tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post2309890819736163775..comments2011-03-25T13:25:49.143-07:00Comments on Till Trail's End: Renaissance, Day 1Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878882755826367228noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-83119167433124720042010-01-20T22:05:54.655-08:002010-01-20T22:05:54.655-08:00I've never been a runner, but the way you writ...I've never been a runner, but the way you write makes me feel like I'm missing out on something in all of those rain-drenched trails and burning muscles. Plus, you're from Colorado, so I can't help but envy you for getting to run on real-life mountains.<br /><br />Best of luck with your ambitions to become a human Malamute!_https://www.blogger.com/profile/14809221074196189631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-45778480396326871842010-01-20T09:57:35.767-08:002010-01-20T09:57:35.767-08:00"Slowly, it started to come back. I remember ..."Slowly, it started to come back. I remember the race when I first understood how your body can lie to you. How the first part of the race, if you run it right, is the hardest. Everything burns, breath grates through your lungs like sand, you imagine yourself crumpling into a ditch somewhere around the first mile marker--<br /><br />And then ahead, you see mile marker two. And you realize you don't hurt so bad."<br /><br />:) The fire reminds you that you are springing back to life. Flame on.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180523072067343143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-42839842316104489142010-01-20T09:32:06.513-08:002010-01-20T09:32:06.513-08:00That was an awesome post! I'm so glad that you...That was an awesome post! I'm so glad that you're starting to run again, and that you're keeping your goal at the front of your mind, even through school. Very well written and very encouraging. <br /><br />Keep running the race of life with all the passion in your soul!Rachael Selkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325857765085892531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-72229927453599945102010-01-20T07:11:23.598-08:002010-01-20T07:11:23.598-08:00This was an incredible post. Not only because it w...This was an incredible post. Not only because it was excellently written (which it was), but because it's so incredible that you would fight to get back to running-- and I think going out and doing it that first day is always the hardest. If you could do that, beating your schedule and giving up sleep to go running in the rain, you can do practically anything.<br /><br />Keep running. I look forward to watching you continue the journey. :-)<br /><br />- Elraen -Elraenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034918485021649432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-39028297872751133322010-01-19T22:33:31.053-08:002010-01-19T22:33:31.053-08:00Yay! Congrats! I'm so glad to hear you're ...Yay! Congrats! I'm so glad to hear you're running again! :)<br /><br />And now you have a blog I can follow!<br /><br />((what's up with the exclamation points in this comment? O.o))AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580016804658267369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318522225991542664.post-2193009495620499842010-01-19T21:53:21.666-08:002010-01-19T21:53:21.666-08:00Congratulations on your first run toward reaching ...Congratulations on your first run toward reaching your goal! That's the most awesome thing I have read all day. Sounds like perhaps the rain was a good thing--perhaps it washed away some of that self-doubt, indecision, and procrastination. <br /><br />And I bet it made your hair happy too. ;o)<br /><br />Looking forward to following you on your journey to Alaska!MangyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448555438707438378noreply@blogger.com