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Episode 24: Tim talks about  shopping for a car and making a fool of himself at the car dealership in the finance office. Then, Fredrick gets a rude awakening when he begins shopping for a private jet so people will forget how short he is.~So why was he in the market for a private jet? Because it was growing rather tiresome having to tell people that though he had walked to dinner, he could have taken a private jet. “Yeah, from my penthouse, I walked here. It's no big deal, I just have two working legs that carried me here from my PENTHOUSE APARTMENT!”Fredrick wanted instead to rattle down the road in a private jet, landing in the middle of a European city with great restaurants. He wasn't sure exactly how that worked, how private jets were able to land right in front of European restaurants, but that's what he'd heard. And upon showing up in a private jet, everyone would be so impressed they wouldn't notice how short he was. “Look at that short fucking fellow!” someone had said when Fredrick had gone to the town next to Longsville by the name of Puny Town. Everyone was massive in Puny Town. “What a short SHORT MAN! I cannot get over just how short that man is! Everyone! EVERYONE! STOP EATING AND LOOK AT HOW SHORT THAT MAN IS!”On his trip to Puny Town, no one has stopped remarking on Fredrick's shortness long enough for him to explain that he was actually quite tall for people from Longsville, especially when compared to his Asshole Brother Jim, who was the shortest man Fredrick had ever seen. “I'm so sorry,” someone in Puny Town had said to Fredrick. “I realize you're trying to speak, yes, I see you trying to interject, but I just CANNOT get over JUST how SHORT YOU ARE! Even if I let you speak I WILL NOT be able to listen for I am AGHAST at WHAT A SHORT MAN YOU ARE!”~For more, visit timdrugan.com.

If you have ready our past blogs, or even listened to our Podcast, you know that I ( Shannon ) am having surgery. WHY? Because I went on a scooter ride! Something I told my kids I won't do… because something stupid will happen if I do! Well, guess what? Something stupid happened! Elizabeth wanted to go up to the store one afternoon and I didn't have our car… Devin had taken it to work. I have told the kids that I WILL NOT go on scooter rides because something like loosing control or getting hit by a car would happen… Well, I was hit by a car! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theyoungbloodlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungbloodlife/support

Think about an inexperienced sailor as he goes through his first storm.  The storm terrifies him because he doesn't know if the ship will survive.  The waves are way bigger than he imagined.  He's never felt the wind blow this strong.  Will he make it?  Will he survive?  But as the days pass and storms come and go, the sailor gains confidence that no matter how bad the storm, the strength of the ship is greater than the worst of the waves. The sailor learns that he can trust the ship. This trust of course is a decision.Here's a moment of truth - We must learn that faith is a choice, not a feeling.In John 20, the disciples are telling Thomas they had seen the resurrected Jesus. Here's Thomas' response…“The other disciples therefore were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."Note that Thomas said, "I WILL NOT believe."Thomas cannot bring himself to believe the truth of the resurrection. Later, as Jesus appears in the room, Thomas expresses his faith. Jesus says, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”Like the sailor who makes a decision to trust the craftsmanship, the durability, and the sea-worthiness of his ship, you and I have to make a decision to trust God. Our feelings will often speak to us and tell us we cannot depend on God. You and I cannot listen to our feelings when it comes to the truth of God. We must stand on His Word. We must choose to trust him.•What I feel doesn't change what God's Word.•What I sense doesn't change what God's Word.•What I see or don't see doesn't change what God's Word.Sometimes it's difficult to figure this out. We tend to associate faith with how we feel at any given moment. It's easy to feel like you've got a lot of faith when all is well, you've got money in the bank, your wife loves you, the doctor says you don't have cancer, your children are doing well, your career is moving ahead, you're happy at your church and all is right with the world. But what will we have when we run out of money, our marriage isn't doing well, we end up with cancer, our children have problems, we lose our job, and life in general stinks. If all you've got is a “God of the good times,” then our faith is shallow. Hebrews 11:6 says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”So often life doesn't make sense. It's here that our feelings get in the way. If we could just understand, if we could just make sense of what God is doing…then maybe we could choose to trust him.Author Philip Yancey has a great definition of faith. “Faith is believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” That's one of my favorite definition of faith because it seems to be universally true. Right now-today!-lots of things don't make any sense. Probably all of us have a list of things we would change if only we could. But faith, true God-honoring faith, looks at the perplexities of life and says, “I can't see any reason for this, but I believe that one day I will look back and say ‘The Lord knew all along exactly what he was doing.'”Hebrews 10:35-36 – “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”Today's Challenge: So what about you? Will you choose to trust God? Or will you trust your feelings? I'm sure that right now you are going through something that is challenging your faith. We all are. Let's decide today to put our full and complete trust in our God, who does not fail.

Heavy Metalcast Portugal EP 39 - A Pureza do Produto Notícias: Under The Doom 2021 - Confirmações; Arch Enemy, Behemoth e Carcass na Sala Tejo, Spinda Records dispobibiliza catálogo de forma gratuita até ao final do ano; Novos vídeos de Mass Disorder e Lyfordeath; Canceldo concerto de Mercyful Fate; Gaerea no Wacken Tema - Será que o metal e os seus subgéneros deverão ser puros? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sugestões da semana: Lex Thunder Soundspectres Studio - Behind The Mix - Peace Sells Fernando Ferreira Tops 20 Rock e Hard Rock 2020 World Of Metal Sugestões Playlist Heavy Metalcast Lex Thunder - Wytch Hazel - "I Will Not" Fernando Ferreira - Rageful - "Feed The Pigs" Sugestão para Playlist Heavy Metalcast Zen Crowbar "To Touch The Hand Of God" Produzido e apresentado por Lex Thunder e Fernando Ferreira. Editado pelo Senhor Podcast

Originally released 08/15/20Consider this me formally revoking any association with Nightmare Threads. I WILL NOT support any company who openly supports child trafficking.

I struggled with THIS decision for WEEKS and then Square/Enix released late last week a "Explanation of Everything You Need to Know About Paid Content Blog" and that's when I said "Enough is Enough"!! I #Voted with MY wallet and I WILL NOT support this blatant "Raking the Fans over the Coals" kind of practice!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/craig-ravitch/support

Consider this me formally revoking any association with Nightmare Threads. I WILL NOT support any company who openly supports child trafficking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horrorcomicspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horrorcomicspodcast/support

How much does all that camera gear cost? How long did it take to get? What camera should I buy? All questions I WILL NOT be answering in this episode! The question you should be asking is in the title: "How did you get all this camera gear?" .Today, I'm taking you on a trip down memory lane to outline exactly how I built my kit from a Canon Rebel T3i and a $30 tripod, to almost $30,000 in lighting, camera, sound, and grip gear. I'll also be telling you where I went wrong, and giving you the tools that I wish I had when I started my career in film. The camera gear MATTERS! Connect With Me:Instagram - http://instagram.com/FilmmikerTwitter - http://twitter.com/FilmMiker Listen and subscribe to the podcast:YouTube - http://youtube.com/michaelmanusiTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sounds-like-mike/id1469297595Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/58wtFw07kuEDEHrzkJeyDJGoogle - https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL21pY2hhZWxtYW51cy5jb20vc291bmRzbGlrZW1pa2U_Zm9ybWF0PXJzcw&ep=14

Take YOUR Power Back NOW : EPS: 343 ; The Wellness Show Why not join Tyhson Banighen, the shaman and Laura Kuhl the 4th generation psychic every Monday to Friday 800 am PT / 11:00 am ET for The Wellness Show on Health, Wealth and Enlightenment a FB Live Talk Show hosted at https://www.facebook.com/TheExtraordinaryHealingArtsAcademy/ Join us as we talk about these extraordinary times of and personal and planetary transformation due to COVID-19. Phone in toll-free in North America 1-866 369-7464, Internationally on WhatsApp 1-250 803-2480 or join us on zoom https://zoom.us/j/601812135 All past shows can be found on the Academy YouTube Channel https://goo.gl/BW2hGV and please click the wheel to be notified of all new shows and at https://www.facebook.com/TheExtraordinaryHealingArtsAcademy/live Periodically we will have guests on the show. If you want to be a guest, then let us know why you would be a good fit. Here is how to obtain the Deep Clearing Protocol (DCP) mentioned during the show http://bit.ly/33z81AE To book a FREE 15-minute consultation with Tyhson use this link https://www.timetrade.com/book/68YZ1 To book a FREE consultation with Laura Kuhl use this link https://www.laurakuhl.com/book-now.html 3:56 Tyhson does Devine Mother Energy clearing. The Blue Rain of Unconditional Love Ashlee Miller · 3:55 Laura Kuhl · 9:26 We want to hear from you on the phone …..

gal-dem is a UK publication that is actively addressing the way people of colour are portrayed in the media. Founded by Liv Little in 2015, gal-dem’s mission statement is clear: To empower and support young women and non-binary people of colour, to disrupt racist stereotypes, and shine a light on stories and experiences that matter. Two women playing a vital role in doing that are gal-dem journalists Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Leah Cowan. In this episode of History Becomes Her, Cowan and Brinkhurst-Cuff discuss their book "I Will Not be Erased": Our Stories about Growing Up as People of Colour and their personal experiences of erasure. They pay tribute to the women they find most inspiring: American political activist Angela Davis and Myrna Simpson, mother of Joy Gardner who died in a botched deportation in 1993. Cowan and Brinkhurst-Cuff explore the forgotten women of the Windrush generation and women's role in Britain's Black Power movement.Please subscribe, rate, and review. Find us on Twitter and Instagram: @HBHPod. You can find Rachel on Twitter @RVT9. Special thanks to Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Leah Cowan, Walker Books, and gal-dem.Credits: Creator and host: Rachel ThompsonProducers: Maria Dermentzi and Nikolay NikolovEditor: Shannon ConnellanMusic: Christianne StrakerIllustration: Vicky Leta See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wow, what a crazy time for the country and the world.  The Pandemic known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has managed to take away the one thing we all escape to in times of crisis, heartache, and stress........SPORTS!!!!!  The following leagues/events have been suspended and/or cancelled: -NBA Season (suspended indefinitely) -NHL Season (suspended indefinitely) -NCAA Men's/Women's Div I Basketball Tournament (aka March Madness......CANCELLED) -XFL Season (cancelled) -MLS (Cancelled) -MLB (Spring Training cancelled, delay to start of the season) -PGA (tournaments cancelled up to the Masters) I'm hurting like we all are and I'm concerned, but I WILL NOT live in fear.  We all have to do our job to get through this time and be safe!!!! Follow me on Facebook, IG, and Twitter (@fourfor4podcast) and subscribe to the pod on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Anchor.  Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE the pod!!!! We will be back.....sports will be back....We will get through this!!!!!   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

1. Taking time for self-care The past school year has been so hectic for me as a teacher. I tried to prepare for EVERYTHING and in doing so I simply overwhelmed myself. There were also some instances where it was the exact opposite. I should have been more prepared. In light of this reflection I promised to take some time to spend with myself and my loved ones. I am doing things I love like driving around the city with nowhere to go.I am spending WAY too much time in my favorite craft stores. In addition, I am taking the time to follow my dreams…helping other ESL teachers. When I go back for the school year, I am going to be so refreshed. 2. Reflecting on the strategies that worked and strategies that need improving for the next school year. One of my strongest attributes is reflecting on the upcoming year. This summer I am going to be at ease, but intentional about my reflection. As I am preparing for the upcoming year, I want to think back on the strategies that worked for my students. For example, going into the school year with high expectations for the students that I will be teaching. There is so much power in that mindset, and I will be doing the exact same thing this summer. I am also reflecting on my consistency. Going into this school year I plan to be more consistent in how I implement my classroom routines. There were some routines I got too relaxed too soon last school year. I WILL NOT make that same mistake for the upcoming school year. 3. Analyze the data from the previous school year This year I am analyzing and owning my data as I enter the school year. What this looks like is me sitting down and looking at my areas of strength and what I could have improved on last year. I am also reviewing the students data, so I will have a good idea of what the students will need as they enter the school year. I have always thought “data walls” were silly, however this year I am planning to put my own spin on a data wall. I am preparing for a “Goal Wall”. Students are going to put what they would like to score on the end of the year language assessment on the goal wall. Also at the beginning of the school year, I am planning to meet with them individually to discuss their upcoming goals for the school year. 4. Create a classroom management plan that is tailored to the needs of my ELLs EVERY teacher needs a classroom management plan. This summer I am tailoring my classroom management plan to the needs of my students. I am also going to be mindful that even if I create a plan that I need be aware that I need to be flexible. If I see that the plan is not working, then I need to be ready to adjust. 5. Design a long range plan for school year for EVERY class that I am teaching 6. Establish relationships with my students before the school year starts Free ESL Newcomer Curriculum: https://myadventuresinesl.com/2019/03/30/tips-to-planning-without-an-esl-curriculum/  

Straight to the Mouth, Rambo Logan, the Last Boy Scout and I Will Not be Searching for That

Straight to the Mouth, Rambo Logan, the Last Boy Scout and I Will Not be Searching for That

"We have money all of a sudden!" Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is the editor of gal-dem, the magazine made by women of colour and non-binary people of colour, which made an immediate impact when its first print issue launched in 2016. They've been working hard since then to increase their reach, for example with their takeover of The Guardian's Weekend magazine last year, and this week saw the release of their first book, I Will Not be Erased. I caught up with Charlie to speak about the rapid growth of gal-dem, including the funding they received earlier this year, which is allowing them to embark upon "gal-dem 2.0" – the ambitious next stage of their development.

Okay, so I am here. Barely. But I am here, though. I have just finished this move into my new townhouse, I have officially completed 30 days in my new career(so now I gets the government benefits), and your girl is finally able to breathe...except that I go out of town in less than a week for career development training. So, yeah the hustle is still going. But on a better note, things are looking up and I am growing. I have been experiencing some emotional healing but it is for the betterment of my life and I WILL NOT complain. However, I would like to encourage all of you who are elevating but also feeling the emotional weights along the way, to stay the course and remain in strong FAITH. You've got this and so do I. Because Chile, Better Hurts. Facebook: @ReBrandingMotherhood + @dedrialouisebynum Instagram: @dedrialouise Twitter: @dedrialouise Website: www.Iamdedrialouise.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The direction we have from a voice somewhere inside our heads to change, change completely and change fast can be exceedingly stressful.  What if you questioned this thought? Are you sure you're right? People will think "but I have to have this stressful thought because otherwise, I WILL NOT change (and remember, I have to, right?)" This is entering an entirely different paradigm. A place where change is not required and you are truly OK. It's restful, relaxing and open-minded. It's non-resistant.    

It is that time of year where we are considering how we want our lives to be different. The New Year tends to bring an optimism about change. The problem is that we often don't create the right mindset to get different.  Simply put, we do not put enough emotion behind our intentions. As I reflected on 2016, I thought about all the things that happened that I was truly grateful for.  This is something that is so important to do because it creates a proactive mindset. However, I did not stop here.  Instead, I tried something different.  I asked myself, "what are things I am tired of in my life that I WILL NOT allow in 2017?" I came up with three different things: laziness, fear, and being close.  Listen to exactly what these things were for me and how you can use this process to make 2017 AWESOME! If you enjoy the episode, please be sure to share it with friends so we can help them reach their full potential and make the world a MUCH cooler place!  Also, be sure to get a copy of my new "Make Your Mark" book on Amazon. 

It has come to my attention that there are certain people that have problems with my book, "Stay in Your Lane: A Diary of a Hot Mess" That book is 3 years old now. The events took place over 20 years ago. However what I WILL NOT do is allow someone to say that my book is false or made up. We all have to accept our demons and our monster. Tonight I will go in depth about the chapter ,"A is for Abuse".

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-328 – Bobby Gill – The Half-Naked-Hilarity of Cupid’s Undie Run. (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4328.mp3]Link epi4328.mp3MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Hello and happy holidays from RunRunLive central here at the Mongolian Yak farm. I was going to do a whole bit about the wild reindeer catching the zombie virus, but since it’s the holidays I won’t mess with you. Today we have a really good talk with Bobby Gill from Cupid’s Undie Run about his adventure. I’m always a bit hesitant when a publicist reaches out to me about someone or something. I always worry about doing the same interview as 10 other podcasters. That really doesn’t add any value to you folks. But, I resonated with Bobby and really enjoyed our chat. He does this ‘aww-shucks we just got lucky’ routine but you can tell there’s some focus and talent in the background for him and the Undie run to get so big so fast. In section one I’m going to talk about strength training. In section two I’m going to wax poetic about 9 key moments in the runner’s journey. Last time I talked to you folks I was rolling off of the Mill Cities Relay and getting ready for the Jeff Galloway ½ in Atlanta. I’ve continued to have great training weeks and am feeling fairly strong. I treated the ½ marathon as a pace run and didn’t taper for it. I have pivoted my training from speedwork to long tempo. From the races I’ve done recently it shows me that I have enough speed but I need to work on strength and staying power. I raced the previous Sunday then did two hard 1:20 step up tempo runs during the week. I was also fighting some sort of cold all week. A travel race in the middle of December is just the worst timing, but I had to be in Atlanta all week anyhow so I just went down early. It was an opportunity for me to test out my pacing strategy to meet some old friends from the pod-o-sphere community and to check out a new race. I’m not going to go into full race report mode for you here. And I’m certainly not going to debate the Galloway training stuff. It’s not for me, but kudos to Jeff for lowering the barrier to entry to running for so many people. He’s doing good work with his flock. Overall the race is extremely well managed – everything went off without a hitch. The weather was good – maybe a little warm if you were back in the pack. I ran in short-shorts and singlet. I was soaked when I finished but it didn’t affect my running. The course was actually interesting and had some pretty parts for a city course. The defining feature was the hills. I have worked and run in Atlanta for years. I know it’s a hilly place. Running a ½ marathon through it is challenging. Jeff told me that it’s actually a downhill course because the finish in Piedmont Park is a bit lower than the start. It’s a very hilly course. If you know Atlanta you know that they aren’t periodic steep hills, like in a New England race where you might have a 500 foot monster somewhere on the course. They are consistent long, shallow uphills and downhills. You’re always either climbing or descending. It made it hard for me to execute my pacing strategy. I forgot my Garmin at home and was pacing old-school off my IronMan watch – which isn’t a problem for me. I was intending to try to pace at just under my marathon goal pace of 8 min miles. The hills made pacing kind of impossible so I just ran by feel. This is a course where it would have really helped to know the course. The course is a bit deceptive at the end because they run you by and around the park a couple times. You are essentially circling the finish line for 3+ miles. Tim Cleary had told me there was a big hill at mile 9ish and then a steep downhill into the park. That was the landmark I was looking for. There was a big hill at the 9 mile mark, but that wasn’t the one Tim was talking about. There was the steepest hill on the course around 10 miles with a long steep decent after, then you turn into the park. Tactically this is where I screwed up. After climbing the big hill in good order I got to the steep downhill and thought to myself “The turn into the park is at the bottom of this hill so I’ll spend what I have here on the downhill and cruise into the finish.” The problem with that was once you turn into the park it’s still a couple miles of rolling hills to get to the finish. I struggled the last couple miles in the park on dead legs. Not what I was intending to do but still finished under my target average pace. That tells me I probably went out to fast. I hung around the finishing chute giving out encouraging words and high fives in the warm Atlanta sun. …I’ll tell you a couple of ‘big data’ stories from the week. Now it’s the holiday season so I expect to get my share of junk mail from people trying to sell me stuff. I noticed over the last month I’ve been getting flooded with targeted advertisements for fancy cars. Every day I get some glossy brochure and personal invite letter from Lexus and Jaguar and Range Rover. I was trying to figure out what demographic inflection point I had tripped in the great consumer database in the cloud. Why did BMW, Mercedes and Audi think that I was ripe for the picking? I figured it was probably my age and my income level. I’m ripe for a mid-life crisis car. But it all seemed rather sudden and targeted. Then I was out on a long run with my friend Ryan in the Town Forest last weekend and we were talking about it. Ryan owns a marketing firm. We figured it out. You see, all the college financial data is public domain data. The great marketing data bureaus know that I just sent my last college tuition check. And that same day the handsome glossies for shiny, new, carefully hand-crafted by Austrian engineers, glinting in the desert sun as a slightly greying athletic male model grins at the abundance of life, while leaning into a challengingly scenic corner in the road from a warm, self-heating leather seat…began arriving by the bundle in my mail box. On with the show! Section one - Running TipsPart Two – Strength Training - http://runrunlive.com/strength-training-to-get-ready-for-a-hard-training-cycleVoices of reason – the conversationBobby Gill – The Half-Naked-Hilarity of Cupid’s Undie RunHere is Runner’s World’s story on Bobby: http://www.runnersworld.com/cover-search/cover-search-winner-bobby-gill Here is a link to a story that ran on a DC radio station: http://wtop.com/other-sports/2015/11/why-a-local-man-is-on-the-cover-of-runners-world-in-his-underwear/ Cupid's Undie Run is the world's largest organized underwear run and must- do Valentine's Day event. The money raised benefits the Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), a nonprofit organization that funds research to fi nd treatments and a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF). Presented by Sock It To Me as the official underwear sponsor, Cupid's Undie Run combines a pre-race party, a one mi le -ish undie run and an after party. Cupid's Undie Run will take place on February 13 and February 20. In 2010, founders Brendan Hanrahan, Chad Leathers and Bobby Gill set off on a mission to raise awareness and donations to CTF after Chad's brother was di agnosed with NF, a genetic disorder that can cause tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body, which can lead to blindness, deafness, learning disabilities, cancer and chronic pain. Affecting more than two millio n people, NF often requires patients to undergo numerous medical procedures. Since 2010, Cupid's Undie Run has donated nearly $8 million to CTF. A nationally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit, Cupid's Undie Run held i ts first run in Washington, DC outside of the nation's Capitol Building. In 2016, the run will expand into 36 cities across the nation and three runs in Australia. Each run operates from the support of volunteers - creating an organized and enjoyable experience for its 25,000+ runners. Cupid's Undie Run aims to put the hilarity in charity, raising fu nds for NF research through whatever means necessary. Why run around in undies in the middle of the winter? There is no better "exposure." Runners can fundraise as individuals or teams, earning prizes and recognition for their part in helping to #EndNF. Participants in Cupid's Undi e Run must be 21 -years-old or older. About the Founders After his brother's diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis (NF), Chad Leathers and friends Brendan Hanrahan and Bobby Gill brainstormed ways to raise awareness and money in the fight against NF. The charitable cherubs decided on undies and started to make Cupid's Undie Run a reality. With endless help and support from volunteers, family and friends, this group continues to lead the world's largest organized underwear run - donating millions of dollars to CTF. Section two – 9 transformational moments in the running journey - http://runrunlive.com/9-transformational-moments-in-the-running-journeyOutro - Closing commentsMarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/ OK my friends, you have run, maybe in your underwear, to the end of episode 4-328 of the RunRunLive podcast. It will be Christmas when this drops. I hope you all enjoys whatever version of the winter solstice you celebrate. Make sure to be kind to your family. Even if they are testing your patience. I’m in the midst of a couple hard weeks of volume and tempo. I’m going to run the Groton Marathon this weekend as a long training run. I’ve got a couple listeners who have stepped up and said they’re going to come along. I took the week after the Galloway as a step back week. I did a couple of easier Fartlek runs to let my legs get a bit of recovery before this last big push. This week I knocked off a solid 1:30 step up run. My zone 3 and zone 4 efforts are 15 seconds a mile faster than goal pace – so that bodes well. I’m going to do a 2 hour step up tomorrow that should be somewhere in the 14 mile range. Next week I’ll repeat those efforts and cap it with a 20 miler. Then I’m going to taper and take a swing at the Rock n Roll Phoenix race on the 17th. It’s not ideal, but If I’m going to requalify in time to get reseeded at Boston I’m out of time. If I can work on my strength training and dial in my nutrition to drop a couple pounds I should be right on my goal pace. It’s not guaranteed. But I have to commit. If you dither and give yourself outs you’ll never accomplish your goals. You need to have the ‘There is no plan B’ attitude. So that’s it. I’m committed. Over the next 3 weeks I’m going to do the work I can. It’s going to come down to a little bit of luck and a disciplined race execution. …Last week. In addition to all the fine automobilia brochures I was getting a bunch of calls on my cell phone from various states. I’d answer them or they’d leave a message. Sometimes they’d ask for ‘Harry’ and I’d tell them it was a wrong number. Sometimes they’d ask about my interest in earning an online degree. It wasn’t until one of them asked for Harry Potter that I figured out what was going on. Someone had filled out an interest form for colleges using my phone number and Harry Potter’s name. At first I was annoyed but then I’d be like “Are you listening to what you’re saying? You’re asking for Harry Potter, really?” Anyhow I’m just explaining it to them now. I mean if you’re an admissions assistance for an online college you don’t need me adding to your misery. I joked with my kids that I should start asking about Wizarding classes and such. But – my best story from last week is about ancient smells. I had to pack for a week in Atlanta, including a race. I am a business traveler and I use a small roller-board and I WILL NOT check a bag. I had to figure out how to get all my stuff into the one bag. The item of clothing that takes up the most space is my size 12D Hoka Clifton 2’s that I’m currently running in. I decided I’d wear these on the plane and save the space in my bag. Now, I’ve been running in these shoes since the middle of August. You figure 30 miles a week for 16 weeks is north of 400 miles. Many of these miles were hot and sweaty. These shoes are rather well-used, salt encrusted and aromatic. I get on the plane to Atlanta and get upgraded to 1st class. I kick my shoes off to let them air out a bit and give my feet some breathing room too. The steward comes by with the tray for the meal service – (yes they still serve meals in 1st class). On the tray he’s balanced a nice full glass of red wine. As he places the tray on my tray table the nice full glass of red win drops off the front directly between my legs. I have one of those ‘Oh shit!’ moments. There is a moment of good natured chaos. But I discover that the wine totally missed my (white) pants and merely glanced off my computer bag.Where did the wine go? Well it neatly filled up my size 12D Hokas. Now I’ve got a pair of wine-soaked running shoes that I have to race in the next day. The attendant was mortified as I poured wine out of my shoes, but assured them it wasn’t the end of the world. They had given me another great story to tell and if that was the worst thing to happen to me I’m leading a charmed life indeed. More noticeable was the incredibly unique aroma of old sweat and cheap wine. I’ve wandered this planet for many years and I don’t think I’ve ever smelled anything like that. A very rich, full-bodied smell with notes of dead animal carcass, you might say. I smiled when I thought about the race the next day and people wondering what that smell was. Maybe I’d be like the pied piper attracting all the middle-aged Galloway women with my secret wine pheromones. Then I thought, maybe this isn’t a unique smell. Maybe this is a very ancient smell. Maybe this is the smell of Greek and Roman warriors. Maybe I had rediscovered the scent of Pheidippides himself. So, think about that when you unwrap your Old Spice Cologne gift set from under your pagan yule bush this year and I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Http://www.marathonbq.comhttp://runrunlive.com/my-books