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  • Picky, Paula, Making Our Way Across the Pond

    Picky, Paula, Making Our Way Across the Pond

    Our expansion into international markets has been one part patience, one part hard work, and another part lucky timing, with about 75 miles of tight, windy learning curves along...

  • Week Seven: Derailed

    Week Seven: Derailed

    ALTERNATE TITLE: How to Deal When Everything Falls Apart (and it’s only partially your own damn fault). A good way to start this story would be to say “It all started with...

  • Week Six: The One with LeBron

    Week Six: The One with LeBron

    Holy crap, we’re halfway there. In terms of this week’s workout, halfway felt like there was still forever and a half ways to go. As far as race day is concerned, I’d appreciate...

  • Week Four: On Competing

    Week Four: On Competing

    Tuesday night I got a text while sitting on the couch eating a quesadilla, flipping through tv channels. "Wanna play volleyball tonight? We need a sub!" I thought about my...

  • Week Three: Vegetarian Cheesesteak

    Week Three: Vegetarian Cheesesteak

    If week three is too early to start feeling worn down, I might be in trouble. My weekly mileage finally exceed the race distance though so maybe these heavy legs and growing...

  • Week Two: Little Victories

    Week Two: Little Victories

    They say getting started is the hardest part. I’d agree, if you add “and not getting so frustrated by the painstakingly slow rate of progress that you say eff it and quit halfway...