Tag Archives | running

Monday, May 21

By on May 21, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:   “I always loved running…it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage […]

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Tuesday, May 15

By on May 15, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “I do not run to add years to my life, I run to add life to my years.”   So, I was walking by the plaque that displays this quote in my home and I realized that it’s not true, I am running to add years to my life.  I understand […]

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Saturday, April 7

By on April 7, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbors.”  Richard Whately Today, Lori, Melissa, Teri, Donna, Cokie and I begin running from the Rite-Aid in Holladay.  Again, we ran north along Lynne Lane following 20th East until we reached six miles away, somewhere near […]

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Sunday, April 1

By on April 2, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.”  William J.H. Boetcker It has been such a disappointing April Fool’s Day, Michael did not play a single joke on us.  I have always been able to count on him for that.  He is a […]

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Thursday, March 22

By on March 22, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action.  Spirituality is something done, not merely something believed, or known or experienced.”  Mary McDermott Shideler A year ago today I was hooked up to a port and chemo was slowly draining into my veins.  I remember when the […]

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Friday, March 9

By on March 9, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.”  Quida According to the internet, “Dreaming you see a lotus, means you will acquire knowledge and wisdom”.  I’m all for that.  Knowledge and wisdom.  Last year, because of cancer I […]

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Sunday, March 4

By on March 4, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “No man is free who is not master of himself.”  Epictetus I was thinking about all the support I had last year and how that profoundly confirmed to me the power of the human act, that we are instruments in God’s hands and we need to be there for each other. […]

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Monday, February 27

By on February 28, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.  Throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore. Dream. Discover.” Saturday, Joe and I, along with Cokie, ran the Dogtown […]

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Wednesday, February 22

By on February 22, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “The art of life lies in the constant readjustment to our surroundings.  Okakura Kakuzo Today, Sue O. and I put in 4 miles running the S-curve.  Sue’s a natural runner, she’s fast and has 50 plus marathons under her belt.  I worry that I hold her back but I’m grateful because […]

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Friday, February 10

By on February 10, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.”  Ben Franklin This morning, Sue O., Cokie and I braved the cold- actually it was 37 degrees, perfect running weather for a shirt and light jacket with long tights.  I think, instead, that we braved the […]

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