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The Bird That Almost Wasn't

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The Bird That Almost Wasn’t I had been training hard for a marathon that was less than a month away.  On October 22, a Saturday, I did a killer long run and just to kick my ass even more I went to the gym for an hour on Sunday.  I earned a hamburger, a delicious burger cooked on the back grill.  On the way home from the gym I ran into the grocery store and got a fresh roll for this delicious burger I can not wait to eat.  I walk in the door, throw down my gym bag, get the burger out of the freezer, put it on a tray and I’m going to the grill.  I open the back door, bend down to turn on the grill and... my Sun Conure Sammie flies away.        What?  Wha? Oh my god no! Sammie! I scream come back, Sammie!  I run in the house and tell my ill husband Gary, that Sammie flew away.  I didn't know she was on me.  I don’t know what to do.  I run out of the house and scream Sammie.  I run into neighbors yards.  Ne...
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One More For The Road

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The Nashville Marathon .  Training:  I have run four marathons, one every other year and the last one I ran was great.  I finished faster than I expected, beat my co-workers fasted time and I don't think I was in too much pain afterwards, especially because I did not write a blog about it.  I'll spare you the details, you can find them in pre blogs I've written. So I ran marathons 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and then Covid stole 2020.   In the back of my mind I would train for one in 2020, you never know maybe there will be a Covid cure and all the gates will open again. I did some long runs, on one 16 miler I fell, I fell hard, on my face. I also broke my third finger.  I was a mile away from home and blood pouring down my face.  I'm thinking any person driving by must be calling the police reporting seeing a bloody woman running down the road.  I made it home. Never saw a doctor cause it was Covid so I taped my finger with a Popsicle stick ...
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