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  • A hairy situation

    I alway say if you can't grow hair on top, you might as well grow it somewhere. I'm not sure why I decided to let my beard grow. But I have decided that no matter how itchy it gets, I'm not going to shave it until I reach my goal weight of 180 pounds. That's about 55 pounds away from now. …
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  • Steaming seven

    It is HOT out side. I planned to get up early and run before it got too bad but I slept instead. Well, the old body did need some rest as I hit the gym pretty hard this week and my muscles are sore. I gout out about 9 am when the temps were around 75. It was HOT and HUMID. I ran shirtless. Frankly I don't care anymore if people are offended by the flab. It's life and I'm working on it. Seven miles of sweat later I'm glad I got my lazy butt out the door. I am down almost 16 pounds since the …
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  • Swinging wildly

    I've been trying. Really trying. But my weight loss seems to be going so slowly. And my weight is fluctuating madly lately. One day I'm down 8 pounds, the next I'm back up 6. Just when I think I'm getting a handle on things I weigh myself and feel so bloated. Obviously this is water weight that is swinging around. It has to do with how much salt I am taking in, the amount of running I am doing (or not doing) and my food choices. There is no way a 10 pound swing in a week is fat. I guess that's …
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  • Hot Humid Holiday Race

    It was HOT and HUMID and the sun was brutal. The annual MSUM Firecracker 10K was held out at Bluestem this year rather than in Moorhead on tree-lined streets. There was no shade in sight. They also included a 5K route this year. The 10K was an out and back 5K which was done twice. There was one aid station at the 1.5 mile mark so us 10Kers got to hit it twice. And I have to say, on a day like today, it was so necessary. I started off pretty good with the first couple of miles on …
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  • 7.6 on a sunny Saturday morning

    It's summer time and training for the Twin Cities marathon is well underway. I did 7.6 slow miles today. Had a few stomach issues which kept me back. But training is going well. My biggest challenge is getting this winter weight off. Slowly but surely we'll get there. …
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  • 2010 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Race Report

    I did it. I finally broke the four hour barrier and smashed my pr to smithereens. I am so happy. I trained hard this summer for this race. I lost lots of weight. I stressed in the last month about my injuries that I thought would take me out of the race. But all the stars aligned just right for an awesome Twin Cities Marathon!The weekend was amazing from the start. We arrived at the Holiday Inn around 10:00 in evening on Friday and unwound in the room with a glass of wine. On Saturday morning I …
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about greg

I am a scientist and educator. I love to cook and eat too much. I enjoy wine tasting and wine making. I have a perennial and a vegetable garden. I am a runner and strive to live healthy. I blog about all these things. I do this for myself, not for anyone else so don’t bother complaining to me about my blogs.

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