My mind always seems to meander on November 11th. It usually begins at Versailles at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. Then it’s off to a tour of courage and sacrifice: Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Bastogne, Ia Drang. Soon my thoughts drift to those who gave all they had, who […]
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It really says something about your leadership when you have to build a wall to keep your people in. – My wife in a discussion about the Berlin Wall
Twenty years ago today the world was changed forever. I remember watching the news and thinking – even as a teenager – that I’d wake up the next morning and the world I’d known all my life would be different. We’d heard rumblings of reform from Hungary and Poland, but the Berlin Wall? It seemed
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Three times during my training I have failed to run the full distance I had planned to run. I learned an important lesson from each of these “failures” and each has made me a better, more confident runner. 19 July 08. Goal: 8 miles. Actual: 5.5 miles. This run taught me a few things, not
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I love detail-oriented people…I’m just not one of them. I’ve been reminded of this recently in my training for the Chicago Marathon. I really dove in to the preparation with both feet. I got a hold of a few training plans online and fashioned a plan that would go well with my busy schedule. I
