Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people. - Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Boo, Papa Derek, boo!

Model-actor Derek Ramsay to run despite knee injury
Well, well. Looks like Papa Derek won’t be following the steps of Papa Piolo, who astounded just about everyone with an excellent time in his maiden 10K event. I guess Piolo remains the on the top of my personal and highly unofficial showbiz runners power rankings, closely followed [...]

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Calling Swatch and Fern Slim

Last time around I wrote about how even Papa Piolo’s presence simply doesn’t make a half marathon worth 750 bucks.
Girls of course might have a different opinion, because, well, they’re girls.
That got me thinking: maybe the presence of another celebrity would change my mind, and that of other guys.
How about we replace Papa Piolo, with, [...]

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Running out of Time(x)

This Sunday, I would be missing one of November’s running biggest event: the Timex Run.
It’s not because I had grown tired of racing and will no longer join the “garden variety” ones. The Timex Run, as I said, is a major event. I certainly haven’t grown tired of racing. And I still love the small [...]

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