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Retired, but NOT done!
So yes, I am officially retired from the work a day world! What better way to start it off than having Achilles surgery and being unable...
dpmgranite
Feb 34 min read
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Medal Awards
Unabridged version of article I submitted to paper in August during Olympics season - unfortunately wasn't run - so posting here. New...
dpmgranite
Sep 2, 20243 min read
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What's My Number
I’m a bit of a numbers geek. It probably started early with my love of collecting baseball cards and looking through all of the...
dpmgranite
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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One Third of the Way!
One Third of the Way! What comes to mind when you see “⅓”? What’s there or what’s not there? What’s been accomplished or what’s...
dpmgranite
Mar 9, 20244 min read
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Good time for a Health Check
In my Information Technology role at work I go through an assessment of how things look within our system’s environment on a quarterly...
dpmgranite
Jan 23, 20245 min read
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Running vs Jogging
I have a good buddy (let’s call him Bob) that I’d often go out for lunch time runs at work with who’d joke that we should co-write a book...
dpmgranite
Nov 10, 20234 min read
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Looking Back on Merrimack
If you live in New England you can relate -- here it is a weekend, and it's raining ... again. We've seen rain every weekend for the...
dpmgranite
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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Another click along the way
Here we are, another year has passed by on life's oldometer. For me it serves as a time of reflection as well as a time to think about...
dpmgranite
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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Whole30 Reset
The time is right - the time is now. I've been feeling sluggish and lethargic. While I believe my increasing AFib episodes have...
dpmgranite
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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By the Numbers
Here we are nearing the end of January, 2023. By this time, on average, two of three people who made New Year's resolutions abandon them....
dpmgranite
Jan 24, 20234 min read
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Running (or not) with AFib
Each of us face a variety of challenges and obstacles that stand in the way of what we want and like to do. For example, there is no...
dpmgranite
Dec 24, 20223 min read
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One Year Anniversary
It's official - one year ago, on November 14, 2021 I took my first steps towards connecting all 234 incorporated towns in New Hampshire...
dpmgranite
Nov 14, 20227 min read
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Sullivan County Trek in Review
Here we are in late October, 2022 and have traversed through all of the 16 towns in Sullivan County. What better time, while there are...
dpmgranite
Oct 21, 20224 min read
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On the Run - Tilting at Windmills
One of the things that's become apparent on this running odyssey is there's lots of driving and thinking. Driving back and forth over...
dpmgranite
Sep 30, 20223 min read
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Man's got to know his limitations
I'm a data geek and I do love my smartwatch. I enjoy reviewing all the data captured for running and overall health. There are times,...
dpmgranite
Aug 21, 20223 min read
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What I've learned from Cheshire County .... so far
Part of my self written challenge is to traverse New Hampshire town by town one county at a time. Starting in Dublin on 11-14-21, nearly...
dpmgranite
Jul 8, 20224 min read
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Whodunit?
During COVID Nancy and I got into a pattern of watching British TV mystery shows. We burned our way through all 22 seasons of "MidSommer...
dpmgranite
May 16, 20224 min read
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Glory Days -- April 15, 2022
“I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it But I probably will Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture A little of...
dpmgranite
Apr 15, 20223 min read
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Man Plans, God Laughs -- April 1, 2022
If you are fan of author Harlan Coban then you’ve read his frequent references to the Yiddish adage “Man Plans, God Laughs”. That sums...
dpmgranite
Apr 1, 20224 min read
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RUNNH234 Progress Update -- Mar 16, 2022
Every journey has bumps in the road with twists and turns .... I'm experiencing a bump right now. In my effort to push forward with a...
dpmgranite
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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