I felt ridiculous. I looked like a jackass. Forty-four people at the starting line and I’m standing at the front with my shirt off, racing flats on, footpod blinking, while forty-one moms with daughters and dads with strollers and grandpas with Starbucks stared at me. Someone said, “what’s the course again?” The announcer blared into […]
By the time anyone reads this, I will have already run the race so this will all be wrong and pointless, but…. I went by to get my packet for the 5k tomorrow morning and asked how many people signed up. They said “93 …. for all 3 events”, meaning the 5k, duathlon and 1k […]
I said “I’m slow.” Fletcher said, “save it for the blog.” So here it is. I’m slow. By slow I mean flat-out, fast-twitch fiber speed, like 100 meter or 40 yard dash speed. At the end of our fifth 1000 meter repeat tonight we decided to kick it for the last 200 and I got […]
Last week I resolved to update Knob everyday this week. I was going to get disciplined, get creative and forge ahead. I had the first post written in my head already: “The week that was, the week to come.” Obviously I have failed. Yesterday came and went and this albatross sat in my guilt-ridden mind. […]
Eighty-seven seconds for the first Quarter and my forearms went tingly then numb. Quarter Two total was 3:02. I seriously thought about cutting my losses at a mile and a half and getting out of the game as the only other guy running just kept getting smaller on the horizon. Labored through the rest of […]
I apologize to those whom have heard or read most of this already in email or conversation. I’m just not that creative lately and have to cannibalize the increasingly rare thoughts I muster. Also, some months ago I decided I didn’t want to do the boring running log blogs anymore, but that engendered the feeling […]
That title up there, those are Andre’s words, and of course he’s correct. So enough about Andre and on to me. I showed up to Gazelles class Tuesday for the 1000 meter repeats at Zilker. Managed six somewhere between 3:59 and 3:37, which puts my fitness somewhere around last February levels (and aligns with the […]
In the too much time on your hands department …. I heard there was a marathon this weekend and was talking with some runners about their race pace strategy. Everyone’s got a different strategy but it usually boils down to one of two things: either go out easy and “pick it up” on the last […]