my mother-in-law. We were driving from here to there and it occurred to me. I see people running and think Oh, that’s nice. Good for them<\/em>. I see people cycling and think I wish I was riding right now<\/em>. I never think Oh I’d love to be running just like they are!<\/em><\/p>\n Funny how that works. <\/p>\n Things to read<\/strong> … because reading always works.<\/p>\n Wonder how this plays out: Without changes, Alabama’s pension funds could run dry within decade, study warns<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is just about the sweetest, saddest story you’ll read today. ‘Best thing I’ll ever see’: McAdory senior receives diploma in bedside ceremony hours before grandmother’s death<\/a><\/p>\n 5 in China Army Face U.S. Charges of Cyberattacks<\/a><\/p>\n Chinese military officials charged with stealing US data as tensions escalate<\/a><\/p>\n Poll Says Anti-Semitism Is Global Matter<\/a><\/p>\n Businesses are dying faster than they’re being created, and economists are worried<\/a><\/p>\n AT&T Aims for TV’s Future With $48.5B DirecTV Deal<\/a><\/p>\n Will we run out of adjectives before we run out of scandal? Nope. Exclusive: VA Scandal Hits New Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n VA investigating Florida hospital wait lists<\/a><\/p>\n Federal health-care subsidies may be too high or too low for more than 1 million Americans<\/a><\/p>\n From Idea to Story: Planning the Data Journalism Story<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Road\"](\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may14\/may36.jpg\")
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