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Exercise totals for 2009, and a little reflection about my successes on the road.

Reviewing 2009: family, housework, research, and travel.

Ran ten miles, longest since my half, on the winter solstice.

A runners’ guide to denizens of the indoor track.

My exercise totals for Sept and Oct this year are much better than last year.

Odds and ends for an Autumn Sunday: pumpkins in a tree, running a 5K, Amelia nearly walking and talking, getting a jump on Spring courses, writing my application for sabbatical leave.

Last Sunday, Sept 27, 2009, I ran the QC half marathon at 1:49:17, a personal best. Good pacing and I feel great two days later.

At the beginning of the year I set a goal of exercising four times a week: two runs, one swim, one bike. And I have completely failed to do that, given that I’ve been in the pool less than ten times all year. It’s just been too difficult to harmonize child care for the girls [...]

I’m training for the Quad Cities half-marathon (Sept 27) using the Furman Institute for Running and Scientific Training method, “run less, run faster”: three runs and two other workouts a week. Less does not mean easier!

One day, June 6.