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Running Is Optional » Blog Archive » The Age That Jesus Christ Died — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:13:15 +0000

[...] finished the Murakami book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, this past week. A review is in [...]

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Running Is Optional » Blog Archive » Epic Fail. — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:19:40 +0000

[...] ran down the “Hill of Death“ [...]

By: Rosaleen Ortiz

Rosaleen Ortiz — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:19:05 +0000

Hey Jen, thanks for stopping by to give me your words of encouragement. And believe you me, I think about flatland and downhills as I’m going over…but before long I only think of survival. Then I think of flatland again while I’m walking the rest of the way up.

Maury, Maury, Maury…this might be the only video in a long while that I haven’t had to transcribe…Thanks for doing that for me! But ahem…you missed a “No!” directed at Zeus when a couple of dogs walked by and he tried to take a whiff.

By: maury macht

maury macht — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:05:26 +0000

a play by play ….. heh-huh. heh-huh heh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huh oh shit! heh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huh jeeeeez! heh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huh d.an.i.el…heh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huhheh-huh. heh-huh ….
this is music to my ears…. u go girl…. m

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:23:00 +0000

HI! I’m Jenn. Gena told me about your blog because I’m one of those running types.

I love the Murakami book. Hope you enjoy it.

And hills are death–I know because I live in Hill Town and have to run on them because running on the treadmill is SO NOT AN OPTION. Well, at least not a daily one. The good thing, though, is that they make flatland running feel a lot easier, if they don’t kill you first…

By: Rosaleen Ortiz

Rosaleen Ortiz — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:41:29 +0000

Linnea, I think you should give running a go. You might be surprised after a few weeks how good it makes you feel…after you’re back home from a run.

Tim, I’m sure you were doing fine at Central Park…one of these days I’m going to challenge you in one of your triathlons…give it a few years.

Gena, and now you tell me? Dan bought me that book because I kept nagging him after your hubby recommended it. And ever since then he’s been “are you gonna read it? you have to read it, I bought it for you.” I’ll read it some day. Not sure when, but at the very least, I’ll try it again. I’ve tried 100 Years of Solitude three times already (mostly because it bores me).

Lakshmi, I think a lot of us CUNYs have that book on a bookshelf.

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:22:30 +0000

Nice blog, Rosaleen!

Random Family has been on my to-read list for a while as well.

By: zugenia

zugenia — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:49:02 +0000

You know I loved The Obscene Bird of Night, but I’m not sure it’s a book I’d *recommend* for obvious reasons, namely that in addition to being difficult, it is quite unpleasant. If you give it another go, I’d say the running mantra PAIN IS INEVITABLE; SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL would apply.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:57:20 +0000

Out of breath just watching that. One of my adjuncts told me the other day he saw me running in Central Park. I said he was being very diplomatic, but not a very accurate reporter, if he thought that was running…

By: Linnea Covington

Linnea Covington — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:11:38 +0000

Ha! Great multi media post Ros! I love Murakami by the way, but haven’t read that book. Let me know how it is! However, I HATE running. So I will take option B.