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Running Green

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This is a chronicle of my continued evolution as a runner and environmentalist. I'm on a quest to complete a marathon run and to live an Earth-friendly lifestyle.

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  • Quote of the Week

    Posted on Monday February 8th, 2010 at 06:35 am in quote of the week

    "Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction." William James, philosopher...

  • Marathon Training Program: Week 6

    Posted on Sunday February 7th, 2010 at 09:55 pm in marathon training

    Week six was a week of comparitive rest, the second step-back week in the training schedule.  Every third week provides a little recovery to prepare for two more weeks of increasing mileage.  I continued to use a hybrid of Higdon's Intermed...

  • February Challenge - Food Waste Reduction

    Posted on Friday February 5th, 2010 at 12:09 am in sustainable living, Green Living

    Here's an interesting challenge for February-- Food Waste Reduction!This challenge is posted on the Crunchy Chicken blog, one of my favorite environmental blogs.  The biggest value of challenges like this is to spur the additional thou...

  • Training Tip Thursday

    Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 08:16 am in marathon training, training tip of the week

    "Tip(s) of the Week: Shoe care is important for success in the marathon, not only your racing shoes, but your training shoes. Here are some quick maintenance tips: 1) Always untie your shoes before removing them. 2) Never wash shoes in a washer, or d...

  • Green Choices

    Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 at 05:53 pm in environment, sustainable living, Green Living, green choices

            This..............or This?Paper towels are technically a "renewable resource," but the production and distribution chains expend irreplaceable fossil fuel, create greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and t...

  • Marathon Training Program: Weeks 4 - 5

    Posted on Monday February 1st, 2010 at 01:16 pm in marathon training

    Two more weeks closer to marathon!  The program continues to follow the same cycle as the first three weeks, two weeks of increasing mileage followed by a step back week of reduced mileage.  The pattern  is cro...

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