Transitioning

I have some thoughts bouncing around my brain about beginning a new blog. Running To Sonoma would remain my running-life write space. I’m not sure if it’s the right place for all the rest of it, though, especially since I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing at all.
We’ll see.

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Thoughts on this morning’s run

On days when it’s going to be humider than humid, do not hit the snooze for an hour.  Just get up and go. 
Also, do not wear long-ish spandex pants on humider than humid mornings.  You will be sorry.
It’s time to get some new running shorts, be it spandex bike shorts, skorts, or honest-to-goodness running shorts.  [...]

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Races and places

Within this post is a very good, thought provoking paragraph. 
Like that runner, I don’t run to win first, second, or third place.  I enjoy the place of the race, and the journey to get to both the start and the finish.  Also, that I too am fortunate enough to be able to do so.

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The importance of words

Reading about running makes me want to run. 
Whether I’m reading other blogs here on WordPress, or the many Runner’s World magazines around our apartment, or the Off The Couch blog on the local paper’s website, I eat it up.  Training runs, injury woes, marathon experiences, half marathon highs and lows, all of it.  I get [...]

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Gratefulness

During the next 16 weeks, I expect (and hope) to go through a lot of changes.  Not only physically, but mentally as well.  The first step in this began when I challenged my boundaries by joining Team Challenge in the first place – setting a goal of raisings funds for a good cause.  I’ve always [...]

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