Running out of Excuses

Run in the slush. Why not?

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:10:25 -0600

It's supposed to be more the usual tomorrow and especially Sunday: below-zero windchills and generally icy, dangerous running conditions. "So, get a run in tonight!" I sez to myself when I get home. The temperature was quite reasonable for this to...

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–1°F. That's more like it.

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:14:19 -0600

I got a 5-miler in last night before the door to the industrial freezer we call the Midwest slammed shut. My hair was frozen in matted clumps below my fleece headband, and that was at about 18F. Fortunately, even I am not enough of a nutjob to ru...

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59°F. January 6. Fubar.

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:37:49 -0600

That's just not right. Naturally I took advantage of this balminess and put a 5-miler today in my summer shorts/shirt gear. I suspect I'll be able to get a run in every day/evening this week, if I so desire, barring a Monday-Tuesday washout. I wo...

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Dave Grohl interview on NPR

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:29:47 -0600

…is a must listen. It's no trade secret he's one of the hardest working musicians, period, and Foo Fighters has been a 13-year expanding ripple from the collision between Nirvana and the mainstream. But he's so plain-spoken, so thoughtful, so much...

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“Itch mites” and running outdoors

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:52:02 -0500

If you're not living in the Chicago area you probably haven't heard much, if anything, about the "itch mite" problem that seems to have taken hold here. In the leafiest areas, especially around my northwest suburban neighborhood, there has been an...

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Amazingly, I'm still here.

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:42:22 -0500

I have neglected this poor VOX like I was being paid to do so. Pathetic. No Great Midwest Relay recap, no coverage of the simple, satisfying runs that make up the summer season (despite this being an off-year where marathons are concerned), no men...

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Team T-Shirt Design

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:40:33 -0500

For the Great Midwest Relay, I volunteered to do our twelve person team's t-shirt design. We decided to get basic white technical short-sleeve shirts from a place called runningbanana.com, which came recommended to us by another runner. Each shirt...

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Simple Pleasures: Running in Rain

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:00:19 -0500

Left work, iron-gray skies above. Got on train. Drops streaking sideways on windows. Ponds forming in every dimple of asphalt on passing station platforms. Got off train. Got on bike. Rode two miles in the rinse cycle to get home. Exactly half-soa...

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Indy Mini-Marathon: Trip Report

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:41:41 -0500

Today my long-lost running partner Shawn and I ran the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon. We made this commitment shortly after I regained consciousness following the '06 Chicago Marathon; we decided that we should try to meet up at a race somewhat halfw...

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Karno, on The Marathon

nobody@vox.com(mshobe) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:35:05 -0500

Once again, our man Dean Karnazes shares what he knows best, which is the power of mind over matter (though his power is considerably greater than, well, any other runner I'd dare to imagine). His thoughts on The Marathon — not any specific race, ...

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