- flowers i bought for amy.
- medal won for finishing the providence half-marathon.
- trip to rockingham, nh to talk with a supporting church about sojourn's work in boston (and now providence).
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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- flowers i bought for amy.
- medal won for finishing the providence half-marathon.
- trip to rockingham, nh to talk with a supporting church about sojourn's work in boston (and now providence).
Saturday, May 14, 2011
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this pic is from the start of the first annual marathon physical therapy 5K. if you look closely you can find me, and if you look really closely you can see the swagger and sneer of a man who has run a 10 miler and thinks 5Ks are for weenies. that swagger was long gone after the large hill during the first half of mile three. anyway, fun race, good times, great to support amy's company and a good cause, and inspiration for more races to come!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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we held our fourth ReadRetreatServe event with sojourn on saturday. 25 students, staff, and volunteers joined together for an immersion experience with one of our neighborhood initiative partnerships. i am particularly excited about some of the conversations coming out of the weekend as there is a new wave of students involved with sojourn who, before yesterday, weren't familiar at all with this aspect of who we are and what we do.
we spent the morning reading and talking about God's justice and his heart for the oppressed at St. Mary's (where our UMASS students tutor high school kids). we heard some stories of folks who have intentionally moved to the upham's corner/quincy street/dudley street sub-neighborhood of dorchester to live this out. we ended the day with an interactive tour of the neighborhood and some practical next steps for students to take. i thought the day turned out great and each element brought a particular aspect of the conversation to life for our students. i am stoked to see what happens next! check out the slide show:
oh, and then today amy and i participated in foxborough's old fashioned ten miler (amy as an employee of marathon physical therapy and me as a runner). if you've been following me for a while you will remember that i ran in a trail race circuit in durango. a couple of thoughts...one, those were trail races and at high elevation so i actually thought they were all harder than this run even though it was a couple miles longer than i've ever run before...two, there were a LOT more people in this race than any i ran in CO...three, i actually surprised myself considering my running has been very spotty in january and february with the snow (i was hoping for a 10 minute mile pace and i actually beat 9!). ps. if you check out the results you will notice that the winner was from dorchester!
we held our fourth ReadRetreatServe event with sojourn on saturday. 25 students, staff, and volunteers joined together for an immersion experience with one of our neighborhood initiative partnerships. i am particularly excited about some of the conversations coming out of the weekend as there is a new wave of students involved with sojourn who, before yesterday, weren't familiar at all with this aspect of who we are and what we do.
we spent the morning reading and talking about God's justice and his heart for the oppressed at St. Mary's (where our UMASS students tutor high school kids). we heard some stories of folks who have intentionally moved to the upham's corner/quincy street/dudley street sub-neighborhood of dorchester to live this out. we ended the day with an interactive tour of the neighborhood and some practical next steps for students to take. i thought the day turned out great and each element brought a particular aspect of the conversation to life for our students. i am stoked to see what happens next! check out the slide show:
oh, and then today amy and i participated in foxborough's old fashioned ten miler (amy as an employee of marathon physical therapy and me as a runner). if you've been following me for a while you will remember that i ran in a trail race circuit in durango. a couple of thoughts...one, those were trail races and at high elevation so i actually thought they were all harder than this run even though it was a couple miles longer than i've ever run before...two, there were a LOT more people in this race than any i ran in CO...three, i actually surprised myself considering my running has been very spotty in january and february with the snow (i was hoping for a 10 minute mile pace and i actually beat 9!). ps. if you check out the results you will notice that the winner was from dorchester!
Thursday, October 07, 2010
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born to run is the best sports book i have ever read. i love books like this: the author weaves a variety of stories and topics together around a central narrative...it's a book about running and yet it reads like a suspenseful thriller. it's absolutely fantastic writing.
it is a book about running but it's also a book about love, passion, anthropology, biomechanics, shoes, crazy people, ultra races, joy, and what it means to be a good person. all of this information crafted and told by an expert story teller.
the most compelling part of the book to me centered around a crusty old cross country coach at adams state (in alamosa, co not too far from durango). this dude unlocked every secret of running and training from a scientific standpoint, but still felt like he was missing part of the puzzle.
coach vigil: "couldn't quite put his finger on it, but his gut kept telling him that there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love running. the engineering was certainly the same: both depended on loosening your grip on your own desires, putting aside what you wanted and appreciating what you got, being patient and forgiving and undemanding."
later in the book the focus turns to scott jurek, the greatest american ultra-runner ever. jurek would win races and then spend hours at the finish line encouraging fellow runners and cheering people on. the author writes: "what Coach Vigil had sensed about character...Scott had been his entire life. the reason we race isn't so much to beat each other, but to be together...Scott learned that early on...other runners tried to disassociate from fatigue by blasting ipods or imagining the roar of the crowd in Olympic stadium, but Scott had a simpler method: it's easy to get outside yourself when you're thinking about someone else."
good stuff!
Monday, August 23, 2010
54359 Day 356
in an attempt to inspired to get back into running i picked up this book. this guy is crazy.
some great lines though. like this: "running has taught me that the pursuit of a passion matters more than the passion itself. immerse yourself in something deeply and with heartfelt intensity--continually improve, never give up--this is fulfillment, this is success...
...most people never get there. They're afraid or unwilling to demand enough of themselves and take the easy road, the path of least resistance. But struggling and suffering [are] the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not constantly demanding more from yourself--expanding and learning as you go--you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip."
Thursday, August 19, 2010
53959 Day 352
time to start running again! finally bought some running shoes that will be good on the road and on the trail. i'm going to be starting a running page soon on this blog to brag about my exploits =)
having recently turned 30 i feel the need to get back into some kind of shape...more importantly into a rhythm of exercise, something that has been sorely lacking since i moved to boston. also, it is time for a huge physical challenge...more on that later...
Monday, September 24, 2007
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yesterday i was supposed to run 6.6 miles, many of them working upwards against the forces of gravity, but my final trail run was postponed due to a torrential rain that has raised our beloved animas river to near record levels. i can live with that...another two weeks to prepare will be greatly appreciated...
...i am so excited to watch our farmington campus develop and grow over the next several months! one thing that was fun about this week was realizing how far we actually have come in durango...sometimes you can get so caught up in the moment that you don't realize what's been accomplished...but as i was sitting in our first farmington service i was simultaneously overwhelmed with how much needs to happen to get that group going but also how much has happened already just in durango. that experience made me appreciate both of our "core" groups of people so much for what they have done for our community...
...new crowder out wednesday!!!
my parents are here this week, so i finally get to show some boutry's what durango is all about!
peace
...i am so excited to watch our farmington campus develop and grow over the next several months! one thing that was fun about this week was realizing how far we actually have come in durango...sometimes you can get so caught up in the moment that you don't realize what's been accomplished...but as i was sitting in our first farmington service i was simultaneously overwhelmed with how much needs to happen to get that group going but also how much has happened already just in durango. that experience made me appreciate both of our "core" groups of people so much for what they have done for our community...
...new crowder out wednesday!!!
my parents are here this week, so i finally get to show some boutry's what durango is all about!
peace
Monday, July 02, 2007
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- i survived my first trail run...i got beat by the durango high school cross country team, but i'm ok with that...i got ninth out of the men (twelfth overall...yes, i got beat by three girls)...but i ran the whole way and i accomplished my main goal which was to not get lapped by the hardcore guys running the long course (7 miles vs. the 4.5 mile course i was on).
- thanks to bruce for the information that an echidnas is a spiny anteater...april also informed me that they, along with the platypus, are egg laying mammals. the more you know...
- the echidnas did not have a good week: i'm currently in first with 93.5 points...the enraged one has fallen to 86.5.
- i finished "the blogging church" this week. the whole point of the book boils down to this: blogs are a good way to tell the story of your church...duh!!! i had to read a whole book to find that out?! actually there were some good tips and ideas about promoting blogs and stuff like that...the most interesting part of the book, though, was the section on comments. the author interviewed various church bloggers asking the question: "is it a good idea to allow comments on your blog?" most people were in favor of allowing comments because, in many ways, that's the whole appeal of the blog: interaction and community in cyberspace. however, even those in favor of allowing comments had this to say: be prepared to get hammered on occasion. and then came this sad commentary:
"one of the most surprising and unfortunate developments has been the popularity of Christians attacking and criticizing other Christians online. If you write often about the theology and methodology of your church, you'll find that the dominant critics are not unbelievers but the already convinced. Even more strangley, these naysayers are people who have never stepped through the door of your church. [But] they may post comments on your blog, send you an email, or share their vitriol from the comfort of their own sovereign corner of cyberspace."
luckily i haven't really experienced that too much, but it was interesting to read that this week while preparing to teach on James 3, which is all about the tongue and how we are supposed to talk to each other (by the way listen to the podcast this week to hear a funny story from the race!)
- barry bonds was voted in as a starter in the all-star game next week...wierd...he's supposed to be the most hated man in baseball and the fans voted him in...what a strange world.
- thanks to bruce for the information that an echidnas is a spiny anteater...april also informed me that they, along with the platypus, are egg laying mammals. the more you know...
- the echidnas did not have a good week: i'm currently in first with 93.5 points...the enraged one has fallen to 86.5.
- i finished "the blogging church" this week. the whole point of the book boils down to this: blogs are a good way to tell the story of your church...duh!!! i had to read a whole book to find that out?! actually there were some good tips and ideas about promoting blogs and stuff like that...the most interesting part of the book, though, was the section on comments. the author interviewed various church bloggers asking the question: "is it a good idea to allow comments on your blog?" most people were in favor of allowing comments because, in many ways, that's the whole appeal of the blog: interaction and community in cyberspace. however, even those in favor of allowing comments had this to say: be prepared to get hammered on occasion. and then came this sad commentary:
"one of the most surprising and unfortunate developments has been the popularity of Christians attacking and criticizing other Christians online. If you write often about the theology and methodology of your church, you'll find that the dominant critics are not unbelievers but the already convinced. Even more strangley, these naysayers are people who have never stepped through the door of your church. [But] they may post comments on your blog, send you an email, or share their vitriol from the comfort of their own sovereign corner of cyberspace."
luckily i haven't really experienced that too much, but it was interesting to read that this week while preparing to teach on James 3, which is all about the tongue and how we are supposed to talk to each other (by the way listen to the podcast this week to hear a funny story from the race!)
- barry bonds was voted in as a starter in the all-star game next week...wierd...he's supposed to be the most hated man in baseball and the fans voted him in...what a strange world.
Monday, June 25, 2007
06459
ok, rmac and others, you're all spared a long post...too many other things to talk about...some more important than others...
...on saturday, the original team that met so long ago in the johnson's living room in salinas got together to mark our first year in durango...it was a really cool time of remembering what's happened and seeing how far we've come in this first year...i think the overall theme was: "i can't say anything has gone as i've expected, but i love that and i wouldn't trade this year for anything."
...last week i got sicker then i've been in a long time and so my run this saturday is somewhat in jeopardy...i'm still leaning towards running, but last week was a major setback...
...fantasy baseball update...this league has turned into a two team race between myself (aka rmps59) and the Enraged Echidnas (if anyone knows what "echidnas" means, i'd love to know)...as of today i'm at 95 points, Echidnas is at 91.5, but we constantly flip flop between first and second...
...soccer update: arsenal's best player, thiery henry, jumped to the spanish league this week, which means arsenal is in trouble and not likely to improve on last years third place finish...also the US beat Mexico yesterday 2-1 to win the Gold Cup...the US is now 9-2-1 against Mexico in this millenium...the average US citizen probably has no idea that this is the case.
...i just got the new Project 86 album "Rival Factions"...it makes me feel so good to hear Andew Schwab's voice again, so full of energy and rage, with fresh material...i'm not normally too into the "hard" music scene, but i love this band...it's been too long Project...
...finally, after much urging, i saw the movie "Freedom Writers"...it got me...i'll admit it...very inspiring..
...finishing "The Book of Lost Things," and starting "The Blogging Church," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the new novel by Khaled Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner)
...i guess that was kind of long...oh well...hope everyone is enjoying a summer as beautiful as the one we are having in Durango...peace!
...on saturday, the original team that met so long ago in the johnson's living room in salinas got together to mark our first year in durango...it was a really cool time of remembering what's happened and seeing how far we've come in this first year...i think the overall theme was: "i can't say anything has gone as i've expected, but i love that and i wouldn't trade this year for anything."
...last week i got sicker then i've been in a long time and so my run this saturday is somewhat in jeopardy...i'm still leaning towards running, but last week was a major setback...
...fantasy baseball update...this league has turned into a two team race between myself (aka rmps59) and the Enraged Echidnas (if anyone knows what "echidnas" means, i'd love to know)...as of today i'm at 95 points, Echidnas is at 91.5, but we constantly flip flop between first and second...
...soccer update: arsenal's best player, thiery henry, jumped to the spanish league this week, which means arsenal is in trouble and not likely to improve on last years third place finish...also the US beat Mexico yesterday 2-1 to win the Gold Cup...the US is now 9-2-1 against Mexico in this millenium...the average US citizen probably has no idea that this is the case.
...i just got the new Project 86 album "Rival Factions"...it makes me feel so good to hear Andew Schwab's voice again, so full of energy and rage, with fresh material...i'm not normally too into the "hard" music scene, but i love this band...it's been too long Project...
...finally, after much urging, i saw the movie "Freedom Writers"...it got me...i'll admit it...very inspiring..
...finishing "The Book of Lost Things," and starting "The Blogging Church," and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the new novel by Khaled Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner)
...i guess that was kind of long...oh well...hope everyone is enjoying a summer as beautiful as the one we are having in Durango...peace!
Monday, June 11, 2007
06259
...i knew the last one was too long...zero comments...
- updates:
...had to break up a fight at the soccer field the other day...both players in the fight got suspended for a year...wow!
...the giants are pretty terrible...
...i'm training for a trail running series...i am doing a lot of running and eating a lot of food (my appetite has increased incredibly, but i still have gone down a notch on my belt)...the first race is June 30th, a 4 mile trail run a few miles out of town...it's been fun to have a goal to go with my workouts, otherwise i have a hard time doing things like running on a consistent basis...
...saw: ocean's 13...i liked it...i love the humor and the music in those movies...
...listening to: the ocean's soundtracks =)
...reading...finished: "Generation What"...started: "The Book of Lost Things"
...that's about it for now...peace!
- updates:
...had to break up a fight at the soccer field the other day...both players in the fight got suspended for a year...wow!
...the giants are pretty terrible...
...i'm training for a trail running series...i am doing a lot of running and eating a lot of food (my appetite has increased incredibly, but i still have gone down a notch on my belt)...the first race is June 30th, a 4 mile trail run a few miles out of town...it's been fun to have a goal to go with my workouts, otherwise i have a hard time doing things like running on a consistent basis...
...saw: ocean's 13...i liked it...i love the humor and the music in those movies...
...listening to: the ocean's soundtracks =)
...reading...finished: "Generation What"...started: "The Book of Lost Things"
...that's about it for now...peace!
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