Almost Done
As of right now, my friend Spike, mentioned in the last post, is just about done with the Wasatch Front 100 . He is probably about 10 miles from the end. My wife and I... More »
As of right now, my friend Spike, mentioned in the last post, is just about done with the Wasatch Front 100 . He is probably about 10 miles from the end. My wife and I... More »
I tried again to run today. I got close to four miles in and figured I needed to turn around. I felt the muscle pain I have been feeling and figured it wasn't worth it. ... More »
So last weekend on my 20-mile run I had pain in my calf and had to stop after only 8 1/2 miles. I took several days off. It was a slightly pulled muscle. I ran... More »
My plan was to run 20 miles today. I planned out a great route last night, right from home. The weather looked to cooperate and I was feeling good. I left this morning still feeling... More »
I would have preferred to go for a run first thing this morning but we were tight on time. One of our cars wouldn't start so the plan was to take my wife into work... More »
I ran 15 miles today. By the second half of it the temperature was close to 80 I am sure. It was over 80 when I got back home. I was hot. My total for... More »
Yesterday morning I was driving to visit students at a nearby high school and I felt pumped to run. I had run over seven miles the day before, farther than I had gone in a... More »
My wife and I had a brief conversation this morning. "I want to run the Vermont 50 this fall," she tells me. Funny, I had the same idea. We did some calculations and figure we... More »
I am at a conference in Connecticut, my home state. I was set up to be roommates with a colleague I have not known well, at least until these past couple of days. It turns... More »
Driving home this evening I saw a Euro sticker with "26.2" printed on it. I have seen these before. They note, of course, the number of miles in a marathon. I always smile when I... More »