Chaosophist » running http://ashley.raiteri.net Chaosophistication - the subtle art of change Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:35:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SmokesBeerandWork are also Drugs http://ashley.raiteri.net/smokesbeerandwork-are-also-drugs/ http://ashley.raiteri.net/smokesbeerandwork-are-also-drugs/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 02:54:09 +0000 Ashley http://ashley.raiteri.net/?p=16 Smokes-Are-More-Addictive Running is a drug, but smoking, working, drinking…these too have powerfully addictive qualities. I went 5 days without running last week, then we did our thing with the Texas round-up which involved a little bit more training but then I went off to Seattle to work, and only managed to actually run a full 5k one time along the Seattle Elliot Bay parkline. Dang. This thing is probably going to take some serious commitment.

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But the lake here has this great 10 mile loop with shortcuts around the way to shorten the run to a 5k. So I started doing that, and well I am hooked. Renee says, I am pretty much obsessed. Its been only 7 days I’ve been home and I’ve run 5 of them.

Cella is running with me too sometimes, dang her 6 year old legs are so cute trying to set a pace.We are entering in several local races together and I think she might quit after the 1st one, but I am determined to have her train for the first one before she quits. She is a real trooper.

Last night she asked her mommy, “What does he want from me, I mean darn, I am running all the time!”

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