RUNNING THROUGH THE MILLENNIUM

Table of Contents

1. In the Beginning

The Internet Running Culture

Credit Where Credit Is Due

2. Geezer's Big Adventure

Bringing You Up to Date

3. Getting Stronger Every Day

Why I Run on an Indoor Track

A Quality Five-Miler

Getting Out of Sync

Thinking about Balance

Sumer Is Icumen In

On Becoming a Certified Geezer

An Oasis in the Cultural Wilderness

True Confession

Back to Reality

I Hate to Eat and Run

A Shady Character

Close Encounters

About Walking Breaks

Training Versus Racing

Another Slip into Geezerdom

Consequences of Being Shy

An Unintentional Tempo Run

Burned by the Cookie Monster

4. Turning Up the Volume

My Wife's Heinous Plot

Another New Running Friend

Running Slowly Is Fun

Growing Confident

More Fun Going Slowly

Gone With the Wind

Tracking a New Statistic

Evaluating Progress

Fear of Quitting

Reasons and Excuses

Across the Great Divide

Recognizing Pain

Where's My Tree?

The Degree of Struggle Is Relative

Running When You Have a Life

Yes We're Going to a Party Party

Preventing Pain

Like Nothing At All

My Gadgets Revolt

Geezer Gets Noticed

Geezer Nearly Loses His Cookies

Blame It On the Gumption

When Body and Mind Disagree

Bottle Me Up and Sell Me

Why Train Beyond the Marathon Distance?

The Dirty Details

Boredom Comes from Within

Putting Things in Perspective

The Beat Goes On

Running On Another Planet

A Marathon at the Track

Running and Spirituality

The Big Picture

Fat Man's Misery

A Prophecy Fulfilled

It's All Too Much

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

The Fool Over the Hill

Carry That Weight

I'm Only Sleeping

Not a Second Time

It Won't Be Long

Twist and Shout

Got To Get You Into My Life

Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Maybe I'm Amazed

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

A Hard Day's Night

You Can't Do That

I've Got A Feeling

Eight Days a Week

Things We Said Today

You Won't See Me

7. Twin Cities and Beyond

Magical Mystery Tour

The Night Before

Golden Slumbers

Roll Over Beethoven

The Long and Winding Road

Run for Your Life

With a Little Help from My Friends

All Things Must Pass

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

When I Get Home

I Am the Walrus

Tomorrow Never Knows

Nothin' Shakin'

All I've Got To Do

We Can Work It Out

Good Day Sunshine

8. The Delicate Middle

I'll Be On My Way

I'll Cry Instead

The Hippy Hippy Shake

Too Much Monkey Business

A Day in the Life

Sunday Brings Another Day

Don't Pass Me By

How Do You Do It

I'll Follow The Sun

The Beat Goes On

9. Dead in Tucson

All Together Now

On the Road Again

Every Little Thing

Riding on A Bus

I Just Don't Understand

I Should Have Known Better

Give Me Some Truth

Pain in My Heart

Across the Universe

Mother Nature's Son

Any Time at All

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

That'll Be The Day

And Your Bird Can Sing

Money (That's What I Want)

Send in the Clowns

Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

10. Getting Close

Do You Want To Know A Secret

If You've Got Trouble

All You Need Is Love

P.S. I Love You

11. Across the Years

Across the Years Slide Show

Getting Ready to Rock and Roll

I've Just Seen a Face

If I Needed Someone

Don't Ever Change

Here, There and Everywhere

There's a Place

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

Long, Long, Long

March Of The Meanies

Don't Bother Me

Here Comes the Sun

Good Morning Good Morning

Don't Let Me Down

I Saw Her Standing There

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry

A Taste of Honey

12. All Said and Done

Answers to Questions

Some Lessons Learned

Appendix A: Some Running Terms

Appendix B: Training Log

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