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  1. Mid-week 5k

    Run: 5k with my favourite run partner, over 36 minutes

    I really like running with my wife. It's maybe an odd thing to say, but she wakes up awake. By that I mean that she is willing to talk right from the moment she's awake. I didn't come from this …

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  2. Working up to a half marathon distance

    Run: 13.5k in 1 hour 18 minutes.

    I have committed myself to get back to running the half marathon or 21.1k distance. That used to be a Saturday thing for me as I would sleep in as much as I could, eat some breakfast, and then wait 2 …

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  3. A quick 5

    Run: 5k in 28 minutes or something like that.

    A short, quick, purposeful run. When my wife told me that I would not have a running partner, I decided to take my go to quick 5k route. It's an easy route that takes me from the house through downtown Okotoks …

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  4. Parkrun

    Run: 5k in 33 minutes or so.

    I really enjoy the community that is around our local Parkrun event. There are many people that look forward to seeing each Saturday. That got even better as another friend of mine has caught the Parkrun bug and attended his second Parkrun. Another …

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  5. The buddy run - Day 4

    Run: 10k in just over an hour.

    Once a week I have a run with my friend. We do a 9k route which leaves each of us about another kilometre to run on our own back to our homes. I love these runs as they are done at a moderate …

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  6. Day 3 - the slow run

    Day 3 - the slow morning run, 5k keeping it slow around ~ 36 minutes

    Wednesday is a day that I run with my dear wife. I love these runs, not because I'm contractually obligated to say this, but because I like being out running with her. We chat, we don't talk …

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  7. Day 2 - skipped the morning, tried the evening run

    Day 2 run - To the river and back Distance and time: 5k and just over 27 minutes

    This run was done after procrasinating for over an hour. YouTube can be the bane of my existance. After dinner, I waste almost an hour watching bloody stupid videos in what started as …

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  8. A run blog

    I had this thought, what if I just blogged for a while about the runs that I do. Not to say how wonderful I am, but just to reflect on each run. Today is day 1...

    Run length: 5k, time: ~ 28 mins, Route: The easier downtown loop

    I have about …

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  9. Tumbleweed - OpenSUSE

    Years ago, I was at (Linuxfest Northwest)[https://lfnw.org] and picked up a OpenSUSE DVD just out of interest. I remember a few hours later in the hotel room with a buddy that I was sharing a flat with that we installed it and then proceeded to try to …

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