First, before I explain the coffee-cup theme, I need to clarify something about my blog. As my friend Velva aptly pointed out, this blog is about a lot more than running. Even when the week’s post is anchored by a running event, somehow it always meanders off into parenting, finding your dreams, or other topics. […]
Today is Not That Day
Yesterday, I participated in the 5K portion of “Miller’s Landing Madness,” an annual Gulf Winds cross-country race characterized by trails in lieu of pavement and middle school/high school runners all “shiny new” with ambition for the new season. Wayne Kevin participated in the 3K. It was a beautiful morning for running (something no one could […]
Dolphin, Untagged
I have known what this week’s blog post would be for almost exactly a week now, since shortly after posting last week’s entry. For last week’s blog, I had used pictures that my friends Jeff and Ann took of Wayne participating in the Central Florida TriKidz triathlon. I was writing my blog as Jeff was […]
The Travails of a Two-Armed Part-Time Job Applicant
This week’s blog is only peripherally about running. To write about running this week would in some ways be a repeat of last week. Wayne Kevin did a Kids Triathlon without me present (again). I did a running event Saturday morning (again). There were no bananas at my event (the annual Breakfast on the Track […]
Sometimes It Is Easy to Let Go
I worked a race Saturday (Coach Mike’s Run for the Kids 5K), so I didn’t do any personal banana counting. (I did run the course afterwards, and after the uphill grade of Mitchell Drive, I understood those stressed looks on finishers’ faces at the end.) Throughout my run of the course, I was brainstorming what […]
I Broke 40! (But I Didn’t)
The first good news is that I found the PERFECT picture for my “Last Banana Club” blogs, thanks to the Fallen Heroes Race at Tom Brown Park here in Tallahassee today. You’ll see it heading up my “Last Banana Club” blogs. So, I decided to run the “Fallen Heroes” 5K today. This race supports Operation […]