I’ve spent the majority of the day troubleshooting tech problems… one of them involving my iPhone showing up as being “empty” when I plug it into my laptop… yet all my photos are clearly still on it. I’ve tried any number of things all for naught. But I was able to upload them directly from […]
I’ll upload some photos tomorrow. I’m too tired to do it now. Here I am at the finish line meeting one of the seven remaining survivors of the Bataan Death March; 28 others passed away last year. As for my time – I was doing pretty well, even with the 7 mile hill. But once […]
Today was loops 37 through 48. I know it’s the same route but it felt much longer each time round. I was slower today, somewhat by design yet mostly by necessity. My legs are dog tired, shot through with pain at each footfall. This does not bode well for Bataan. Some veterans of the […]
Ouch. My quads, or if you want to get technical my quadriceps femoris, are killing me. They were hurting BEFORE I started running today, day 3 of the Chili Pepper Series. Cime to think of it, it’s a series I’m convinced should actually be spelled “Chile Pepper Series” but honestly that’s only in my head […]
“Are you limping?” It’s three loops in and Clint asks me about my stride. “A little bit,” I say, realizing it’s not just me that thinks I’m having a tougher day. Nine loops later I’d post a 3:39:48. Slower than yesterday, but pretty good all things considered. I also was lucky enough to finish before […]
I first came to Las Cruces, NM, in October of 2014. At that time, Clint and Hanne Burleson put on a Day of the Dead series of races, the “day” stretching into a full week of running. They’ve since sold their Mainly Marathons business to two great brothers who carry on the multi-day events around […]
Leaving the El Paso Airport in my wee little rental car (“wee” as in “small” not “wee” as in “this car is so fun to drive, wheee!”) I had to turn left onto Robert E Lee Road… only my google maps voice kept calling it “Robert East Lee Road.” It’s an adorable bug, a mistake […]
All play and no work makes mounting a comeback that much harder. This isn’t going to be easy. I’ve long resisted suggestions from friends and family that I “cut back” on my races. I’ve always been worried that if I did, I’d find it easier and easier to just “not run” and harder and harder […]
A pause… Everything is off. Everything is wrong. Something’s got to change. I’m taking two weeks off. I’m not going to run, not going to blog, and thereby hopefully I’m going to reset. Then maybe there can be a comeback. It’s hard not to run. Messes with my head. And it does bad things to […]
After five phone calls and five different lies from Customer Service Representatives, my bag finally arrived from Istanbul. It shouldn’t be this hard to do things. I went for a run this morning, a run that I’d dub as AGA, which is a cousin to AMA, or against medical advice. Since my medical advice came […]