This week felt like a recovery week after a tough previous week. Didn’t feel motivated or strong on any day. Ate like a pig all week. Fat, hurt and slow is no way to go through life. Tuesday was some half-breed circuit that wasn’t really a circuit. Started with a brisk 2 mile run around […]
Ran ten on Saturday. Better in retrospect than at the time, though my legs are really dead, especially after I ran 5.5 with Jessica today. In fact, everything below my hips hurt right now … knees, calves, ankles. But looking back it was a lovely run. RunTex Riverside to Lake Austin Boulevard, up Exposition to […]
Joshua says, “you need to take a job.” I say I have a job. He says, “but you don’t make much moneys. You need a different job that will give you more money so we can buy a cool car.” Which reminds me of another “kids say the darndest things” story. After last January’s UT […]
Fabulous. Finally a normal, no-nonsense workout. No ups or downs or thoughts of quitting. Just consistent, low-key, no drama running. I don’t think I’d ever done this workout before. 2×2000, 3×1000, 4×400 with each subsequent set 2 seconds faster per 400 than the previous set. There was some confusion throughout about pace, number, groups but […]
Intended to try ten on the trail today. Two miles in felt lightheaded and blurry-eyed and just focused on not falling down. Jessica says, “Gee, wonder why?” Because by the time I ran at 10 a.m. all I had eaten was a fruit bar at 8 a.m. and some dry Cheerios at 9:30. So the […]
Last night as I was putting my boys to bed Elijah said, “you know those weird numbers, like 13, that you can’t get from any other numbers, like you can’t multiply something by two and get that number? what are those called?” I told him they were Prime Numbers, only divisible by themselves and 1. […]
Good thing we did Wilke today to offset at least a bit of the gluttony. Hallow33n is a big deal at my place of employment, which is odd if you know where I work. Lots of costumes and decorations and most of the organization does no work for a couple of days. Also, pertinent to […]
Jessica keeps clamoring for some knob, so let’s work backwards, because that’s the direction I feel I’m headed. Today I ate a bunch of cookies. Yesterday was 800s. Kicked. My. Ass. (As my friend says, “periods are comedy gold!”) Humidity at 137%, confidence level at -42 Kelvin. First lap of the first repeat with Jeff […]