Media Week

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I've put a lot of face time in on local media this week. Monday I was the guest on "It's About Your Business," a live weekly Internet show for entrepreneurs and business owners to talk about their business. If you go to the site and click on "Past Shows" you'll see my picture and a link to the 30-minute interview. 

On Tuesday I hosted my radio show, "How'd You End Up Here?" and had Joe Dass as my guest. Joe moved to NC from Brooklyn 3 years ago and is a riot of fun. Total New Yorker, down to the attitude and accent. He told a great story about how his first month here some car in front of him was driving too slow so he honked and made a few gestures before passing the car... which turned out

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Uh, Scratch That Last Post?

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Yesterday I wrote how excited I am about next weekends NC Marathon and my goal of running it in under 4 hours. I was even so bold as to use the phrase "Bring It" in my post title. 

I would like to offer a formal and sincere apology to the Universe for what may, in light of today's excursion, be perceived as an early and unfounded cockiness on my part.

This morning I dragged Blair to High Point so we could drive the marathon course. OH. MY. GOD. Can we say "hills?" Can we say, "Lots of hills?" Can we say, "#@$&-ing unending amount of hills?? 

Seriously, I started

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7 Day Marathon Countdown Begins - BRING IT

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It's so close... seven days until the North Carolina Marathon. I hope I'm ready. My running partner, Marshall, and I feel well trained. I hate to put it in print lest I jinx myself but what the heck. We're hoping for slightly better than a 4-hour marathon. I've been told you should always have 3 goals for every race - an "ideal" goal, a mid-range goal, and the bottom of the barrel goal. My goals for next Saturday are:

IDEAL: If everything falls into place - weather, pollen levels, good course, adequate water stops, positive attitude, no blisters, and the proper alignment of the planets, we're hoping to squeeze out a 3:55 race. 

MODERATE: If

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All In A Day's Work

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Time for another exciting episode of "What Dena Did With Her Day."

4:30 AM - Woke up enough to tell Blair as he got up that his Blackberry was putting on a laser-light show around midnight last night and I stuffed it in the drawer. My alarm was set for 5 so decided to just go ahead and get up.

5:40 - 6:45 AM - treadmill run and dreaded sit-ups

8:30 - 10 - In GSO for allergy shot and caffeine fix while working on client brochure.

10 - 11:30 -

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