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Monthly Archive August, 2024

Two Runs in the Heat, One of Them Great, Before the Long One

In the early moments of August 11, before starting to work on dinner, I washed the cast iron pot and, since it was slightly burned, made some use of the harder scrubber as well, which obviously caused a little damage to the enamel, and it wasn’t cleaned perfectly either, so it will only get worse, […]

Two Runs That Were Less Bad than Expected But Still Poor

After feeling quite out of it over the course of the day and also being worried about having been bitten by something, possibly mosquitoes, the day before that, and in a spot where there was trash, just when the West Nile virus was confirmed to exist here, I did manage to get some sleep on […]

Biden and Harris Pay Lip Service to Palestine But the Action Remains Lacking

With sizable protests making it clear that the issue is of great importance and may even prove decisive in the election, I was wondering what was going to be said about Palestine in Biden’s and Harris’ speeches. And some lip service was paid to the issue, Biden saying “we’re working around the clock — my […]

Starting to Prepare for This Year’s Marathon with Two Bad Runs

Since I still have some personal “slots” available and I’m still a month behind with the runs, I decided to make this week’s second post about two more, the first being the one that marks the practical start of my preparations for this year’s marathon. But after pushing myself to finish the previous post today, […]

The Three Regular Runs After Dream Trek Summer Edition 2024

After only managing to, finally, finish the last post in what became the series about this summer’s Dream Trek this afternoon and then going out again in the evening, this post was initially just another placeholder, only including the part about the first run, which may be the 300th over this distance if I also […]