15×400, supposed to be a controlled pace workout, in the running was all over the clock. 83 here, 78 there, 81 here, 77 there. Calendar called for 20, I started early to oblige, mentioned Sunday 5K to Coach G and he told me to stop, so I blasted a last at 70. Slow. Me. Monday […]
Is there anything better than found food? You’re at work, about to bonk, code swirling, getting desperate, and …. “oh yeah! the 2-yr-old peanut butter crackers in the file cabinet!” Suhhhhhweeet. It's only fair to share…FacebookTwitterEmail
My own private Twitter. Short updates. Too much pressure to pen shiny new Knobs; maybe this will loosen the tongue. Training going well I guess. Five weeks since 3M, seven weeks to go, missed 3 days of training after minor … uh … got a couple of good 20 milers in, one solo, one over […]
It’s like I have, uh, what’s it called … uh … writer’s block? I don’t know if it is related to my runner’s block, or a symptom, or what … but my motivation to dot dot dot the little ellipses of my life ebbs so low I find it hard to write or run. I […]
Well, the 3M Half-Marathon is tomorrow and I figured it was time for my regularly scheduled pre-race excuse-fest, and boy do I have plenty of them this time around … sickness, malaise, injury, motivation, time, general wussy-ness … you name it and I can offer it up. Suffice to say I have not been running […]
I have things to write about, but time goes by and I forget or they become less important, and when the deed is before me, I just want to get it out and over with, so here goes. Trying to “go big” this week. For me, for now, that means 70ish. Might not make it, […]
Dear Diary, What the hell? I don’t know why. Catch up. Over-exposure. Running again. Ego. For posterity. My own remembrance. Two months. Here it is. Thu Oct 16: so of course on Tuesday night i sign up for the IBM 10K in 3 days … and now I can barely walk. jinx. i don’t know […]
I’m running again a little bit. It's only fair to share…FacebookTwitterEmail