Hills

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Today's team run started with another good round of introductions -- lots of people to get to know throughout the summer -- and a fun exercise where we named the city we went to sixth grade in. The woman next to me, Stephanie, who I've run with a few times so far, said "Tukwila, Washington." Crazy. She laughed when I said "Renton, Washington." Small world. She also works at Target, which we'd learned about a couple of weeks ago, but the whole south-end of Seattle connection was even funnier.

As for the workout itself: we started at Minnehaha Park, jogged over to the locks along the Mississippi, and proceeded to do anywhere from two to four hills (about 1/4 of a mile down, then 1/4 back up). I opted for three sets. Probably coulda woulda shoulda done all four, but it's been a long week already.

We had a nice picnic afterward. Hot dogs. Chips. Fruit. It was all good, on a gorgeous summer night.

Today's mileage: about 3 miles.
Total mileage: 43 miles.

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A Few Notes

robert (now and then)
(hover to see RKB in 1990)
After running two marathons in October 2010 with Team in Training, I've decided to "slack off" with just the one marathon in 2011.

This year will be in memory of Siona Shah, an amazing young girl who spent the final third of her too-short life battling leukemia with courage, grace, humility, and smiles.

It will also be in memory of my step-grandmother, Ruth, who passed away on June 15th after a recurrence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

I'd originally started using this site to tell my story -- roughly eight months of treatment in 1990, as well as the impact leukemia had on me in the years that followed. Much of that story is still available through the "Table of Contents" below (starting with my initial diagnosis while I was studying in England).

 - Robert K. Brown
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