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 love the fact that it’s fucking hard. The best man always wins.
Knob and I aren’t so close anymore. Oh, we’re still acquainted, but not intimate as before. Thus, this. Only 39 miles last week. Seventeen miles up and down Mt. Bonnell the previous Saturday, after two hard 70 mile weeks, left my hamstring and knee tender as a teenager’s heart. Tried 800s on Thursday and had […]
Somebody asked. I answered. “Life is good, family is great, I run a lot, my job is terrible. That’s about it in a nutshell.” 4×1200, solo during lunch, at a park near my house today. Disappointing, averaged 4:04, spent too much effort. Eight Spring Creek repeats on Tuesday, felt strong. 17 miles on Sunday. 5 […]
Just a piddly little update, nothing interesting. Though I’m reminded of a somewhat-too-precious internet blurb I read today. Speaking of “the organizing principle of David Foster Wallace’s writing: If we must say something, let’s at least only say true things.” RIP Mr. Wallace, I never read any of your books, but I’m not sure I […]