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 […]
Apologies to whomever wrote Proverbs 23:7 or Billy Shakespeare or whomever my title rips off. My running has gone to pasture, so I’ve not wanted to blog. What would I say? I would just complain. But I regained some motivation yesterday. I ran a 6K race Saturday morning in Georgetown. Jessica’s family lives up there, […]
Well, back to the abyss. I feel a need to shake things up, perhaps stirred would be more useful. More soluble that way. More interesting. I’d really prefer knob not degenerate into the mere recitation of splits and intervals, times and tempos. Been there, bored that. I’d like it if there were less “I” here. […]
I know we all have DV fatigue, but I’m going to try to milk every last drop out of this Marathon experience. I wrote about the race, and about the pre- and post-race happenings, but this is something even more personal, and I hesitate to share it. Virtually no one outside of my family knows […]