No motivation to post blogs lately, so just the boring facts here. I think I’m getting slower. Saturday 6/16: The Porter/Lamar/Barton Hills loop, raining hard. The loop goes across the Pflug ped bridge and around the north side of the trail, but I wanted to add some extra miles so I went down to congress […]
I’ve been rudderless with regards to my upcoming running plan. I still haven’t picked a fall marathon or even decided if I’m going to run one at all. I’ve considered Long Beach, Detroit, Columbus, Philly, Milwaukee, San Antonio, Tulsa and probably some others. It seems my decision waffles every night. I should just nut up […]
Well, that soooooked. ‘Twas a very difficult tempo run this morning. Biked and swam last night, hot and humid this morning, and went out way too fast. 5.52, 6.02, 6.05, 6.05 = 24.06. PR by 17 seconds. First half mile was 2.49! I thought I was beyond that nonsense of starting way too fast. Alas […]
I’ll dispense with the stride-by-stride race report since I f***ing blew it, but I guess some explanation is in order. See, it went like this…. I saw Adam Reiser in the parking lot and instantly knew the race would be for second place. The start was slow with some guy out front holding up the […]
A couple of quandaries. I’m starting to stress a little about the next trail race this Sunday. The great thing about the Maze was that I went in to it worry free with no expectations. My main goal was to just not get hurt. I hardly even thought about it in the days leading up […]
A friend I’ve known since college competes in those “Highland Games” shindigs you see in muddy farm fields around the country. You know, the kind where you don a kilt and flip a caber end over end or lob a stone over a stick. He says he’s a nationally-ranked amateur (sort of like I’m a […]
Interesting thing about the Congress Avenue Mile. I mentioned that the 1000 we did the previous Tuesday seemed like a pretty accurate predictor of our CAM time, and that holds true when looking more closely with this pace calculator. Witness: me: 3.04/1000m predicts 4:56/mile (race time: 4:56) duane: 3.06/1000m predicts 4.59/mile (race time: 5:00) erine: […]
I could have run faster. I should have run faster. I didn’t. I ran what I ran and I am pleased. Yes, very pleased. No whining. 4:56 in this year’s Congress Avenue Mile. I thought sub-five was a pipe dream, but in the event it felt relatively easy. Trust your fitness. Have faith in yourself. […]