A couple of quandaries. I’m starting to stress a little about the next trail race this Sunday. The great thing about the Maze was that I went in to it worry free with no expectations. My main goal was to just not get hurt. I hardly even thought about it in the days leading up […]

A friend I’ve known since college competes in those “Highland Games” shindigs you see in muddy farm fields around the country. You know, the kind where you don a kilt and flip a caber end over end or lob a stone over a stick. He says he’s a nationally-ranked amateur (sort of like I’m a […]

Interesting thing about the Congress Avenue Mile. I mentioned that the 1000 we did the previous Tuesday seemed like a pretty accurate predictor of our CAM time, and that holds true when looking more closely with this pace calculator. Witness: me: 3.04/1000m predicts 4:56/mile (race time: 4:56) duane: 3.06/1000m predicts 4.59/mile (race time: 5:00) erine: […]

I could have run faster. I should have run faster. I didn’t. I ran what I ran and I am pleased. Yes, very pleased. No whining. 4:56 in this year’s Congress Avenue Mile. I thought sub-five was a pipe dream, but in the event it felt relatively easy. Trust your fitness. Have faith in yourself. […]

Something is wrong with my foot, but I’m going to run Mt. Bonnell tomorrow anyway (maybe just Scenic). Might as well, seeing as how I’m invincible and everything. I took Monday off because, well, just because I thought I should. Tuesday was circuit and those medicine balls can pretty tough. Somehow I got stuck with […]

Yeah yeah yeah … knob doesn’t write for two weeks, wins a race, and all of a sudden a blog post appears. Blatant self-aggrandizement, and I plead guilty. I’ve had some good workouts the last couple of weeks, including an invigorating solo firecracker, an encouraging 2K repeat session and some ok track sessions, and I’ll […]

I don’t know what my running future holds. I have no plan. I’m signed up for the first Rogue Trail run, a 10K, but beyond that I don’t know what I want to do. I’ve been thinking I sort of miss training for triathlons, so perhaps I’ll do that over the summer. I’ve also been […]

After that 14-mile day last Sunday I took Monday off and that was the perfect thing. I was strong on Tuesday for the “secret hill” and ran with the big boys. Wednesday felt good again for seven solo on the trail in 51. Thurdsay for 1000s on the AHS track and here’s what I wrote: […]