Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
This post has nothing to do with running.
Well, nothing literally. But everything, metaphorically.
Tonight, after the first joyful day of daylight saving time (that’s right, picky grammarians–no “s”), I was watching a sweet little gal I’ve known for about eight years now. She’s old, and can’t get around as nimbly as she used to. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Not old ones, it turns out, for the former, nor pine or ice-cream for the latter.
Today was the famously fast Roses to La Playa, a really fun race which needs a new name. “Pedregosa to La Playa?” Nah. Not nearly as romantic.
As my running buddy Kim points out, this is more like [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow morning, I’m scheduled to run 2 hours. That’s about 14 miles, give or take. As I type this, rain lashes at the window. Weather.com tells me there’s a 100% chance of rain tomorrow morning. By all accounts, it’s going to be heavy.
Running in a downpour: we’ve all done it, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The “Tough Enough” race is coming up soon, and if you’re considering forming a team, DO IT. It is tough, but it’s also loads of fun. I ran it in 2006 with Gina Fennell, Monica DeVreese, Mariann Thomas and Jill Ireland, and I’d say it ranks up there in my top three racing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a little over two weeks since my marathon, and I’ve been enjoying the recovery process, with it’s concomitant lack of 1.) commitment, 2.) drive, and 3.) hard runs.Last Saturday, when I was still giddy with the satisfaction of having run my PR (and coming within a minute of my goal), a friend who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, it’s over, and if you’re reading this blog you know I managed to pull out a 3:16 at CIM, a minute shy of my goal time of 3:15. I’m happy, because I really worked for this PR, and left it all out on the course.The buses to the start left at around 5 a.m., [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Saturday morning was my last really long run before Sacramento. I logged 21 miles yesterday, and I did it solo, since I’m doing a two-week taper and everyone else wrapped it up last weekend.I strained my calf muscle two weeks ago, and missed a key workout—the Santa Barbara Half Marathon—so I had to defer the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Since I didn’t–couldn’t!–run hard in Twin Cities (with the exception of the first 15 and last 5 minutes), I decided to go after my PR in Sacramento on December 2. That gives me 8 weeks between marathons. Running back-to-back marathons is tricky, because you have to recover enough to train at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Monday, Oct 1
I check the weather in Minneapolis, and it looks ideal: lows in the 40’s, highs in the 50’s, cloud cover.
Wednesday, Oct 3
Hmmm…now the forecast is for a high of 70. Still, with a cloud cover and an 8:00 a.m. start at 54 degrees, it’s reasonable. Heck, I ran the L.A. marathon in 80 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you read my last blog, written many months ago, you’ll remember I wanted to learn about pain, the kind of pain that accompanies truly racing. This is what I said I wanted to do: “I want my arms to be numb, or my legs on fire with burning lactic acid, or feel like [...]
