I was talking to my friend Pat the other day about why I stopped running seriously almost a decade ago. I told him, “the moment I crossed the finish line of my last marathon (the 2011 Houston Marathon), I knew I was done. People didn’t believe me when I told them afterwards, but in my […]
I ran a 5k this week, the 22nd Annual Lafayette Oatmeal Festival 5K. It’s a local race that I want to support, the start being about a mile from our house. 21:25 chip time which is 3 seconds faster than my turkey trot time from November. Considering the holidays and vacation I guess I’m ok […]
So I recently removed myself from most social media. Well, Facebook and Instagram. I haven’t missed them at all. I can still see Juiskie’s Insta and every now and again she’ll show me something on Facebook from the family, but otherwise those platforms are just a sink hole. But what I have done is opened […]
Another little workout today, 6x643m, each in around 2:35-ish. If that seems an odd distance, it is. So I had the idea to do 800 repeats today, and figured I’d hop over to Waneka Lake where there are mile markers. The trail around the lake is 1.2 miles, and well, I thought there were 1/4 […]
I ran pretty hard this morning, and rather enjoyed it. Feels good to hurt a little bit, feel some pain and want to quit, and not do it. Four miles total, with a two mile tempo to end it. Sounds so lame when I write it out, but you gotta start somewhere, right? Back in […]
There was no reason for running a Turkey Trot, other than it was free and I could ride my bike to the race. We moved last year to a new house in a new town just outside of Boulder, and well, the Turkey Trot was only a couple miles away from us, so I rode […]
It’s been almost ten years since I ran my first marathon. I don’t think the Dallas White Rock Marathon still exists, but it was an emotional day for me so I’ll always think fondly on that race. It’s got me thinking about running, my history, my present, my future of running. About three years after […]
It’s been more than five years since my last race (the 2011 Houston Marathon which I never wrote about). As soon as I crossed the finish line of that marathon five years ago I swore I was done racing. I was burnt out, I was physically hurt, I knew I didn’t want to keep pushing […]