Sorely lacking in the Knob department, but my goal for the immediate future is to at least post short snippets of running excre…excitement. So in that spirit lets get right to it. I’ve been slacking on my running over the last few weeks, with mileage output after that Chuy’s 5K down about 40%. I’ve even […]

If you had told me three months ago that I would run a 5K in 17:50 I would have been ecstatic. If you had told me three weeks ago I would run 17:50 I would have been disappointed. Three days ago? I’d have said you were probably about right. But I’m still disappointed. The Chuy’s […]

Jessica and I ran The Maze Trail 10K on Sunday. I told Jessica not to sign me up but she did it anyway. Ah well, we got to do something together without the kids which was nice, the race was a tough mental test, the course a pleasant change of scenery from the roads, and […]

Normally I slog around for thirty or forty or whatever minutes, look at the same houses, stare at the same road, and think about how slow I am ;). This past Sunday, though, came alive with buzzards, biting dogs, baseballs, speed signs, killer trucks and little girls in the muck. I headed out the door […]

I didn’t feel the pre-race adrenaline-anxiety sickness I normally vomit half-way up my throat. Just dread. Fearing the pain, feeling exhausted from a tough week, the horn went off with a false start and we all lurched a couple steps, stopped, were told to keep going, and took off towards the Target. The guy next […]

I bonked at work last week, a Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. I totally flamed out, head hit the desk, lost all energy, recovered slightly and went foraging for food like a wild dog. Found a week-old cookie, drove to the trail and ran four miles. Then bonked on a three mile run the next […]

Time to poop out another post. I’m playing baseball for the 10th year in a row as an adult (I also played in hs/college. I sucked then too.). “Playing” isn’t the proper word. I think I made it to 3 games last year, and I’ve already skipped the first 2 games this year. Basically, I […]

The better I run, the less I want to blog about it. It seems increasingly narcissistic and self-indulgent (if that is even possible) to keep saying, “hey look at me, I’m getting faster, I’m running more, my workouts are great, my race was awesome! Yay me!” Plus I continually question the worthiness of spending the […]