http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com The wit and wisdom of Cowboy Hazel. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent about an hour sitting on a bench and staring out over the East River today. I've been spending more and more time outside in various quiet (a relative term, here in Manhattan) places reading or, like today, just collecting my thoughts. Across the river from where I live ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/08/20/birds/ It's ironic/crazy/sad how quickly a source of happiness can turn into a source of pain. Even more so when you weren't even expecting the happiness to begin with. How is it that I can miss something so badly now that I never even had? These last couple ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/08/19/untitled/ If nothing else, it's an amazingly fun word to say. Try it with me. Fartleks. Wasn't that fun? As fun as that is, it's not as fun as running them today was. I had the best run I've had in a really long time. I hadn't intended to do anything ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/08/13/fartleks-vineyards-and-gold/ This morning's seven mile run in Central Park brought me to 132 miles for the month of July. Out of curiosity, I went back and checked my running logs and, sure enough, this month's 132 miles is the most I have ever run in a month (the previous record ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/07/31/a-productive-month/ "Half marathon. Full intensity. Love it!" TK from Pigtails Flying issued a challenge to come up with a six-word description of a recent race, and I felt mine from this morning would be a good place to start this entry. Let's break it down, two words ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/07/27/nyc-half-marathon/ I let almost two weeks slip by without a single word up here. I could just use the typical, "I've been busy," excuse and not be lying (I've been putting in 80 hour work weeks and 30 mile running weeks still) but I wouldn't being telling the full truth either. ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/07/26/pre-race-jitters/ This will be a quick entry as I am still completely overwhelmed with work.  In fact, I really shouldn't even be writing here now.  I'm totally using this as a method of procrastination.  It's 2:00 Sunday afternoon and I still haven't begun the work that I had planned to start ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/07/13/park-to-park-10k-shea-stadium-birthday-etcetera/ Today marks the end of the first half of 2008. I find this completely impossible. I'm going to turn 25 in less than two weeks and my marathon is already less than 5 months away! It just seems like I can't keep up. Anyway, this will be short ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/06/30/july/ I just got back from an grueling day trip to Philadelphia. Don't get me wrong -- It was a fun trip and I'm totally glad I took it (you might even say I needed it for my mental sanity), but still it was exhausting and right now I am in ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/06/23/philadelphia/  A flurry of thoughts are dashing around my head right now but none of them seem to reachable. All week, I've had little snippets here and there, brief flashes of inspiration and I think, "Ooh, I should write that in my blog," but now as I sit here in front ... http://rambles.cowboyhazel.com/2008/06/15/a-flurry-of-thoughts/