As I was flipping through tangible manila file folders yesterday, I came across the very first time I did a “double” marathon weekend. It was in December 2011 and I was seeing how I would handle the stress of back-to-back marathons. But I couldn’t make it TOO easy on me so I wound up doing […]
What Am I Doing?! There are a number of banker boxes stacked throughout my house. They contain colorful file folders stuffed with race paraphernalia – course maps, bibs, brochures, receipts from travels. I kept it all as a paper trail, a record of where I’d run and what I’d done. I used to keep a […]
According to the BAA’s Facebook page, the 5K I mentioned yesterday sold out in just over 9 hours. They made over a half million dollars in race fees. Filed Under: Perspectives.
Seeing as how I’ll already be in town for the marathon on Sunday the 16th… And seeing as how it was limited to the “first” 10,000 folks who signed up… I set my reminder for 10 AM this morning to register for this: I fully expected it to be sold out within minutes. As of […]
Yet another day off. Second in a row. Tired. Still cold. Feeling the age. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll be better. Wound up registering for a 12K in LA. Ups and downs. Downs and ups.
In retrospect, it was a weekend of failed personal initiative and imagination, perhaps best exemplified by my decision Friday night to skip sightseeing in the Macon/Warner Robins area and instead go see Liam Neeson’s THE COMMUTER. That movie failed to live up to even my meager expectations and might actually be terrible. But this isn’t […]
It’s still a log drive ahead of me to get home. But here’s a short-short update: Mobile is a great town and I regret not budgeting time to enjoy it. As for the race, well, I was an emotional wreck, haunted by regrets past, present, and future. My chip time doesn’t really convey what a […]
Pants it is.
No time for posting. Have to get to Mobile for tomorrow. Short-short version: two loops, kinda boring, super cold.
It’ll warm up as we run but I’m cold this morning and thus going with pants. It’s supposed to be even colder tomorrow in Mobile. I hate running in layers. But I hate being cold more.