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  • T -3 days until the Hartford race

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    Jake

    I’m not exactly sure why, but Reagan and I have the tendency to psyche ourselves out before races. Reagan is worse at it than I am. For example, she came in this morning after her run, telling me that she can’t breathe when it is cold, so the race on Saturday is going to be…

  • Good times ahead

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    Jake

    Fall has shifted into high gear. This last weekend, I could especially feel it in the weather. Since it is now October, there are some pretty fun times right around the corner. This coming weekend is the Hartford Marathon. I’m getting pretty excited/nervous about the event. It should be a total blast. I’m am a…

  • My wife, the rockstar

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    Jake

    For those of you who have had a chance to peruse Reagan’s blob today, you may have noticed the little Nike+ widget on her page logged a 20 mile run this morning. No, it isn’t a technical error. She really did get up on a Tuesday morning and fire off 20 miles before work. I…

  • A couple more photos from the Philly Race

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    Jake

    These are some photos that were emailed to me this week. I don’t think that I’ll buy them, but I didn’t mind capturing some screen shots of them.

  • Giant chicken spotted at WTC PATH station

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    Jake

    It was ideal weather to be dressed up in an inflatable nylon chicken suit this morning. When I was moving the car around 6:30 this morning, it was downright brisk. I brought a cardigan with me today, just in case. I guess that yesterday Autumnal Equinox made it official, and mother nature is complying. Returning…

  • Philly Race

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    Jake

    Reagan and I both survived the race last weekend. It was the first time that we had ever run a road race together. We had a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. Our friends joined us on the adventure, which added to the good times. We drove down on Saturday morning and were…

  • Avocado tree update (and others)

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    This picture was taken earlier this week of our new little Avocado tree. It is now almost as tall as the other plant in the pot. See how much it has grown in one week! It looks like of the anxiety surrounding the start up of the CERN Hadron Collider was all for naught. However,…

  • Go Reagan!

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    Jake

    Reagan has been having anxiety all week about her run today. She is doing 18 miles. She is probably actually just finishing her run right about now. Anyway, she was really stressing about it last night. When I was coming in from moving the car this morning, she was on her way out the door.…

  • Are you calibrated?

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    Jake

    As I previously mentioned, Reagan and I are totally pumped about our new pedometers. Apparently though, calibration is necessary in order for it to be accurate. We discovered this last night. Reagan and I decided to do a 6 mi. run together after work. It is a route that we had both taken several times…

  • More gadgets

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    Jake

    Yesterday, Reagan and I both did our part, in contributing to the progression of modern society’s shift toward the robot ruled future depicted in the Matrix. We did this by purchasing some fancy pedometers. We had been checking out the Nikeplus stuff for a while. A couple of our friends have them, and one of…