Author Archives: King

Oberlin

By King | May 16, 2010

Yeah, I’ve been slacking too, and it’s mostly because my laptop made its final electricareath last month after five years of solid duty.  And I can’t post on blogs when I teach at the school.  So I’m taking advantage of the iPhone and asking “Are we racing in the Oberlin 5K?”  I’ve been running but [...]

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Reemergence

By King | January 19, 2010

It happened.  We all knew it would.  I miss seeing my ribcage, I miss having random leg twitches, I miss short shorts, and boy do I miss foam rollers.  Starting out conservatively, but in a few weeks I will be back to 50 miles/week.  It’s amazing how appetite rises exponentially with every 10 miles/week.  I [...]

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Quiescence

By King | November 14, 2009

For the past eight years or so, I’ve been a workhorse.  In high school, I stayed hours after practice ended, going over strategy with my coach while draining the lactic acid out of my legs.  A newly-convert from kicking balls and skating on ice, this running thing and I were in a bad romance.  But I loved [...]

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Breaking the Ice

By King | October 22, 2009

After months and months of persuasion - much of it falling on deaf ears – I have finally emerged victorious and joined the high rank of graduated Obie harriers.  Oberlin, truly, was not the same once you all left.  There seemed to be this void at parties, a nudity lacking nudity, and somewhere in the panic I had to [...]

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