Ben on December 6th, 2008

Just over a year ago I started running. This was my first recorded run:

Today, I decided to go for a run and since I was just under 7 miles from my 200 mile mark, I decided to push through any mental/physical barrier I was feeling. This was the result:

Today, I ran my 200th mile! I [...]

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Ben on December 6th, 2008

For some reason the Nike+ site is down this morning. I’m about to hit the road for a few miles and hope it’s there when I get back. I’m less than 7 miles from my 200 mile mark, so don’t F’ this up for me Nike! I’ve got my eye on you.
Update: Just ran 7.5 [...]

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Ben on November 7th, 2008

OMG! I finally broke a 10 minute mile! That’s HUGE for me. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to do that. Like ever. This is literally the first time (at least that I have any memory of) that I’ve been able to run a mile in under 10 minutes. And to think I ran [...]

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Ben on October 25th, 2008

Just like that! Man I feel pretty fan-freakin-tastic right now…except for being famished. I’m gonna go work on that. I need to replenish some of those 1100 calories I just burned.

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Ben on October 13th, 2008

w00t! Man, I’m juiced. Knocked a whole minute off my last time. Just gotta keep at it. wooooooo hooooooooo!!!!!!!

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Ben on October 5th, 2008

…but I’ve never felt better.  Man that felt fantastic. Next goal, topping the 8 mile mark.

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Ben on September 20th, 2008

I’m sticking to my word and going to cut grass this morning, despite the fact that my body hates me right now. Here’s how the story goes.
I woke up yesterday, made some breakfast and then started working. I worked from like 6am until about 5pm. I was at home the whole time, but I was [...]

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Ben on April 14th, 2008

yeah i’ve seen it before but i had to post it again. it made maggie the happy so it was worth a post. tonight was one of the best the best night ever. i made some pretty damn good steaks, maggs was on the taters and then it was off to watch colbert and colbert [...]

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Maggie on March 8th, 2008

Well….sort of. The run wasn’t canceled, amazingly enough, but when Ben and I woke up this morning at 6:00 to start getting ready, it was raining and 40 degrees (wind chill of 32), so we made the co-executive decision to stay home and run our own Silver Comet 5K Replacement Run for the Nike 5K [...]

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Ben on February 29th, 2008

This has been one of those weeks that just won’t end. I feel like it’s lasted twice as long as normal. I’m so ready for this weekend and I plan on chillaxin’ to the maxXxtremeTM. The one shining star of this week has been the influx of good videos online. So before I get to [...]

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