Boulder to London

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If you’ve never been to the Tour de Fat in Fort Collins, you should really check it out. It was one of my early introductions to the town when I moved there in 2004 and I went every year I lived there. A super fun time with great people for a really good [...]

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Melisse is out of town in Paris this weekend, so I took the opportunity to get up and head out for a run.  I did about 4.5 miles in 40 minutes.  It was a beautiful morning and there weren’t too many people out…always my favorite.  For some reason, Nike has updated the website that I [...]

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Upon arrival in Peso da Regua, we promptly found the expo. It was quite possibly the worst expo I’ve ever been to as I don’t think there a single vendor of sports or running equipment, no swag bag was given out, and it took a bit of effort to figure out where we were supposed [...]

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As a follow up to my post a few weeks ago linking to the headline on the sex boycott in Kenya,  here is a follow up story:
Sex-starved Kenyan sues over boycott

I guess the tactic was successful in at least one household!

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Women’s group organizing Kenyan sex strike

I guess if that’s what it takes to get things done…

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If you’ve been missing posts on our progress running, it hasn’t been from my lack of diligence in posting.  What has actually happened is that I hurt my foot about a month ago and have been trying to give it time to heal.  Unfortunately, the half marathon in Portugal is in a month and I’m [...]

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When we woke up yesterday, the weather was abosolutely gorgeous.  It was one of those sunny, crisp days with not a cloud in the sky.  We drank our coffee, had some breakfast and then headed out for a run.  The run was longer than we’ve done in a long time (8 miles), but the pace [...]

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I have a hard time getting motivated without a target to shoot for.  To encourage me on the running front, I signed Melisse and I up for a half marathon in Portugal.  The course looks amazing as it runs along a river through the wine country in Portugal.  It sort of reminds me of the [...]

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Melisse and I got out for a 10k today.  We were both pleased to finish under an hour!

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