Carol on April 25th, 2010 3 Comments »

Wow, I came up with an idea that really worked great.  It has solved my need for compression in my left leg, and my toe blister problem. This morning, I was fixing to go on a 9 mile run. But I had blisters on my feet from yesterday’s 6 miler. I came upon the idea [...]

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Carol on April 17th, 2010 4 Comments »

Bad Veins Unfortunately, bad veins run in my family.    I have problems with varicose veins and had surgery in my left leg to fix them 3 years ago. Before surgery, my left leg swelled alot, my foot ached constantly, and wounds healed slowly, and of course, I had unsightly veins. The surgery worked great, and [...]

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Carol on March 14th, 2010 6 Comments »

Do you remember that line from the movie “The Matrix” (Youtube link)? The terms blue pill and red pill have become a popular metaphor for the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red). – Wikipedia I got to thinking about red pills and blue pills [...]

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Carol on February 18th, 2010 6 Comments »

I am feeling great again today.   I think my slump was caused by a combination of things.  Here they are, in bullet points… I had a mild cold, which made me feel run down I overdid it on the P90X stuff, as a reader named Katie suggested.  I approached that with an “I am an [...]

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Carol on February 11th, 2010 6 Comments »

I’m really having motivation issues lately.     I’m going to type some rambling mumbo jumbo here as I talk myself into going upstairs to do a treadmill run. working is hard. i’m tired.  there’s a pile of dirty dishes in the sink.  i’m tired.   i don’t even know if i have any clean running shorts.   i [...]

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