On I went, out of the wood, passing the man leading without knowing I was going to do so. Flip-flap, flip-flap, jog-trot, jog-trot, curnchslap-crunchslap, across the middle of a broad field again, rhythmically running in my greyhound effortless fashion, knowing I had won the race though it wasn't half over, won it if I wanted it, could go on for ten or fifteen or twenty miles if I had to and drop dead at the finish of it, which would be the same, in the end, as living an honest life like the governor wanted me to. -Alan Sillitoe, "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"

Monday, December 31, 2012

Nobody but You Loves Your Year in Review Post!!!

I did stuff. Other stuff, I didn't do. Still more stuff, I declared that I would do.

Some of it was good; some of it was bad; some of it was neutral.

Some of it involved running. Most of it did not. There was even some drama.

See you on the flipside.
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousMon Dec 31, 08:36:00 AM EST

    Hahaha, it's so true! And yet, I find myself writing one. Sigh.

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    1. TMon Dec 31, 10:18:00 AM EST

      As long as it's short (or peppered with baby photos), I will enjoy reading it :)

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    2. TMon Dec 31, 10:18:00 AM EST

      And by "reading" I mean "skimming for baby photos" :)

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  2. MarieMon Dec 31, 08:46:00 AM EST

    YAY.
    Years-in-review are masturbatory. But then so is all blogging.

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    1. TMon Dec 31, 10:18:00 AM EST

      Sorry can't respond properly too busy touching myself I mean blogging

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  3. KimMon Dec 31, 08:55:00 AM EST

    Ha ha ha ha. Love this. I was telling my friend last week how bored I am with the internets because it is all "year in review" and "goals for 2013." Some people I know are recapping every month. That shit is long and boring.

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    1. TMon Dec 31, 10:15:00 AM EST

      Yessssssss. That's exactly what I'm hoping to avoid! I remember putting one together last year and actually enjoying putting it together - but thinking at the time how it was so obviously just for me.

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    2. KimMon Dec 31, 10:18:00 AM EST

      Yes! I put together a race recap and loved drawing it in Photoshop, but realized it was all for me. So I am just skipping that this year. But guilt commenting on other people's stuff. I just saw a really clever one that was a picture of the shirt the person got at each race and then very little text. But the pics were nice and small - that is the other thing - why so many large pictures?! LOL. I am so judgey.

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    3. TMon Dec 31, 10:39:00 AM EST

      I like that idea with the race shirts - I would also add links to my race reviews. That's actually kind of cool and useful, as is a sort of "here's how I developed as a runner" thing. I've just read toooooo tooooo many really long and overly detailed posts. But eh, I guess anyone can do what they want with their own blogs, right?

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  4. UnknownMon Dec 31, 10:03:00 AM EST

    Smell you next year!

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    1. TMon Dec 31, 10:16:00 AM EST

      YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY BUT YOUR FACE BEAT YOU TO IT.
      That was my dad's favorite line for us kids when I was growing up.

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  5. AnonymousMon Dec 31, 10:50:00 AM EST

    You forgot to include your goals and resolutions!

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    1. TMon Dec 31, 10:51:00 AM EST

      I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T BLOGGED OFTEN, GUYS, I PROMISE I WILL BLOG MORE IN 2013!!!

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    2. MikeMon Dec 31, 02:03:00 PM EST

      If you blogged as much as you tweet we'd have a Russian novel here.

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    3. TTue Jan 01, 11:02:00 AM EST

      That would be the crappiest novel ever. Ever ever.

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  6. Robin KMon Dec 31, 03:54:00 PM EST

    but i am incapable of looking at your past blog posts, so i need you to provide links to all of them for me in one convenient place!!1111

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