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Oh that dastardly pope. (toenail count: 5)

TEE-VEE SEGMENTS POSTPONED!
I just got the following email from the ABC producers…
Good Morning All,
A quick note.
[The segments] have been postponed airing the piece because of news on your side of the pond. This is always a danger with news programs. (Why does the Pope have to visit and can’t the [...]

This Just In. (toenail count: 6.5)

From the press release by the race organizers. Oh hell….
The route for 2008 is 245.3 Km long, making it the longest ever in the history of the MARATHON DES SABLES.
The race will be challenging from day one - and continue that way - offering all the variety of the Sahara. The [...]

Do I smell or something? (toenail count: 6.5)

Today I got in the mail, for reasons completely unbeknownst to me, a “RolyFresh Body Freshness Biodegradable Glove” lovingly sent to me from the fine folks at Darbaroud.com — in other words, the people organizing the Marathon des Sables.
I like a fresh body as much as the next girl, but I did not order [...]

When body parts fight. (toenail count: 8)

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When body part anger ignites, trouble begins. It’s all I could picture on Sunday’s run.

What the hell happened? Everything was ducky just the evening before. I ran, with the pack at 12 pounds and it was if the road rose up to meet me. Actually, no. The road never rises [...]

nerves & hersey’s. I gots em both. (toenail count:6)

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I got sneakers and I got nerves. Not the steel kind, neither.
The sneaks. They’re custom. They’re from the incredible shoe company called Hersey’s Custom Shoe Company, formerly of Maine, presently of Framingham. Are they big enough in the toe box? I dunno. Should I wear them this Saturday [...]

The “Neera Cleanse” - Day One (toenail count: 6)

Okay, I’m eleven hours into this. I’m doing it on the recommendation of my coach, Lisa Smith-Batchen.
I was always wary of this sort of thing, especially since when you Google “Neera Master Cleanse” up comes “Beyonce Diet.” Not that I would mind having Beyonce’s abs instead of the Michelin Man-esque figure [...]

Oh my aching intestines. (toenail count: 6)

I do not have guts of Teflon. I do not have a bottomless wallet. I can no longer sample these dehydrated meals in mass quantity.
I can only stumble in amazement at those who are able to maintain their one-ness with nature, their communing with Our Mother Earth, whilst producing exhaust the velocity of [...]

mood: pooped (toenail count: 6)

oohhhhh the annoyance of the pinched nerve. What a compelling way to start a blog; what a sure-fire way to cultivate a dedicated readership. Screw it- I’m in pain and I’m going to bitch about it.
Having a hell of a time sleeping. You know when you wake up one morning and [...]