That RunTex article I regurgitated in my last post isn’t very clear. I finished second in 17:22, 40 seconds behind the winner who ran 16:42. He ran 16:02 in a different race on Saturday in Houston. On one thing the article is clear. I don’t have leg speed. Going into the race I thought I’d […]

“In the BagelFest (which had a record field of 900 runners), Chemirmir opened up with a conservative 5:30 mile in the hilly first mile and the only runners within shouting distance was 37-year-old David Vance and 41-year-old Eric Mata of Dripping Springs. But neither could match the leg speed of Chemirmir who won a 5-K […]

16 this morning, 8 at MGP. Tough run after Thursday 400s and Friday run. What is MGP you wonder? I wonder the same thing. 5K in the morning, and I'm feeling pretty dead, but I won't insult my dear readers with the usual annoying self-deprecation. We'll just see what I run and go from there. […]

Today's easy ten turned into a ten-mile progressive pace run. Started at 7:45 worked it down to 6:30 and under for the last five miles. Just felt good when I started and figured I'd keep it going until I didn't feel good. Well, once you get to a certain point in a run, even if […]

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.

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 […]