5:40 first mile. Felt fast, first mile always is, but not difficult. I looked up and saw people I didn’t think I should be running with, so I consciously pulled back and slowed down a bit. Maybe I shouldn’t have done that. Should have been more confident. 5:40 is not too far off what I […]

Hanging On The story of Zimbabwe’s violent misrule and national degradation is not a new one. Mugabe, who is eighty-three, came to power in 1980 as a leader of the long and bloody liberation struggle against the white-supremacist regime of Ian Smith’s Rhodesia, and he has always used his hero’s mantle as cover for terrorizing […]

It feels out there. I mean, it’s a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there. Know what I mean? I ran 16 miles on Saturday (all at once!), my longest run ever, and get this, most of it (13 […]

Wow, I haven’t written anything in a week and a half. Been swamped at work (both at the office and home), but still trying to keep running a priority of course. Don’t know what to say. If you care about my daily workouts you can just take a look at my training log. I will […]

After Fila Relays last year, my takeaway was “No More Races”. After 3M it was “races can be fun!” After Bagelfest it was “Bagels for Everyone!” And now, after Cap10K, I think the motto will be “no whining.” Just run, baby. You get what you get and don’t throw a fit. Speaking of just running, […]

Our perceptions of the world and ourselves are odd. Sometimes what we think happened didn’t actually happen. Sometimes what we feel isn’t based on reality. As I said yesterday after the race, I thought I really sucked. But lets look at the numbers. I know you can prove anything with “facts” and that there are […]

Well that sucked.

I wonder, when I look back will the label fit? It doesn’t seem to now. Friday I ran the Swedish Fish cross country 5K. It was difficult and discouraging, but fun and informal. 19:18 on the unofficial course, with the winner running something like 16:10. There were about 20 people on the starting line, including […]