Texan Tally

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My quirky adventures in marathon training, volunteering, & riding the rollercoaster of Houston sports fandom

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Trying to eat healthy, or, when beggars can’t be choosers…

When too much happens at once and you know your wallet will take a hit… and you don’t know how bad it could be. Hoping for a drainage ditch I can walk back up instead of a cliff-edge
Rising up to the challenge…especially when you’re at the point where you HAVE to, anyway.

I’m torn between elated, ready-for-the-next-step and absolutely terrified that I’m kidding myself and only making things worse in the long run. But when you’re at the point that not moving at all will kill you, better to just go ahead.. and learn something new to boot.
The flags are at half mast for THIS reason today… NOT because of what some fool in the White House is demanding now…

Remember the truth. Someone is trying to spin the flag-lowering into what it is not (and he’s arrogant enough to think he’s right). There’s a reason the flags are lowered today, and it happened 24 years ago, NOT yesterday.
The amount of damage a late summer flu can do didn’t occur to me until this week… and my job is just as damaging.

I did not expect to spend two weeks trying to get over it and get back into shape, but that’s how it went out. Thankfully the chest congestion is finally clearing up… after taking a week to show up.
I was SO excited to get back into football season… & then someone got engaged & there goes the media…

Yeah, folks wondered if it was gonna happen probably about as much as “when” it was gonna happen since the Super Bowl… but wait, the NFL media isn’t plastering the sports channels with this info? Hmm…
A bit of Texans’ past I wondered about: JJ Watt

I missed a LOT of football in 20 years, and am now VERY annoyed I missed out on the awesomeness that could’ve brought me back to Houston Sports sooner: JJ Watt.
Cutting the added sugars from my diet, a spoonful at a time

Well, there’s one good thing about being broke: it makes it easier to cut the junk out of my pantry.
How do you “qualify” for the Boston Marathon, and why do you have to?

I first saw about the “qualifying times” thing when searching for other races, but it got me thinking about how someone can get into the race in the first place.
I’m realizing that Depression and Anemia are my supervillain duo to defeat… and FAST!

Two weeks of absolute “meh” have made me realize the quiet energy-sucks that have derailed my training efforts (and many other things I’ve needed to focus on… like my focus and self-care).
When life goes insane on you & the only thing you can do is tag along and consult your higher sources…

When life isn’t in your control as much as you wish it was, you gotta find something to make of it (and yourself) until you get that chance.