In: Training

17
Aug

Summers are Awesome Here

Once the snow stopped falling in late June (yes – late June!), I was able to get up in the mountains. Like way up. Like up to the continental divide at 12k…

07
Mar

False Start in 2017

January 1, 2017. After a very tough 2016, full of a variety of mysterious health issues that turned out to be related to Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroid disease, I resolved to get back…

08
Nov

Slowing Down to Speed Up

Shhhhh….don’t tell anyone. After running 180 miles around Lake Tahoe, doing in 50K in California, DNF’ing at mile 30 in the Tahoe 50 Mile race, running 120 miles across the Rockies at…

06
Jun

Fade to Black

“Can I pick up your foot?”  “What?” “Can I pick up your foot?”  “Why do you want to pick up my foot?” This was the confusing conversation we had as I was…

24
May

When R2R2R is your B Race

I know this whole running and racing thing is new, but I just don’t get how people can stick to a training plan and still do other activities, i.e., live life.  One…

07
May

The Road from Here to There is Not Always a Straight Line

So, I already broke my own commitment of going to the track every Wednesday morning. It started two weeks ago when I ran our club’s Tuesday night Pizza Hut run. It was…

17
Apr

Slug Goes to the Track

Or, that’s how it feels, anyway. Speed is a relative thing. I play softball with guys old enough to be my father. When I run the bases, they think I’m fast. I…