No, I’m not focusing on the weather. Or, rather, at least I have the experience of running two marathons in the rain. I have a lot more anticipation about this one, because this one is the END OF RACING SEASON…
This was my run tonight. What I love about running, what I really love about running, is that nothing makes me feel more alive than going out and running hard. I had a rough day yesterday. It’s an ongoing family…
Wow, I went to write this blog post and I went to the link to start writing a new story for my work CMS. That’s a sign that I’ve been working a lot lately. I have been SO abnormally TIRED…
I was supposed to run 20 miles this weekend. I didn’t. This was a terrible run. I decided against doing this run at the Sugarloaf Marathon course before we even left; the risks were too great. And even though I…
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A weird thing happened last night. I was dreaming, dreaming about kicking something, I think, when I woke up with the worst pain in my right calf. It was like someone stuck their hand into my muscle and was pulling…
I woke up this morning angry. I’ve been having some problems with a family member at home. Yesterday I had one of those horrible stress tension headaches where it feels like someone tied a rope around your skull and started…
Picked up this interesting link on the new Training Daily blog from Runners’ World. Exercise may help workers feel less stressed, but it could also make them work less, a new study suggests. The researchers noted that this indicates stress…
Today has 7 miles on the schedule, but I am totally taking a rest day in preparation for tomorrow’s half … and lack of will power to spend 80 minutes on a treadmill watching CNN. So, uh, I don’t know…
So. We experienced a horrible family tragedy yesterday. I can’t say that everyone is OK, but I can say that things are stable. I don’t have a lot to say about that. But it feels wrong to say nothing when…
