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My next race on the horizon is going to be Tulsa Run. Unfortunately my race last weekend at the Prairie Fire 1/2 didnt pan out, but the bright side is that I ran a couple nice workouts prior to it and reminded myself of the importance of rest. I also had a fun time at the event, in addition to sleeping in my car, as there were some other buddies running the event and I randomly bumped into some family as the finish line and am hoping to reconnect with them. I also am going to go ahead and mention that I'm set to run the Santa Barbara International Marathon on November 10th. In selecting the event, I was after one that would be a race scenario, rather than a time trial and since I don't know the area very well, it will serve as a nice little exploratory visit. I felt like it is time to get back on the marathon horse but I haven't necessarily slated my training how I might have in previous leadups and so I hope to bring a different perspective to the table and also allow myself the opportunity to take another swing at a long race early next year.

Interesting mentionings of note:
1. It is imperative that people are aware of good beer
2. Jenny came across this last week while she was conferencing in the twin cities 
3. I'm soured on the political state of this country, remind me how and why is everything Obama's fault? I don't understand how the bulk of people that are complaining of problems would think Mitt Romney is the better prospect.


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