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From inspiration for hitting the trails to how to cook a live lobster to growing a mustache for a cause, it's all in Tulsa blogs this week.

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<h2>Run, Tulsa, Run</h2>
Did you hear? It's running season here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the months of October and November, there's a major run nearly every weekend, starting with <a href="http://www.tulsarun.com/">Tulsa Run 2010</a> this Saturday.

Contrary to what you might think, many of us bloggers know how to peel our butts off a computer chair, lace up a pair of sneakers and pound the pavement to the beats coming through our iPods. Some of us are even training for long-distance runs this fall - 15K or, in a few cases, even longer. Check out these recent posts from Tulsa-area bloggers on that sport that seems to capture the hearts of so many Oklahomans at this time of year.

<strong>The Marriage of an Undomestic</strong> - <a href="http://thereallt.blogspot.com/2010/10/molasses-and-other-running-rambles.html">Molasses and Other Running Rambles</a>

<strong>Running on Empty</strong> - <a href="http://fat-ass-to-fit-ass.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-i-run.html">Why I Run</a>

<strong>Hollyhouse Studio</strong> - <a href="http://hollyhousestudio.blogspot.com/2010/10/whys.html">The WHYs</a>

<strong>The Fitness Adventures</strong> - <a href="http://thefitnessadventures.blogspot.com/2010/10/decisions-questioning-my-choices.html">Decisions &amp; Questioning My Choices</a>
<h2>It's Fall, Y'all</h2>
<strong>The Art of Manliness</strong>. Been looking for an excuse to grow a sweet 'stache? Look no further - November is right around the corner, and <a href="http://artofmanliness.com/2010/10/22/fight-prostate-cancer-by-growing-a-mustache-the-2010-movember-contest">men are being encouraged to grow mustaches to raise awareness for men's health issues, from prostate cancer to male depression</a>. Blogger Brett McKay makes the case in that trademark AoM style:
<blockquote>Now I’m all for saving the world’s wonderful tata’s, but men have a cancer all of their own, and it unfortunately doesn’t get quite as much attention (I guess nobody wants to think about a guy’s junk when they’re peeling off the top of their yogurt.)</blockquote>
Ready to get growin'? Join the mo-growing contest at AoM. Not only will you have a brag-worthy mustache to show for it at the end, but you could also end up with some sweet prizes that will have you declaring, "I am all that is man."

<strong>Young and Rentless</strong>. In case you didn't know, Fall is the season for tree planting here in Tulsa. <a href="http://youngandrentless.blogspot.com/2010/10/fall-season-for-planting.html">Caitlin at Y&amp;R has some tips and an account of her first experience shopping and planting her very own tree</a>. Which is not as easy as it sounds, actually. And who doesn't love trees, especially at this time of year?

<strong>The Red Dirt Chronicles</strong>. Three words: <a href="http://reddirtchronicles.com/2010/10/24/oversleep-y-silent-sunday-102410/">It's persimmon season</a>. That is all.

<strong>Real Food Tulsa</strong>. <a href="http://realfoodtulsa.blogspot.com/2010/10/foodie-friday-great-pumpkin-episode.html">Penni at RFT has a recipe for pumpkin cookies with caramel icing, as well as for a creamy pumpkin pie with gingersnap crust and vanilla whipped cream</a>. The best part? There's no cooking involved. Penni's all about raw food, and she really knows how to pimp the stuff. Give it a shot - my bet is that with recipes this yum, you won't miss turning on your oven.

<strong>The Errant Cook</strong>. Some people just can't wait for Thanksgiving to have a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. <a href="http://errantcook.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-not-yet-thanksgiving.html">Jennifer at TEC is one of them</a>. And why do we wait, anyway? Especially when one can whip up a pumpkin pie with fall leaves cut from pastry for the crust and have each piece topped with a dollop of homemade whipped cream like at Jennifer's house? Yowza.

<strong>Hot off the Haywire</strong>. Have you heard about Clean Food Tulsa and the Oklahoma Food Coop? It's the locavore's answer to maintaining a diet derived as much from food grown and raised locally as possible even now that the farmers' markets are closed, <a href="http://thehaywire.typepad.com/hot-off-the-haywire/2010/10/farm-fodder-page-26.html">and the folks at Pork &amp; Greens, a local pork producer, has the scoop</a>. Plus, shopping for food online is kinda fun - and maybe a little addictive, too, especially when everything you order online is trucked in and dropped off at the same place and at the same time each week. See? Knowing where your food comes from can be convenient, even during the dead of winter.

<strong>Tulsa Food Blog</strong>. <a href="http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/extras/tulsa-food-events/oktoberfest-bratwursts-beer-unity">The TFB kids wax poetic about community in their recap of the 2010 OktoberFest Tulsa</a>. When there's that much beer and bratwurst and chicken dancing on the table with people you've never met involved, it's kinda hard to blame 'em.

<strong>Minivan Momma</strong>. Hey - get off my lawn! <a href="http://www.minivan-momma.com/2010/10/just-call-me-linus.html">This story from Minivan Momma is exactly why I yell at passersby near my house like an 82-year-old man, especially when I have pumpkins on the porch</a>. But, all's well that ends well in MM's world, even when a rotting pumpkin turns into a pumpkin vine which produces blossoms that survive only long enough to be plucked by her kiddos in celebration and anticipationi of having home-grown pumpkins in the fall. Seriously. This story had me rolling on the floor, you guys.

<strong>Knitting in the Wild</strong>. Denise at KitW notices how, after the rush of farmers' market season, <a href="http://www.lostcityknits.com/2010/10/autumnal-settling-in.html">the fall encourages her slow down and embrace the changes that surround her</a>. I'll always take a reminder to slow down, Denise - thanks for that.

<strong>Hollyrocks</strong>. <a href="http://hollyrocksjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-about-that-time-again.html">Holly has news - Indie Emporium is this weekend</a>! This is not your grandma's craft show, people. With a handmade fashion show (starring Holly as one of the models), make-and-take tables that offer you the chance to be a fabulous craftista and enough vendors to supply you with gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list, IE is sure to capture the imagination of the crafter and the shopper in you that, now that fall is here, is just begging to be set free. It all gets started just outside of downtown Tulsa this Friday night - you can count on finding more details on this event in the weekend rundown here at TDT first thing Friday morning.
<h2>There's Always Room for Randomness</h2>
<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Did you know that the Golden Driller, the Tulsa and oil boom icon that stands guard at the south entrance to the fairgrounds, is the most photographed landmark in this town? <a href="http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/golden-driller.html">According to Nancy at Tulsa Gal, it is</a>. As per her usual, Nancy has several historic photos that explain how the Golden Driller came to exist, as well as a grab bag of interesting facts about one of our most quirky monuments.

<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Heather made me laugh again. First, <a href="http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/">there was her account of being in the gynecologist's office during the Oklahoma earthquake earlier this month</a>, featured in the last edition of Tulsa Blogs This Week. Now she's showing off <a href="http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/im-not-a-redneck-you-are/">the self-dubbed redneck TV antenna she and her husband fashioned out of the junk in their yard</a>. I'm beginning to think this blog is going to become my new first stop for when I need a good, Okie-style laugh.

<strong>Oklahoma Women's Network Blog</strong>. Did you know that the Oklahoma Department of Tourism includes a section on its website for fun trips for the ladies? Yeah. It does. <a href="http://oklahomawomen.blogspot.com/2010/10/chick-trips-in-oklahoma.html">And what would this section be called but Chick Trips</a>, which features Oklahoma's vineyards and wineries, spas and shopping options. Now we've just gotta get <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilbert">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> to notice...

<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. <a href="http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/21/recipe-boiled-lobster/">Ever wonder how to cook live lobster? Sasha at GTA shows you how</a>. With photos. And maybe a few deep breaths and a tear or two.

<strong>Tulsa SPCA</strong>. <a href="http://tulsaspca.blogspot.com/2010/10/if-you-are-looking-for-companion-that.html">'Tis the season to bring a new, fuzzy member home for the holidays - and for happily ever after, too</a>. This TSPCA blog just kills me. I wish I could buy a farm and adopt every single last one of those darling pups and kitties. But I'm hoping that you all will help me spread the love instead. Because I'm pretty sure my husband would be a little upset with me if I bought a farm and adopted all the animals at the TSPCA. Even though the cuteness overload with be of major proportions, but still. Throw a girl a bone here.

What Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?