This was the hottest, most humid weekend of the year so far. I had a 20-miler on tap. Go. Me. Total miles run: 31 Swim: 3 miles Monday: Yoga, strength and core Tuesday: 6 miles on mill speedwork 1600m, 3200m, 2x800m, swim 800m Wednesday: Yoga and swim 800m Thursday: 5 miles and swim 800m Friday: [Read More]
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Happy Labor Day! I hope you are all relaxing and enjoying your favorite activities with family and friends. We’re getting some residual effects from Hurricane Isaac, which amounts to high humidity, heavily overcast skies but so far little to no rain this far North. We’ve taken advantage of the pool on more than one occasion [Read More]
Channeling 22
Google Images After Monday’s yoga incident, I unwisely got out bright and early Tuesday morning to test the hamstring and assess the damage. I managed five leaden, pathetic miles, which, save for a few jolts from the hamstring when I stepped ‘wrong’, were painfree. However I may or may not have been gimping the last mile or [Read More]
5 Answer Friday
I’d better start chipping away at all the great questions I received. Since I’m late posting and short on time, I’ll do 5 easy ones: 1. Comes from Johann: What is your dream running goal? I’d love to run the 5 marathon majors (NYC, Chicago, Boston, Berlin, London). I’ve done two of the five twice [Read More]
Finally a Glimmer
We interrupt this blog from it’s regularly scheduled whining from a slumping, overtired runner to bring you this important message: I ran 21 miles yesterday. It was gusty and 52 divine degrees. I experienced the elusive runners high and found myself going way too fast on several occasions. I threw in some hill repeats from [Read More]
