Congratulations to my friend LL, who has just become a Saucony sponsored athlete! He is fast, and he also has a generous heart. Here’s an excerpt from something he wrote recently on his blog, but you all should go read the whole post. He suggests that runners should
view speed not as a dichotomy (fast and slow) but as a continuum bounded by nothing but your own imagination, dedication, and hard work.
I like that, an awful lot… Here is a very interesting examination of how premier races set qualifying standards for women and men. The real meat is in the comments… I am pleased to announce the winnders of my Terrible Twos giveaway! Winning the CUPCAKES are @luau and @runamyrun; and winning the alphabetized MUSIC MIX are Krista (choosing the letter “K”) and Tracy (choosing the letter “B”). Your prizes will be in the mail next week, my pretties!… The current’s been pushing my rudder towards the negative lately, and I’ve had to push awfully hard to even get back towards neutral. When those days happen, I like to remember my One-Word Resolution. I chose CELEBRATE, to remember I should feel triumphant. What’s your word?… One of Husband’s Christmas presents was a cardboard moosehead to hang over our fireplace mantle in the Poconos. He’s been semi-threatening for years to get us an actual dead animal head to hang there, but I have philosophical objections… My Twitter followers may remember how a couple of months ago I was asking for songs that began with the word “sweet” to complete a playlist of Sweet Songs I was pulling together. Here, dear readers, is the result of that query! I think this is a pretty eclectic selection of songs, about half of which were completely new to me…
Great post! Thanks for your congratulations and mention. I’m glad you appreciate my discussion on the definition of speed. It is something I struggle with. When someone mentions so and so is ‘fast’ or ‘slow’ it’s like fingernails on chalkboard because the terms are so relative. Anyway, thanks for the plug, classy Queens lady!
I didn’t say an ACTUAL animal head, but a GIANT ‘stuffed animal’ head. Preferably a Bison
I wish the cardboard moosehead had been much larger.
You should use a LIVE version of Blues Traveler’s ‘Sweet Talkin’ Hippie’, nice 20min jamfest!!
rD
Hahahaha — “preferably a Bison.” Hahahaha!
Randomness, I fucking love it.
Hey everyone, I just realized my Sweet Songs playlist has 16 tracks. Sweet Sixteeen–OMG that is so fucking contrived I think I’m gonna puke!
…love ellipses…
Thank you for the link. I was very pleasantly surprised at how many people commented on that and how thoughtful the comments were. It’s an interesting discussion.
“Sweet Virginia.” My favorite song off my favorite album by my favorite band. Not much of a running beat, though.
My one word resolution for 2010: “yes”
Stole the idea from the silly Jim Carrey movie…
What? No Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith?
Huh. That’s strange b/c I definitely downloaded it to be added. Not a favorite song of mine but good enough for the playlist. Will have to loop back. GOOD CATCH!