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What insight. Wish I could maintain this positive perspective on so many messy social issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMOhyUWPPc

Great run tonight. Cool, no humidity, slow people[lapping other runners is good for the ego, unless you are the lapee I guess]. A little more distance tonight, it all counts for another marathon someday.

Another great American is gone. He made us think, even if we didn't agree with him. Anybody that can offend a fundamentalist of any religion is my kind of philosopher. He...
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Humidity continues to close in. Running is getting tougher, but still making the distance. I keep telling myself, just keep moving it'll get easier, I know it will, but sometimes its hard to believe.

Just got a new Amy Winehouse album[Back to Black]. Strange girl, but good music, not as retro as I thought it would be, more like disco-fied Supremes with a side of...
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Recovered from the humidity and am back to my 10K distance.

A new tale from the track: Halfway thu the 14th lap, trotting along looking down at my feet and surprise, a football blocking sled in lane 1 [ Passed it 14 times in the last 20 minutes]. Hard contact with said sled. Slow horizontal roll to the right, forearm skidding along rubberized tarmac, classic...
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Humidity from hell tonight, like running underwater. Even my eyeballs were sweating. Got some running in, tho not much. Anythings better than nothing I guess. I'll try again tomorrow, maybe I can get the 15 Y.O. to run with me. Since I run more than he does, I think he's afraid I'll beat him. Grapes are growin' like weeds, just enough rain to make the...
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Another row of Savignon Blanc in the vineyard. My goal is to consume all of the yard with grapes so I don't have to mow grass anymore. Just sit in the patio chair sipping Pinot Gris and watching the grapes grow. It's getting a little dry again so I may have to get up from time to time to move a sprinkler. I think I...
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Apparently my red blood cells are pickin' up the pace now, my second wind has dropped back to about a mile and a half. Once I get there I can trot along with my tonge hangin' out the side of my mouth like a contented puppydog. Ten K plus a cool down lap is almost easy now[operative word is almost].

My Savignon Blanc vines came...
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Finally regaining the discipline to run everyday, everynight I should say, For some reason I've always been a dark runner. I tend to be a sac hound in the morning, can't get up early for anything, why I never eat breakfast I guess. I've started to gain some distance, more or less resolved to level off at 10 miles, beating yourself past 15 miles except...
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Running distance is beginning to progress well, I have finally found my second wind point, but its out around 2 miles now, when it used to be at about 1-1/4. Still there just farther down the road.

Hoping the Savignon Blancs get here soon. Good rain this year, I'm ready to see them take-off. Last summer was so painfully dry, that survival alone was the...
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Two fast night runs in a row. Maybe I just need to run more often. Tonight there was a cold rain, thought it would slow me down, but it seemed to keep me cooler and faster. the extra 5 pounds of rain soaked up in my sweats didn't seem to hurt any.

The grapevines are growing like weeds, should have some good strong vines by...
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A miracle, 2 precious Merlots I thought were gone are now sprouting back above the graft. Many things happen right when you think all is lost. I remain optimistic.

Another good run tonight. My distance and speed is continuing to progress.I've resigned to the fact that I am best as a solitary runner. I guess it gives me time to think and make deals with myself[just one more mile and you can have some keylime pie]. My next self inflicted deal is to work on my upper body strength some more. I have a...
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